Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Fordingbridge Park for good roach nets plus odd chub and dace . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is proposed the corporation should introduce a ‘ green ’ award for good practice . |
| 16 | The pot must have holes in the base for good drainage . |
| 17 | This pudding also includes a little cocoa powder for good measure . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | It was a time when he was immensely drawn to panache , and he felt done with the prim and the hangdog for good . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Ironically , donors are advising the MOH about the necessity for good planning and management , although simultaneously making both tasks more difficult . |
| 23 | The main activity of the North West region in 1992 was the attempt to convince the Manchester Olympic Bid Committee of the necessity for good design in the infrastructure to be built for the games . |
| 24 | They also share with management responsibility for good industrial relations . |
| 25 | Such charges might seem unpalatable to influential lairds , but the report suggests that they represent merely a shift of emphasis , recognising the responsibility for good stewardship long adopted by many Highland estates . |
| 26 | Pedestrianism remained a source of extra money for good runners , who were willing to sacrifice the more socially prestigious amateur laurels . |
| 27 | Giving extra pocket money for good work on a daily basis is far more effective . |
| 28 | ‘ Mass mailings are a lifeline of communication and raise money for good causes , ’ a Greenpeace official says . |
| 29 | Making money for good causes is probably why the National Wildlife Federation , the National Audubon Society and other environmental mailers sell their mailing lists to high-fashion clothiers , luxury-car dealers and other non-tree-hugging capitalists . |
| 30 | I am lecturing all over the place , ’ explained the explorer.However , although he also finds time for lectures to raise money for good causes , like his visit to Snape , Sir Ranulph is a notoriously private celebrity.He rarely gives interviews , and does not keep hand-out photographs of himself . |