Example sentences of "the best of times " in BNC.
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| 31 | But then we had a spell of bad weather during haytiming , a difficult situation at the best of times , and I simply could not manage . |
| 32 | She hated losing at the best of times but this was the worst . |
| 33 | It was run on a shoestring at the best of times and Kelly was merely adding to his problems . |
| 34 | Slow , badly coordinated vector graphics are awful at the best of times , but when they 're trying to convey the scintillating action of such a classic film their inadequacy is more poignant . |
| 35 | A panel full of increment/decrement wheels and pads can be confusing at the best of times , but in the heat of the moment the effect on a performance can prove more than negative — it can be destructive . |
| 36 | I know we as a nation are not renowned for our ability to serve but the general level of indifference , apathy and downright rudeness I encountered made even me , a cynical bastard at the best of times , wince . |
| 37 | Summing up a custom-made guitar , especially when it was made for no-one in particular , is a difficult task at the best of times . |
| 38 | GROWING OLD is a terrible business for most of us at the best of times . |
| 39 | Students who do n't know who half their lecturers are at the best of times ca n't be in a position to decide on their pay packets . |
| 40 | And this time they playing on a miserably wet and windy day at Athletic Park which , even at the best of times , can be a most unfriendly spot for touring teams . |
| 41 | It was an unhealthy enough place to be even at the best of times , swampy and malaria-ridden ; any Europeans trading there would have been only too aware of the risks involved , and the depleted crew of the Orynthia , overworked and probably ill-fed , must have been as vulnerable as they could possibly be . |
| 42 | It is difficult at the best of times to persuade consumers to try a new product , but when it is more expensive than rump steak the problem is exacerbated , particularly when one of the undeniable attractions of vegetarianism is that it is such a cheap alternative to eating meat . |
| 43 | These may not be the best of times for the venture capital industry , but they are far from disastrous . |
| 44 | It is difficult , at the best of times , to balance on a broomstick , but when you are trying to carry a heavy bucket of water at the same time , it is virtually impossible . |
| 45 | Unfortunately these conditions also much reduced their rate of march and they got only as far as Polmood , for they were now in the high uplands of the infant Tweed and the going difficult at the best of times . |
| 46 | Gathering up the relicts is a hard business at the best of times , and Jackie had to know how the task , carried through with Helen 's usual bravery , would have affected her . |
| 47 | He found that Christians had stood firmly by their faith and practice ; only one family had lapsed , and that had been very weak , even in the best of times . |
| 48 | But reason told her it was a precarious business at the best of times . |
| 49 | Whenever you decide to pick some wild flowers — which is not an idea I concur with at the best of times — you must never , ever , remove part of the root as this reduces the size of the plant that other people could enjoy . |
| 50 | Stake-outs were bad enough at the best of times , but when the elements were hostile , the hours of silent watching could seem like weeks . |
| 51 | Even at the best of times , you have to move faster to cope with quick-changing market forces . |
| 52 | Arranged into convenient sections that deal with equipment , accessories , technique , composition , air-to-air , museum , selling , research etc , it gives a reasonable overview into the art of taking aircraft pictures , a difficult art at the best of times . |
| 53 | FLEET Street photographers , a pretty twitchy lot at the best of times , were in a right state at the Olympic Stadium in Rome this week . |
| 54 | In fact Polanski , unconventional at the best of times , takes us to the limit — and beyond . |
| 55 | One insider said : ‘ Di does n't like Balmoral at the best of times . |
| 56 | Speaking of all things Mexican , our ragga tipping acquaintances SL2 did n't have the best of times when they headed out for a Big Rave in the land of tequila . |
| 57 | All birds are very temperamental and finicky with their food at the best of times , so I started by slipping titbits of chick under her feet while she was sitting on the glove . |
| 58 | The Somerset Levels is a weird and wonderful place at the best of times , a strange flat landscape with the unnatural looking mound of Glastonbury Tor rising up from nowhere . |
| 59 | It is difficult at the best of times , however , to distinguish the sexes , and only of academic interest once stung . |
| 60 | Trent 's an obnoxious , contrary bugger at the best of times , as the lyrical concerns show — in between the obligatory expletives , they range from hate through the sub-Nietzschian ideas of cultural slavery and , well , back to hate again . |