Example sentences of "[verb] what was [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the professional 's specialized area of knowledge , the layman was unlikely to know what was best for himself . |
| 2 | Well they did n't know what was best for her . |
| 3 | Did n't know what was best for themselves half the time . |
| 4 | She might not know what was proper for a lady at Christmas time , but at least they did . |
| 5 | In accordance with that view , the final conclusion expressed by the Advocate General was that , in the circumstances of the Conforama and Marchandise cases , it could not be concluded that the obstacles created exceeded what was necessary for the attainment of the objective pursued or that they were out of proportion thereto . |
| 6 | This approach attempted to identify what was problematic for manufacturing industry in those areas where it was declining fastest and , on the other hand , what was attractive about the areas where it was growing , at least relatively . |
| 7 | This new , private property would be , according to Engels and Morgan , in the hands of men , unlike the communal property of the gens , which was controlled by women , since they controlled the gens ; this was because Engels believed since men would be responsible for production at this stage it was natural that they would control what was necessary for production . |
| 8 | We decided to do what was best for Ryan . ’ |
| 9 | Given the world as he saw it , Bill was seeking to do what was best for the United States . ’ |
| 10 | Since neither side was ready to concede what was necessary for peace , hostilities were resumed in 1345 . |
| 11 | And Adam would have what was proper for someone of his age and standing in the world , a terraced cottage in North Finchley or maybe Crouch End , the first rung on the slow ladder of upward mobility . |
| 12 | Once we were at Arrancay together , I thought we 'd be able to talk it out — decide what was best for the future . |
| 13 | In the colonial context , the word ‘ participation ’ had an uncomfortable ring about it , quite alien to the ideology of the political ‘ status quo ’ , and the colonial administration and agricultural extension service knowing what was good for the African cultivator . |
| 14 | Not only did the BBC believe that it alone knew what was good for the audience , its pretence of impartiality was bogus and it absorbed and suffocated with banalities all differences of opinion : |
| 15 | If they knew what was good for them they 'd be raising their panamas quizzically , glowering under the brims of their fedoras , flourishing their tweed caps and tilting their trilbies from morning till night . |
| 16 | She knew what was good for children , and a full stomach was very dangerous to their health . |
| 17 | She also knew what was good for herself , so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children 's food . |
| 18 | Brucan 's reference to the benefits of abandoning the ‘ idiocy of rural life ’ was the typical presumption of a Marxist intellectual that he knew what was best for the benighted peasant . |
| 19 | She had had enough of these old people who looked down at her from their height of years , who always knew what was best for her . |
| 20 | He knew what was right for us and for the country and he said it . |