Example sentences of "and [verb] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the chair of employment minister Patrick McLoughlin , the group aims to persuade employers to abandon agist policies and to promote good practice in employment . |
| 2 | In 1975 the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training ( Cedefop ) was created to disseminate information on training , and to promote good practice throughout the Community . |
| 3 | The purpose of the Henley Work Forum is to promote a better understanding of the opportunities for restructuring organisations offered by effective application of Information and communications technology and to promote good practice . |
| 4 | ‘ You should be here , sleeping in your own bed and eating good food . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Playing and working outside , and eating good Yorkshire food , has made him strong . |
| 6 | Good recognition performance is ultimately linked not only to the capacity of the system to extract and compare good feature sets , but also to the integration of context and knowledge in the different processing stages . |
| 7 | These strategies were exemplified in statements on the part of respondents such as ‘ count your blessings ’ , or ‘ we 're all in the same boat ’ , and in methods such as perceiving hardship as the forerunner of an easier future , or devaluing the importance of aspects which are noxious ( such as an unpleasant boss and colleagues ) and magnifying good aspects ( such as the convenient location and reasonable pay of the job ) . |
| 8 | The picnics were originally for the printers " and their families " , but once large numbers of young women were employed , they seem to have taken on a more youthful atmosphere , and became good opportunities for courtship . |
| 9 | Taking Conrad 's population and suggesting good speech as 75 per cent words in sentences correctly identified by listeners ( a higher cut-off than Braybrook uses ) , then in the hearing loss range 80 — 120dB ( Braybrook 's range ) , there would be 15 children . |
| 10 | Also have a smaller , well-insulated compost-maker , like a Hotterotter , which generates high heats and produces good compost quickly , especially for mulching . |
| 11 | But there is no reason why we should not tell stories of English boys who leave the village and make good in the city — why rural drama should not be found and filmed among the mountains of Wales and moors of Yorkshire . |
| 12 | Mustard , tares , and vetches are very quick growing and make good green manure ; mustard is also useful as a tonic when grazed by sheep before ploughing in . |
| 13 | Current teacher training programmes will at best fill vacancies and make good existing shortcomings . |
| 14 | Such cats may be at a disadvantage when hunting , because their sense of directional sound will be poor , but in other respects they can lead normal lives and make good mothers . |
| 15 | Mark , drill and plug the fixing holes , screw the box in place , and make good round it with plaster or filler . |
| 16 | But Scots always value the ones who go away and make good , provided they do not get above themselves . |
| 17 | In return for his family settlement he had agreed to be reconciled to the Poitevin rebels and make good the losses which they had suffered since the beginning of the war . |
| 18 | Due to the technical complexity of some decisions , management jobs are often specialised by function , with managers being trained and developed to acquire the technical skills — in engineering knowledge , accountancy , personnel administration , marketing , and so on to run a functional department and make good management decisions for that department . |
| 19 | Well I went to work on the Saturday morning at six and we were dredging until half past twelve , then we would , then do repairs till five o'clock at night and then five o'clock at night , when the other crew had gone home , when I start to stay there then from five o'clock Saturday night till Monday morning six o'clock all the time just to keep watch on the dredger , I used to sleep mind you during part of the time and erm used to have a big old tortoise stove down the cabin and make good fire . |
| 20 | After the basic level you will cover more advanced commands which enable you to manipulate information and make good use of storage such as floppy disks . |
| 21 | After the basic level you will cover more advanced commands which enable you to manipulate information and make good use of storage such as floppy disks . |
| 22 | In Welshpool they halted to rest , and make good what losses they could , to dry out their arms and reflight their arrows ; and there was a brief council of war . |
| 23 | We 've known each other since childhood , after all , so it would be convenient , and make good sense . |
| 24 | The others had been ordered to split up into small groups and make good their escape as best they could and , if successful , to report to pre-arranged meeting places in the city . |
| 25 | Groups are good fun — and make good sense . |
| 26 | 8.1 To pay observe and perform During the Term the Tenant shall punctually pay the rents and observe and perform the covenants and other terms of this Lease and if at any time during the Term the Tenant shall make any default in payment of the rents or in observing or performing any of the covenants or other terms of this Lease the Guarantor will pay the rents and observe or perform the covenants or terms in respect of which the Tenant shall be in default and make good to the Landlord on demand and indemnify the Landlord against all losses damages costs and expenses arising or incurred by the Landlord as a result of such non-payment non-performance or non-observance notwithstanding : |
| 27 | The Stern is a typical Austrian Inn , and offers good value for money and a lively , informal atmosphere . |
| 28 | This filling gives a high level of insulation and offers good internal stability . |
| 29 | The government hopes half the nation will take part in its lottery , giving people a flutter and financing good causes . |
| 30 | Once the physiotherapist is confident that the patient has gained full control of his hemiplegic leg while making sideways steps , she then guides him through a sequence of forward steps , starting with the normal leg , transferring the weight onto that leg to move the hemiplegic leg , and maintaining good control of the pelvis during the movement . |