Example sentences of "[noun] at the best of times " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I play the game I can not stand referees at the best of times … am I being biased here ? |
| 2 | And I ai n't no good at ladders at the best of times . |
| 3 | Blatcham station never exuded sweetness and light at the best of times , but the last train from London pulled into an atmosphere of peculiarly depressing gloom and resentment : gloom of the fatigued and silent travellers , and resentment of the station staff , who evidently considered it a gross imposition that they were compelled to keep open the station until 11.20 for a handful of passengers returning from some nocturnal debauch in the metropolis . |
| 4 | Listening is a difficult and complex skill at the best of times . |
| 5 | The sub-standard systems Earth Central had seen fit to install in the Base made some weird noises at the best of times , but this … . |
| 6 | I do not like using the telephone at the best of times and was never very fond of small-talk , that tedious lubricant for rusty little minds . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Do n't forget , she was returning to a village in the north , hardly the most progressive or liberal-minded place at the best of times , and this particular village was especially proud of its moral record . |
| 9 | Now , I do n't like treasure voyages at the best of times , and I certainly do n't like them when they are secret . |
| 10 | This was brought home to me recently when I went into mine ( a rash and dangerous move at the best of times ) to fetch the hosepipe . |
| 11 | He did n't like foreign films at the best of times : you could n't understand what they were saying . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But reason told her it was a precarious business at the best of times . |
| 14 | Running an airline is an expensive business at the best of times , during a recession it can be a way of using up money really quite quickly , now Virgin 's particular problem was that they began this recession with relatively little in the way of capital and reserves , only about thirty six million in nineteen ninety one . |
| 15 | Going underground is a tricky business at the best of times . |
| 16 | Jumping out of an aircraft is a nervy business at the best of times , so the first jump of a new season can be a jittery time , especially when you 're the elite RAF Falcons . |
| 17 | Psycho-history is a derelict enterprise at the best of times , and who can be sure about the mental health of any of the great heroes of the past ? |
| 18 | Caliban is only half a person at the best of times . |
| 19 | Roses do not like root disturbance at the best of times , and any damage at this stage is another shock that they can well do without . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I do n't like strangers at the best of times and particularly not when I 'm eating . |
| 22 | Given the rambling terms of reference , and the clash of opinion between its members as to how they should be interpreted , the Commission would have faced a bumpy ride at the best of times . |
| 23 | Equally , in ‘ Soldier Man ’ , the subject of rape , a sensitive area at the best of times , is confronted in a unique way , its dark undertow brought into relief by a dolorous fiddle and cello . |
| 24 | And I imagine she 's not a forgiving woman at the best of times . |
| 25 | They do n't like Romanies at the best of times . |
| 26 | Arthur Jaffe was not a benevolent man at the best of times . |
| 27 | He was an emotional man at the best of times and a proud one , and the one often cancelled out the other . |
| 28 | Death made little sense at the best of times . |
| 29 | Dougal believed that cars were unpredictable creatures at the best of times . |
| 30 | ‘ Babies are n't her favourite subject at the best of times . |