Example sentences of "it in good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The journey to Liverpool Street station was just a trundle around the Northern Line from Camden to Moorgate and then a short walk , and I accomplished it in good time . |
| 2 | The bill would give the service a ‘ new lease of life ’ and put it in good shape to provide an even better service by setting up a new system of financial management and creating new incentives to efficiency . |
| 3 | ‘ If you start from a sound basis and do things right — keep the house open to the public on an agreed scale and keep it in good nick — then running a major house is feasible . |
| 4 | It is generally best to leave maintenance and repairs of central heating boilers to an expert service engineer , and to have your system serviced at least annually to keep it in good condition . |
| 5 | Nutrition is the process by which the body acquires all the foodstuffs it needs to keep it in good working order and converts them into energy , new body tissue and those substances necessary to keep all the body processes ( metabolism ) going . |
| 6 | The first thing I did was to refurbish my 1973 vehicle , of course I have kept it in good order . |
| 7 | From the point of view of certain owners , these diet-shifts are nothing but a nuisance , but if ever , for some dramatic reason , the cat found itself without its usual owner , they would stand it in good stead . |
| 8 | The most important factor in keeping arrears down to the lowest possible level was exercising proper care in granting mortgage loans , checking the applicant 's income , his previous borrowing record , verifying that the property was relevant to the borrower 's needs and his ability to maintain it in good order . |
| 9 | Not only do we need to strengthen up the entire body to keep it in good working order but there are certain areas that need extra exercise to give the area more definition ; areas that accumulate unwanted flab . |
| 10 | A varied diet of earthworms , aquatic insects , shrimps , small fish and tablet foods will keep it in good health . |
| 11 | I have the ends trimmed regularly and keep it in good condition . |
| 12 | This time I studied it in good sunlight , because some of the colours are so dim or so dark that one can hardly see what the pattern is all about . |
| 13 | Indeed , the College told the Court of the University of London in June 1991 that it would not be adding significantly to its accumulated deficit of £1.2 million in 1991–92 , that student numbers were increasing ‘ comfortably ’ and that surpluses should follow in 1993–94 and 1994–95 and that the main building needed only £5 million until the year 2000 to keep it in good repair . |
| 14 | His view of the visible church , for example , was much wider than that of even Whitgift , as he appeared to argue that since Christ had died for all , all men and women — including Roman Catholics — were potentially part of the visible church , and as such should be offered the sacrament of the eucharist , if they were prepared to receive it in good faith . |
| 15 | It could be prudent to ‘ invest ’ some of it in good financial advice . |
| 16 | Indeed the business was said to have made ‘ the very best of progress ’ and its move to open systems is reckoned to stand it in good stead for the future . |
| 17 | We 've got it , we bought it in good faith and we 're keeping it |
| 18 | If your painting or other work of art has ever been the subject of a theft in the past then you may not now be the true owner even if you bought it in good faith ; you may be forced to hand it back to the original owner , or his heirs , depending on the relevant jurisdiction . |
| 19 | Is it in good condition and serviced by the manufacturer every two or three years ? |
| 20 | General principles of equity and fairness allowed the corporate organisational veil to be lifted to protect the interests of the third party , Westland , which had contracted with it in good faith . |
| 21 | Abruptness was her most familiar mode , and Liz sometimes fancied that she practised it with peculiar pleasure on Charles , whenever she got the chance : and Charles , accustomed to being listened to with reverence , took it in good part . |
| 22 | Cruel , a little , but not savage : Alix could see Hannah smiling gamely , taking it in good part , and wondered if she was also taking in the rather subtle sub-text of allusions to drugs other than nicotine . |
| 23 | The horseman was very particular about his harness and was as much concerned as the farmer to keep it in good order , making frequent visits to the saddler or harness-maker who had his shop in most of the larger villages . |
| 24 | The basic structure ( roof , walls , floors , loft , doors and windows ) needs constant attention to keep it in good repair ; and essential household services ( electrics , plumbing , heating and drains ) need regular servicing in the same way as your car . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) Where a document of title to goods has been lawfully transferred to any person as buyer or owner of the goods , and that person transfers the document to a person who takes it in good faith and for valuable consideration , then — ; ( a ) if the last-mentioned transfer was by way of sale the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit is defeated ; and ( b ) if the last-mentioned transfer was made by way of pledge or other disposition for value , the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit can only be exercised subject to the rights of the transferee . ’ |
| 26 | It was provided and further agreed that the widow would pay to the executors ‘ the sum of £1 yearly , towards the ground-rent , payable in respect of the said dwelling house , ’ and would keep it in good repair . |
| 27 | He 'd keep it in good order from now on . |
| 28 | ‘ I expect I 'll come round to it in good time , ’ said Ellen . |
| 29 | Some women would have taken it in good humour . ’ |
| 30 | So it 's important that you know about your rainwater disposal system — so that you can either put it in good repair and keep it that way or safely replace an old system with a modern plastic one which will work properly . |