Example sentences of "was good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the nineteenth century to be noticed was good fortune , while to be praised was a professional advantage . |
| 2 | It was good fortune for BR to be able to pick up the 1938 survivors — only retained into the 1980s to bail out the Northern Line from a vast increase in traffic . |
| 3 | And it was good whisky they got was too new made you see . |
| 4 | There was good support for domestic stocks , especially stores and utilities . |
| 5 | This is symptomatic of much more important weaknesses — Charles did not as Gale states ‘ hypothesise a glacial period in the distant past ’ as a stop gap for ignorance — James Smith of Jordanhill and others had already shown that there was good evidence for a cold period on actual fossils . |
| 6 | Pamela Allerston came to the conclusion that there was good evidence in Yorkshire for village planning , and suggested the period from 1070 to the end of the thirteenth century for the origin of many villages . |
| 7 | The NBS was good idea when first introduced , but gradually it has had less an less interest shown in it . |
| 8 | She balanced these activities with what she was good at-dealing with the public and solving problems , skills she put to good use in her part-time work with the local Citizens ' Advice Bureau . |
| 9 | Rescuers said there was good visibility with clear skies but the freezing level was down to 2,000 feet . |
| 10 | Although the soil of Craven was good loam , little corn was grown , even less up the dales ; oats alone could withstand the damp climate and formed the staple food of the common people . |
| 11 | Now in America , through the nineteen seventies and eighties there 's been increasing concern , an increasing concern that the states were becoming more and more dependent on the federal government and these figures suggest that there was good reasons , this was one of Ronald Reagan 's campaign themes , this was a g a growing concern , he said the federal system has been shattered , it 's , it 's changed its character , the states are now dependent on the federal government and this is dreadful and we must , we must change this . |
| 12 | But could ruin the first half , forward inside the p Shrewsbury penalty area , being forced to run wide though that was good play by . |
| 13 | It was good vinegar . |
| 14 | So that there was good consideration there to meet that contingency , which was a real contingency and not a fanciful one at that time . … |
| 15 | It was good experience . |
| 16 | With the first Dalek one , for example , I let Richard Martin , again a new Director , do a few episodes but under the wings of Christopher who set up the serial and so , kind of , held his hand while he eased himself into the role of Director , which was good experience for him . |
| 17 | It was good experience . ’ |
| 18 | Sainte-Engrâce was until very recently a remote settlement , because the road into the valley was also the only road out ; as a consequence it had a fine tradition for smuggling , since the last thing Basque smugglers ever wanted was good roads along which they might be pursued by excise men far less agile or locally knowledgeable than themselves . |
| 19 | It was good protection , but for how long ? |
| 20 | ‘ Touring on my own was good crack , but I wanted security and it was time to make a serious decision about the future — whether to become a lawyer ( and I had already started applying for jobs ) or to take a more businesslike approach to the music . ’ |
| 21 | It was n't love at first sight when I met Michael [ Williams ] — it was good friends at first sight , though , for nine years . |
| 22 | But if they was good hay and that and you tramped them down they stayed for ages . |
| 23 | If it was good hay that was as good as two bowls of corn . |
| 24 | That was good work , trooper , ’ she added . |
| 25 | McLeish decided this was good stuff from which , but for Francesca , he would have gained no clear idea of what a firm like Yeo 's was really for . |
| 26 | It was good stuff . |
| 27 | Miss Skelton was good bait , but this fish , thought Hope , had other food in mind . |
| 28 | Mr Coase asked if this analysis was good economics , and showed that it was not . |
| 29 | It was good skill and strength that got him around the center-half ( Wetherall I think ) and his near post shoy crept in via Beeny . |
| 30 | I did n't solve them but thinking about them was good exercise . |