Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] job [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Thanks for the bumper size of this newsletter must go to who has done a marvellous job at retaining our loyal advertising supporters and encouraged new people to start to advertise with us .
2 ‘ Lennie Lawrence has done a fantastic job at Middlesbrough .
3 Ian Stewart has done a first-rate job of translation , preserving the scientific content without losing any of the humour .
4 I think he has done a great job on his return to the side . ’
5 Frank Dick has done a great job with the shorter track events , but there 's a huge difference between those and the distance events .
6 ‘ David has done a great job over the last few weeks but he still has playing ambitions .
7 ‘ Jim Smith has done a tremendous job at Porstmouth , ’ says Lyall , ‘ They play quick-pass football and any team who play the ball early can always create space .
8 But political pundits agree Michael Fallon has done a good job as a constituency MP .
9 For instance a large chunk of those voters who did declare firmly their intention to vote Labour were still prepared to recognise that Michael Fallon has done a good job as a constituency MP for the town since his election victory in 1983 .
10 " The President has done a good job of putting himself in the position where Arctic drilling is seen as patriotic " , she said .
11 Geoff has done a good job on it .
12 According to Peter Sommer , a computer forensics expert , the commission has done a good job in proposing new legislation which is workable and fits well with other parts of the law .
13 Stephenson said that ‘ the government has done a good job in policy development , without burdening business but with sufficient controls ’ .
14 It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements .
15 So far the Finance Ministry has done a good job by letting off steam in a controlled and orderly way , but it is hard to stop the process of deflation once it has gained momentum .
16 Former Darlington manager Brian Little has done a superb job in his first season , but Leicester face three promotion rivals in their four-match finale .
17 ‘ He was trying to make what was already there work and we believe he has done a reasonable job in the circumstances . ’
18 Willi has done a better job with Georg than I ever did with Peter .
19 It is entitled ’ Myth of the tax rebels ’ and it says : ’ Over the last decade the Government has done a better job of blowing local authorities to smithereens than Guy Fawkes .
20 The Army has done a grand job of work in the initial stages of rehabilitation , and without its aid progress would have been far slower .
21 City player-manager Peter Reid , still a rookie in the hot seat , has done a fine job since replacing Howard Kendall .
22 Henson has done a lovely job of placing his famous characters in the novel 's context while never letting us forget that this is meant to be a huge extravaganza .
23 A FORMER Darlington man has landed a top job with Grampian Health Board .
24 Not bad going for most in modern industrial times , but even more so for people like 28-year-old Ewan , from Hamilton , who has found a new job as a salesman .
25 He said he 'd done a wonderful job in very difficult circumstances .
26 She decided not to go back to the bank , because they would have had to create a special job for her .
27 You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood .
28 If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were .
29 She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher .
30 Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation .
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