Example sentences of "[vb -s] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may live in a modern house where the style of bare floorboards is acceptable , but nothing beats good carpeting as insulation . |
| 2 | It also believes that if the Church wants better music and musicians , it will have to be prepared to pay more at least for its music leaders . |
| 3 | Concerned that the imposition of VAT on domestic power and light next year will cause hardship , the Consumers ' Association wants better advice to help people reduce bills and conserve energy . |
| 4 | Gregory grey haired , urbane , 45year-old wine buff wants better use of BR land and resources , better communication , fax and vending machines on trains , telephones in every carriage , magazines and newspapers on sale , international currency facilities and much more . |
| 5 | Last nights looks good tho … having said that they are at full strength … ‘ cept for Barnes . |
| 6 | Erm and I do n't think it looks good hanging out because it 's , you , you paying in the skirt and the belt and that . |
| 7 | Looks good business at Villa I mean he 's an exciting player but two million pounds that 's a huge fee . |
| 8 | Light : Needs good illumination from above . |
| 9 | Light : Needs good illumination . |
| 10 | To be able to concentrate so fully on a race needs good board handling skills , since you should n't have to think about how to sail the board fast . |
| 11 | Nobody can have any faith in Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley who says that the NHS needs good managers to get patients ' waiting lists down . |
| 12 | Every organisation needs good managers who understand how to make the enterprise work better , which is what this degree is for . |
| 13 | But economic reform also needs good government and these are the two major planks of Britain 's aid policy for Africa . |
| 14 | Community is part of the job but it needs good management ( paying teachers , costing the use of premises , the division of time other than that which is needed to provide the national curriculum ) as well as a personally felt sense of value . |
| 15 | Senecio pulcher needs good soil and a sunny , sheltered corner |
| 16 | Needs good soil and permanent staking . |
| 17 | Dwarf , needs good soil and permanent stakes . |
| 18 | In the Dewhurst last year he could n't do it when he was let down — he needs good ground . ’ |
| 19 | Coincidentally , City face Oxford at Ashton Gate on Boxing Day and Smith urgently needs good results in both games . |
| 20 | Recognising the header needs good concentration and confidence . |
| 21 | everybody needs good neighbours |
| 22 | A bit of a slapper she 's not very dapper she takes it up her crapper neighbours everybody needs good neighbours with a little understanding . |
| 23 | Light : Needs good light and the stronger the light available , the brighter and lusher the whorls grow . |
| 24 | Anemone blanda , flowering late winter to mid-spring , needs good drainage |
| 25 | Bassetlaw particularly needs good community care because many of the people who most need help live outside the towns and lack easy access to hospitals and town halls . |
| 26 | Steering through foliage at night , it needs good accommodation and it achieves 5 dioptres by changing the shape of its lens and having a corrugated retina . |
| 27 | This is the sort of muddle which often causes good ideas to run out into the sand . |
| 28 | ‘ The butcher has better things to do than make journey upon journey , until we are ready for him . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ She has better things to do , as well . ’ |
| 30 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |