with the best will in the world
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"He's got a heart condition, so with the best will in the world he's not going to last five minutes in those circumstances," said his worried father.
From BBC ● May 9, 2022
"I don't think, with the best will in the world, you can rely on people to take their own judgement on this," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2021
One reason is that, with the best will in the world, the countryside is boring.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2018
The Classic, with the best will in the world, is a niche device for a dedicated and hardcore audience.
From Forbes ● Jan. 17, 2015
In Athens some fifty years later we hear that it was impossible, with the best will in the world, to find any one who could not read or write.
From Euripedes and His Age by Gilbert Murray
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