Example sentences of "the best [verb] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Minister had ended the meeting with the words , ‘ Now , Mr Sanders , what can we do to persuade you to put more investment in Ireland ? ’ the Englishman had replied , ‘ The best advocate you could have , Minister , to influence more investment in your country , is a local plant manager who consistently turns in good results , year after year . |
| 2 | The best reply we can give is : There is a test ( see exercise 1.11.11 ) due to Kronecker which will always tell in a finite number of steps ( which may easily be large enough to require a computer ) whether or not a given element of Q[x] is irreducible . |
| 3 | The best answer you can give in these circumstances should provide the shape for your synopsis . |
| 4 | It was the best answer she could have expected ; but the memory of Fand sinking to the ground preyed on her . |
| 5 | Sometimes that 's the best help we can give . ’ |
| 6 | It was the best going I could hope to see , but just beyond that wall of water , minutes away , the ground became lacerated with gulleys , as if a maze of streams had scored the ground and had been filled with sand . |
| 7 | The best deal they could strike . |
| 8 | The best deal I can do on the airfares is £870 — this includes a small fee for myself for the administration . |
| 9 | He had rejected the best deal she could offer him . |
| 10 | I 'd have turned it down without asking except I thought you might be interested — ah — because … ’ he shrugged , unable to find a tactful way of saying that this was the best offer she would get all year . |
| 11 | In reality , a business — like everything else — is worth no more than the best offer you can obtain at the time of a sale . |
| 12 | Walking , running and swimming are the best exercises you can do if you are using yourself in the correct way . |
| 13 | One of the best exercises you can use to develop this important body turn movement is to place a club behind your neck and hold it in position with your hands . |
| 14 | Twenty of the best acts you could imagine . |
| 15 | It 's the best result we could have hoped for . ’ |