Sentence examples for best for much from inspiring English sources

Yet after a positive opening they were second best for much of the match.

Having been second best for much of the opening stanza the Czechs were again on the back foot after the restart with Kerzhakov again going close.

His side had been second best for much of this game but Mousa Dembélé's fine late strike puts their European campaign firmly back on track, sending them top of Group J and leaving them well-placed to advance.

"Are we going to double down on the top-down economic policies that helped to get us into this mess," he said, "or do we embrace a new economic patriotism that says, 'America does best when the middle class does best'?" For much of the debate, the candidates commandeered the stage, taking control away from the moderator, Jim Lehrer of PBS, as they kept trying to rebut one other.

The hosts were second best for much of the night against Ulster, who scored their try through Chris Henry.

Rangers were second best for much of the first half against the Royals and trailed to a well-taken strike from their former defender Kaspars Gorkss.

In Christchurch, Daniel Carter kicked a rare drop goal to clinch a 22-19 victory for the underperforming world champions, who admitted they had been second-best for much of their match against a committed Irish side that bore no resemblance to the meek team that had capitulated the week before in Auckland.

Earlier, Germany were a distinct second-best for much of their semi-final clash and Britain coach Kerry felt his side earned their comfortable margin of victory.

Wilson Chandler was again the Knicks' best scorer for much of the night, finishing with 19 points, though he missed 11 of 20 shots.

He was a hero for many here in Australia, a quiet overachiever, the country's best boxer for much of his career.

Which takes us to the evening's second game, between the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers, which ended without incident, but resulted in the Rangers, one of the best teams for much of the season, being ousted by the scrappy, upstart Orioles.