Example sentences of "[pron] good [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't that I was being purposely unfriendly , it was just that I had decided that my best chance of survival lay in my being as unobtrusive as possible . |
| 2 | ‘ The early evening is my best time of day ; I can also play my type of music — Harry Connick Jnr to Oleta Adams to Jesus Jones . |
| 3 | Indeed le Baker observed that ‘ few nobles died ’ , and this comparatively low mortality is almost certainly to be explained in terms of their better standard of living . |
| 4 | Our competitors who use their better provision of education to beat us at the economic game — show us how a slender force of educated human resources , our current situation , is no basis for technical expertise in volume , for high intellect in commerce , for leadership quality in management , or for any other human component of economic success . |
| 5 | All of our hotels have been chosen for their good standard of comfort and value . |
| 6 | There have been recent attempts to obtain planning permission for the mill 's conversion into a dwelling and this may be its best chance of survival . |
| 7 | Miller stressed the importance of accuracy in illustration ; each plant had to be drawn from nature at its best stage of flowering , with the fruit and seeds to be added later on ripening . |
| 8 | They have been warned that the chances are only 50:50 but know it is her best hope of life . |
| 9 | A promotional drive in California was directed at specific industrial sectors — like electronics — where officials thought their best chance of success would lie . |
| 10 | Spurs had come into this match unbeaten in their previous eight matches , and although they have improved their League standing , the cup competitions remain their best hope of success . |
| 11 | Farmers suffering losses from lead contamination were told yesterday their best hope of redress lay in court action against suppliers . |
| 12 | All Nora could say was that funds in all the banks were exhausted and their known outgoings over the next four weeks exceeded their best estimate of income three-fold . |
| 13 | To local residents of the outer city it remains their best form of protection against rapid change . |
| 14 | The selection of methods and resources is a major topic in itself , for just as there is no one best method of learning there is no one best method of teaching . |
| 15 | Rod Wallace seems to be in his best spell of scoring since he came to Leeds . |
| 16 | Confident that Clasper would be brought down by his own members without any interference from him , Bunker concluded that his best course of action would be to emulate Brer Rabbit on this occasion , and ‘ lie low and say nuffin' . ’ |
| 17 | What better proof of heterosexuality than to be married ? |
| 18 | Frances Black , based in Dublin , is one of the country 's finest singers — what better combination of talent to provide a perfect evening of song ? |
| 19 | What better example of devolution to the individual could there be than the provision in amendment No. 3 that |
| 20 | What better display of character than to overturn 0–2 into 3–2 ? |
| 21 | And what better time of year to rely on clean , fresh , natural flavours than high summer , when everything 's at it 's best ? |
| 22 | As one of them said , " Your onion is your better class of vegetable . |
| 23 | On top of our better understanding of plasma physics , we also had a wide range of new diagnostic techniques . |
| 24 | But maybe your best course of action is to hold her , while explaining clearly why she can not , for example , have the toy . |
| 25 | ‘ On the other hand , if you 've allowed yourself to be persuaded either by Lotta 's silver tongue or her golden purse to attempt to defraud me — then your best course of action now would be to make for the door before I remember that the blood of the ancient Vikings still runs in my veins ! ’ |
| 26 | your best sort of coat ! |
| 27 | Now you can do that on the step , in fact do n't go from a house to a bungalow , you give up your best form of exercise , now I know people say ooh well when you get older you ca n't get up and down . |