best intention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbestandintention
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best
adjective
uk/best/us/best/
of the highest quality, or being the most suitable, pleasing, or effective type of thing ...
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intention
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈten.ʃən/us/ɪnˈten.ʃən/
something that you want and plan ...
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(Definition ofbestandintentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbest intention
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It is true that the letters which have been sent were written with thebestintentionand were intended to be explanatory.
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I wish to do it with thebestintentionin the world and in no spirit of hostile criticism.
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I am grateful to him because he accepts that we have moved it with thebestintention.
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With thebestintentionin the world, that shelter was everything it should not be.
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It is always legislators acting with thebestintentionwho make the biggest blunders.
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There are many things that women can see which men, with thebestintentionin the world, cannot see.
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It is possible that with thebestintentionthere is a little confusion.
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However, it was obviously undertaken with thebestintention—that of eliciting the most accurate, helpful, and up-to-date information.
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Still, it has been with the verybestintentionthat those grains of constructive suggestions have been made.
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With thebestintentionin the world there are many people who are considerably worse from the economic standpoint than some of the men in the slums.
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Our inability to achieve salvation by our own effort suggests that even ourbestintentionis somehow tainted by our sinful nature.
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Despite our best intentions, enmity can arise over differences in values, goals, or style.
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But it also allows the best intentions of the doctrine their proper role.
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However, this has had the effect of allowing other highlighted distortions to creep in despite the editors' best intentions.
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Though politically equipped with the best intentions, she did not have the most flexible mind, clinging to her concepts against all odds.
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Thus, despite the compiler's best intentions, the resulting selections sometimes degenerate into a collection of sound bites.
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We hasten to stress that we do not doubt the best intentions of givers, nor do we question the necessity of cross-border solidarity and responsibility.
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There is an unevenness to the volume, despite the best intentions of the editors.
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Very importantly, these sections help students to understand why they make the same mistakes repeatedly, in spite of their best intentions.
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But, despite the best intentions, the courses, meetings and mini-projects that composed the programme were another victory of style over substance, and of reporting over action.
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