Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the best [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1982 ) , monogamous males might be expected to compete as intensely for the best mates or territories as do polygynous males for the biggest harems . |
| 2 | With the lever of the four-speed auto gearbox shifted manually for the best results , the Safrane sprints from rest to 60mph in 9.9secs , cover the quarter mile in 17.6 secs and completed the 30–70mph increment in 9.3secs . |
| 3 | Share his festive fare with your family , or treat them to Jill Goolden 's splendid New Year 's Eve party nibbles — all washed down with the best wines and cocktails . |
| 4 | The winner will carry off a camera and their entry , along with the best runners-up submissions , will be featured in Watchword , the national magazine of Watch . |
| 5 | This situation went against the grain , as the top brass always needed to be on top of every situation and on top of every executive if they were to do their jobs to their own satisfaction ; not necessarily in the best interests of the Corporation , that is to say , but in their own best interests . |
| 6 | And a further principle was established — that of ‘ conflict of interest ’ , in which a manager who advises an artist to sign with his own recording and music publishing companies can hardly be said to be acting impartially , or necessarily in the best interests of his client . |
| 7 | This ritual was practised until the last decade or so but has apparently now ceased , which is perhaps in the best interests of the dolphins . |
| 8 | The ANC , for its part will continue to work for the unity of our people and we have no doubt that all those who have participated in attempting to solve this problem have done so in the best interests of our struggle . |
| 9 | Chapman insisted that he was interested only in the best players , and he was prepared to go anywhere to get them . |
| 10 | What is needed is not compulsion or dictation from the centre but people working together in the best interests of their local community . |
| 11 | Only on the best sites will any house platforms remain , that is where the buildings actually stood . |
| 12 | So daunting is this prospect , that many taxpayers should look afresh at the best forms of taxation and the best destinations for the proceeds . |
| 13 | Even on the premier franchises , the marginal operator is likely to compete only at the best times while the franchisee is left to operate the full seven day service . |
| 14 | Arguments about merit have never really gone away , and many people have felt that the extra effort put in by the best students need to be recognised . |
| 15 | Below : The hard centres of such flowers as hellebores should be pressed separately for the best results . |
| 16 | There is a widely held view among many business experts that selling off a business to a management buy-out team is the easy way out and is not in the best interests of a company 's shareholders . |
| 17 | It was , he said , ‘ not in the best interests of cricket ’ . |
| 18 | However , once divisions are given some independence they may make decisions that are not in the best interests of the group as a whole . |
| 19 | All would agree with Mr Lester who says , ‘ The concept of three fairs is infinitely confusing and not in the best interests of Chicago ’ . |
| 20 | If an investigation is failing to produce results , it is , of course , not in the best interests of either police or press to maintain a high profile in such cases . |
| 21 | There comes a time when it is not in the best interests of the Company nor in the best interests of the employed for him or her to be protected in any way from the full consequences of addictive disease . |
| 22 | All the artificial constraints of maintaining a regulated monopoly mean that it is not in the best interests of the consumer . |
| 23 | 7.6.6.2 all money received in respect of the insurance effected by the Landlord pursuant to this clause shall belong to the Landlord The problem is that all of the events set out in 7.6.3 seem reasonable , but the fact is that any suspension of the landlord 's obligation to reinstate could lead to uncertainty , which is not in the best interests of either party . |
| 24 | Couple of points that were made in relation to this particular report was the backing by the employee side , erm , to the wages board initiative that took when we wrote to the government saying that we felt that the abolition of the wages board was not in the best interests erm , of the people of Lincolnshire . |
| 25 | This is not going to help them do that ; it 's not in the best interests of the parents , or of justice . ’ |
| 26 | In this and the next section we consider general ideas and illustrate them with various flows ( depending largely on the best illustrations available ) . |
| 27 | It has been this policy of screening tenants over the decades before the main sale of council houses was pushed through by the Government that has resulted in the buying of houses largely on the best estates , and has helped to reinforce the emergence of the ghetto in many areas of Britain . |
| 28 | It had resulted in the allocation of funds based not on the best interests of justice but on value for money . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's already among the best players in the world , but he must look after himself and have his own identity and personality . |
| 30 | They were on the lovely island putting together the whole package ; visiting tourist boards , airlines , exclusive hotels , doing their utmost to get the best at the best rates for their clients . |