So you could say the ones who are chosen are the best ones, or the cream of the crop.

VOA: special.2011.02.13

Harris Perlman says the best part of the new treatment is that there were no harmful or major side effects.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

Astronauts would be chosen for the program from the best military test pilots who had education in science or engineering.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

You might say when I wear my best clothes, I am dressed to the nines or dressed to the teeth.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

You do not have to dress to the nines, or wear your best clothes, for this kind of work.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

He said it would be best to let the people themselves decide if New Mexico would be a slave or free state.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

The National Osteoporosis Foundation says a test called Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry,or DXA, is the best test for osteoporosis.

VOA: special.2010.08.31

He wrote several long poems, but is best known for his one hundred and fifty-four short poems,or sonnets.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

She says foreign students who work for their school or at an internship probably have the best chance for a job after graduation.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Or so it may seem. Yet competition to get into the best colleges is fiercer than ever.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Experts say the best place to be is in an underground shelter, or a small,windowless room in the lowest part of a building.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

But supporters said it was the best way to protect the United States and its European allies from countries like Iran or North Korea.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

Doctors say it is best for patients whose medicines cause side effects or are not working.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

It is on most critics' lists of best rock or indie albums of the year.

VOA: special.2010.01.01