Example sentences of "[pron] best [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pure invention of these tales , the exercise of what at its best can be called the high imagination , allow the writer ( in Dryden 's phrase ) to take the clogs off his fancy , and to escape the world at will . |
| 2 | This is particularly noticeable on the machair , which usually retains its bare winter appearance till the end of May , and those who wish to see it at its best should wait until mid-June or even July . |
| 3 | As many clinicians will point out , utilisation review at its best should be as much about good clinical practice ( ie clinical efficiency ) as about cost containment . |
| 4 | The gap in services has been filled by child minders who at their best can offer a high quality of care with all the advantages of a domestic setting similar to the children 's own home , but because of the lack of resources , training and support for their work are often the last resort for parents . |
| 5 | Even so , being tempted into keeping the flowers until they are past their best will mean that you wo n't have a satisfactory pressed flower picture with which to remember them . |
| 6 | Paul Mason is also available again and , on a ground where they 've come to grief in the past , Aberdeen have been reminded by Willie Miller that only their best will be good enough against St Johnstone . |
| 7 | The world will become a gophers playground and those who navigate it best will command the earth . |
| 8 | That the world is not divided into 2 classes of people — one who run private care for nasty reasons — and another group who work in the statutory service for all the good reasons , and that what we have to do is be prepared to step outside of those kinds of labelling and look at what we are seeing , look at the needs of the people we are trying to help make provision for and see what best can be done out of the resources available . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm quite sure that your best will be most effective , Mister Trent , ’ the President said quietly . |