Example sentences of "[noun] for good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Targeted revenues could top four billion pounds a year and provide a war chest for good causes such as sport and arts , the treasury 's cut will be twelve percent of proceeds , leaving a honey pot of six hundred million pounds of turnover a year for the operator . |
| 2 | But as a model prisoner he was back on the streets within three years after remission for good behaviour . |
| 3 | The most important consideration was freedom of action ; an understandable response , as childbearing may be regarded as equivalent to a fifteen-year sentence of partial house arrest , without remission for good behaviour . |
| 4 | With remission for good conduct he could be out now . ’ |
| 5 | I imagine that , in the case that I cited , the offender was given the maximum sentence that could be conferred for causing death by reckless driving ; but , given normal remission and remission for good behaviour , there is every possibility that that young man will be freed after nine months in custody . |
| 6 | Most important of all , it is now possible to discern in the structure that is emerging from the subject reports and the National Curriculum Council some windows of opportunity for good teachers and thinking schools . |
| 7 | ICI believes that the Environmental Protection Act represents a major opportunity for good environmental performance in the future . |
| 8 | If the particulars are not supplied , he may apply to the court , which will only order particulars before defence for good reason ( Ord 6 , r 7(2) ) . |
| 9 | The question is , do the people of Britain believe in paying higher taxes for good services delivered by central and local government ? |
| 10 | The comment that all of this prompts is first , that it amounts to no more than the well-understood case for good personnel management in conventionally organised manufacturing or service industry . |
| 11 | And the newly-launched International Hotels Environment Initiative ( IHEI ) , one of two projects HCIMA is currently assisting , stresses the business case for good environmental practice in hotels . |
| 12 | He returned to Germany for good in 1857 , moving for a time to Berlin to be near Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia ( ‘ Fritz ’ and ‘ Vicky ’ ) . |
| 13 | The Mill was sited next to the Avon for good reasons . |
| 14 | Fordingbridge Park for good roach nets plus odd chub and dace . |
| 15 | When Robert Layton , from Leominster in Herefordshire , takes off for Portugal on Saturday , he 'll be literally flying on a wing and a prayer , a wing of nylon and a prayer for good weather . |
| 16 | Anyway , the Club that runs the slope — Sweden 's largest skiclub — is reported to be enthused with its British bristles and will , no doubt , want to shut down its snowguns for good . |
| 17 | Offering extra payment for good performance , and " fines " for missed signals in a vigilance task similarly maintained performance after one night 's sleep loss at normal levels . |
| 18 | In general , the ideal medium in which to grow vines for wine production is one that has a thin drift topsoil for good drainage and an easily penetrable , thus well drained subsoil of good water retention characteristics . |
| 19 | The booking of leading amateur Marcus Armytage for Good For A Loan in the South-West Racecourses Handicap Hurdle promises to yield maximum dividends . |
| 20 | It is proposed the corporation should introduce a ‘ green ’ award for good practice . |
| 21 | The pot must have holes in the base for good drainage . |
| 22 | This pudding also includes a little cocoa powder for good measure . |
| 23 | A great camaraderie and friendship evolved and miracle of miracles , he settled down for some years before a dark-haired , dark-eyed endomorph stole his heart for good . |
| 24 | However , does he agree that the news that he has announced today is good news for the reserve forces , because the units will be well equipped and will have an important role , and there will be full support for good recruiting areas such as Hampshire ? |
| 25 | It was a time when he was immensely drawn to panache , and he felt done with the prim and the hangdog for good . |
| 26 | The moment that we have the faintest suspicion that the rats or mice on board Silver Salmon have got plague we retire to the golf course for good . |
| 27 | In 1674 Constables Henry Hopkins and Charles Badcock were censured for ‘ … not executing their office of Saturday nights in visiting the Ale Houses for good order and on Sabbath Days ’ . |
| 28 | They featured ( i ) the reinstatement of the Ministry of Justice ( abolished in 1966 ) , the minister having the right to overturn court rulings ; ( ii ) the guaranteeing to defendants of the assistance on demand of a defence lawyer , including at the investigation stage ; ( iii ) a reduction in the number of capital offences from 34 to 11 ( retaining as capital offences treason , espionage , terrorism , murder and " economic crime " such as sabotage and theft of state property ) , and the exclusion of women from capital punishment ; ( iv ) clearer definition of the crime of agitation and propaganda against the state ( which was no longer to be a capital offence ) , in order to prevent its abuse by the authorities ; ( v ) the redefinition of internment and deportation as penal rather than administrative sanctions ( i.e. requiring a court ruling rather than merely a local authority order ) ; and ( vi ) the introduction of remission for prisoners for good behaviour . |
| 29 | So , after that , he had decided to leave Salamanca for good and return to the United States by way of England , to say a final goodbye to me and my mother in the house where we had all been so happy at Christmas . |
| 30 | Ironically , donors are advising the MOH about the necessity for good planning and management , although simultaneously making both tasks more difficult . |