Example sentences of "[prep] the best of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this may be done for the best of reasons but it only ensures that children bottle up their feelings as well as their tears , which , as we have seen in previous chapters , can have far-reaching effects . |
| 2 | In reality there is little Chris does not know , for the best of reasons — his constant personal participation at the toughest end of the game . |
| 3 | A not untypical background of an early headhunter was someone who had had general management experience and had worked in one or more functional roles , and then found themselves , for the best of reasons , on the market . |
| 4 | A significant number of the executive search consultants in the major firms have chosen , for the best of reasons , to come into this role and find it a challenging and stimulating career in itself . |
| 5 | PHIL Sorenti decided to launch himself off the tallest building on campus for the best of reasons . |
| 6 | Recent scholarship suggests that the tactic of anonymity may have been employed for the best of reasons . |
| 7 | All I can say is that it was for the best of reasons . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I did all the wrong things for the best of reasons , ’ she whispered sadly . |
| 9 | but the point I 'm trying to make is that the person who made the presentation er o o on er for , for the best of riders , I think he 's rather missed the point because he was talking to you about the , including , more information on er within the T V P and we did discuss , er we did like to make it quite clear during our er discussions that riding of horses on the highway is a matter for the T V P , riding horses on bridleways is a matter that we will have to deal with in basic in time . |
| 10 | Scholes 's proposal to teach the ‘ cultural text ’ as well as the ‘ literary text ’ makes good sense ; but , for the best of motives , he tends to a brisk simplification in his approach . |
| 11 | We would hate to see him invite his mother to a similar jaunt , even for the best of motives . |
| 12 | If it is difficult to change habits like smoking or drinking , despite the best of intentions , then the switch to nut steaks and vegetable lasagne might be just as painful , and for those forced to it because of the unavailability of meat it would also be deeply resented . |
| 13 | ‘ We used to lie around a swimming pool in Peking chatting like the best of friends , ’ he later recalled , ‘ But it was all too sickeningly sweet … |
| 14 | ‘ It was done with the best of motives . |
| 15 | This , therefore , is a chronicle of failure , though a gallant failure and of a project engaged in with the best of intentions . |
| 16 | The Problem of Pain was written with the best of intentions . |
| 17 | The inspector should not allow himself to be led , often with the best of intentions , by people proud to show off the area . |
| 18 | Although this is undoubtedly the law , it often seems to be ignored , particularly in the United States , where pointless efforts are made by doctors , albeit often with the best of intentions . |
| 19 | This was done with the best of intentions , to stop consumers damaging such records with mono pickups , but it opened the floodgates to many types of fake-stereo records in the following decades . |
| 20 | So you can see that , without professional help , we can make our problems worse , even with the best of intentions . |
| 21 | Sometimes , with the best of intentions , the words do not come out quite right . |
| 22 | During queuing periods , there have been occasions when I have witnessed nursery nurse students , with the best of intentions , ‘ helping ’ life preparation students , for example by operating the machine for them or by ‘ allowing ’ them to jump the queue . |
| 23 | The Canadian government intervened with measures to help the fishermen and other measures to help the fish ; and though it acted with the best of intentions , it had the worst of results . |
| 24 | A complaint by a disturbed or malicious client , an injudicious act carried out with the best of intentions , even the possibility of undue personal involvement might all have this unfortunate result . |
| 25 | With the best of intentions , but still the pain exists . |
| 26 | Even with the best of intentions it will be difficult to undo past developments . |
| 27 | I dare say someone could cross a road with the best of intentions — to help an old lady perhaps , or to look at a fruit-shop — then slip on a banana-skin and cause a perfectly horrible accident . |
| 28 | If you go somewhere determined , with the best of intentions , to make changes for the better , you are likely to be on the look-out for faults to correct . |
| 29 | Much has been said about what a Labour Government could and could not do , but I am certain that a Labour Government would set out with the best of intentions to improve the situation . |
| 30 | Tonight 's programme has been made with the benefit of time and I think with the best of intentions . |