Example sentences of "best [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year 's best pitching staff in the American League should be even stronger following the close-season signing of Jack Morris , Most Valuable Player in Minnesota 's seven-game 1991 World Series success against Atlanta . |
| 2 | It had already formed local pacts with the SzDSz in five counties , but on March 30 Antall announced that the HDF had formed an electoral pact with the Smallholders and the Christian Democratic People 's Party whereby the three parties would support the best placed candidate in each constituency . |
| 3 | ‘ … identified a particular national advice service , provided by the citizens ’ advice bureaux , which together form the largest and , in our view , the best placed organisation to provide a primary or first tier service . ’ |
| 4 | By the end of the Middle Ages there were various categories of copyholder , the best placed being those who held by inheritance with the entry fine to the land being fixed , while the less fortunate held for a term of life , with an uncertain entry fine to be paid by the successor , or even , although this was unusual , held only for a term of years ( 79 , p.47 ; 82 , pp.60–2 ) . |
| 5 | The CADS men 's epeeists were best placed team of the competition . |
| 6 | There will be three awards : a major prize for the best completed project in a museum , gallery or historic building including churches and cathedrals ; a young conservator of the year award to the most promising intern or trainee ; and a prize for innovation in restoration or conservation in developing materials or processes . |
| 7 | The aim of the investigation was to investigate how land-use changes with distance from the centre of a city and to thus determine which model of urban structure best fits Nottingham . |
| 8 | She said : ‘ I can honestly say Pete 's work is one of the best received exhibitions we have ever staged . |
| 9 | We will , as a matter of urgency , discuss with Hong Kong 's representatives what measures may best enhance democracy and confidence during Britain 's five remaining years of responsibility for the colony . |
| 10 | Other operators offering up-market holidays include The Ski Company ( 071-730 9600 ) , which has some of the most beautiful and best furnished chalets in the Alps , including one in Meribel with a sauna , gym , outdoor hot tub and satellite TV as well as the standard phone and fax . |
| 11 | When Connery decided to hang up his licence to kill and super-spy toupee after five successive 007 epics , the producers Cubby Broccolli and Harry H Saltzman chose Big Fry man George Lazenby from Australia as the actor who best filled Ian Fleming 's description of Commander Bond ( save for the Australian accent ) . |
| 12 | The advert , which appeared in the October 1992 edition of Architectural Review , claimed that the Board supplied timber from " one of the worlds best conserved forests [ using ] best possible conservation techniques " in a way which led to " national progress and the betterment of the people " . |
| 13 | The raid on Gay 's The Word bookshop in 1984 was merely the largest and best publicised exercise in State censorship this decade . |
| 14 | But once these new mechanisms are in place , managers are left with little guidance from business ethicists about how , precisely , they might best make use of them . |
| 15 | Please send us a photograph and a tape recording of your dog 's best singing efforts — or even a video . |
| 16 | Match your vocal chords to the best singing bird in the world , the Water Slagger . |
| 17 | Pears is probably the best singing actor I have ever seen and heard , but the range of his abilities does not extend to playing a brutal fisherman . |
| 18 | Safri cleaned up in the song awards , with Par Linghade judged best dance song and best cover song and Bomb The Tombi the best album . |
| 19 | En Vogue 's ‘ Free Your Mind ’ won the rhythm and blues trophy , best dance video and choreography . |
| 20 | Which of the following achievements do you think best represents intelligence ? |
| 21 | Whilst it is certainly true that any process is better than none , awareness of all four aspects best equips people to deal with all eventualities . |
| 22 | So let's just say that in a poll of several of the best known , best regarded children 's agents , the general , unattributable response to whether and how the recession is affecting their is as follows . |
| 23 | Another Scottish company to do well was the Bank of Scotland , which was the UK 's best regarded bank with 556 points . |
| 24 | BRITAIN 'S highest mileage man and its most enduring production motor have launched a hunt for the UK 's best travelled car . |
| 25 | Quite apart from the other benefits of club membership , inland clubs often have the only access to local water , while coastal clubs might have the best launching facilities in an area . |
| 26 | The other score — of damage to sons , property and livestock — was never calculated , but the injuries sustained were not considered excessive , and everyone agreed that it was one of the best hurling matches they 'd seen in several years . |
| 27 | Compared with the other great all-rounders of his time , Imran Khan , Richard Hadlee and Kapil Dev , he is certainly the best batsman and best slip fielder , but Hadlee and Imran are more dangerous bowlers , and much less likely to have a bad day . |
| 28 | Its planning figures up to 1980–1 were endorsed , the CATs were authorized to appoint Academic Advisory Committees to advise on how best to obtain university status and to assist in the planning of their future development , the CNAA was established in 1964 , and the teacher training colleges were renamed Colleges of Education and were encouraged to work with the universities to introduce the new BEd degree . |
| 29 | How best to obtain information about health services is the subject of much debate within and between disciplines engaged in such research . |
| 30 | ‘ Everyone is tipping Arsenal for the title and they have the best drilled team with some exciting strikers in Ian Wright , Paul Merson , Kevin Campbell and Anders Limpar , ’ said Waddle . |