Example sentences of "[prep] the best " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had lived with his past for the best part of fifty years , and his book tells what he had come to know of it over that interval of time , with help from the theories of Marx and Freud . |
| 2 | It is up to each one of us , he wrote , at every point in our lives , to decide how much order and how much disorder , how much discipline and how much freedom we need for the best realization of our project of the moment , even though that project may turn out to be flawed or even utterly mistaken in the short run , of course I am only talking about the short run , he wrote , in the long run , as I have already said , both success and failure are quite without meaning , the notion of meaning is quite without meaning . |
| 3 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 4 | Some enlightened companies , like Joshua Tetley in the 1980s , even started their own special designation schemes for the best historic pubs in their tied estates . |
| 5 | The show will host such events as the product awards for the best innovations and introductions . |
| 6 | While Kirdoff of the Langham Hilton in London won the prize for the best entrée — roast leg of Norfolk suckling pig with potato and leek ragoût — and Elizabeth Drudge of the Hilton National in Portsmouth won the top dessert prize for her hot Banbury apple pie . |
| 7 | It won the Royal Television Society 's award for the Best Drama Serial of the year , and a Silver Nymph for the screenplay at the International Television Festival in Monte Carlo in 1990 . |
| 8 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 9 | ‘ A toast to Sara , ’ he proposed , ‘ for the best meal yet . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ To Sara , ’ echoed the others , ‘ for the best meal . ’ |
| 11 | R.L. Soale 's ‘ Peace Perfect Peace ’ ( above ) , is a more typical entry to the marquetry classes , and won the Jack Fletcher Trophy for the best piece in the Secondary category , for marquetarians who have never won an award . |
| 12 | Stephens , who won the Jim Jelley prize for the best applied marquetry by a beginner . |
| 13 | They had to hassle for the best part of the day to get the machine out of the factory because , like most of these auctions , the auctioneers wanted the place cleared immediately . |
| 14 | The pack will pull the carcass apart , competing for the best of the kill , and Fido plays tug-of-war games , hoping to win the toy . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ But you ca n't be generous , you have to go for the best person for the job . |
| 17 | With restaurants , supermarkets , wholesalers , single fishmongers and foreign buyers all scrabbling for the best fish , the implications for Billingsgate are clear . |
| 18 | PRIZES will be awarded for the best carnations and bonsai at the Royal Horticultural Society 's show in Greycoat Street , London SW1 , to be held this Tuesday ( 11am-7pm , admission £2.50 ) and Wednesday ( 10am-5pm , admission £1.50 ) . |
| 19 | This is not to suggest that all , or indeed any , should be discarded ; if England have to go for maturity and hope for the best , so be it . |
| 20 | Walker , who won the Heisman Trophy for the best college player and is regarded as one of the leading rushers in the NFL , was exchanged for Darrin Nelson ( running back ) , Issiac Holt ( defensive back ) , David Howard and Jesse Solomon ( both linebackers ) and Alex Stewart ( defensive end ) plus a first-round and up to six other draft picks in the next three years . |
| 21 | So it 's surprising that when we 're staying in a guest house on a walking holiday we 're content just to order ‘ a packed lunch ’ , and hope for the best . |
| 22 | This month the £10 prize for the best letter goes to Richard Wallis from Twickenham |
| 23 | There was a magazine called Kine Weekly , which would give a showman 's award for the best stunt . |
| 24 | These people came in yesterday , he told me , who were judging a competition for the best window displays in the Kings Road . |
| 25 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If you think it 's for the best , Daddy . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I know it 'll be for the best . |
| 28 | We can only pray and hope it 'll turn out for the best . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You should know you 'll not change your father now and he means everything for the best for the whole house , ’ she argued forcibly but the strain was showing on her own drawn , anxious features . |
| 30 | Sports commentators had what many came to consider the most enviable job in the world ; they had the best seats for the best events in return for talking about what they loved anyway . |