Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a good [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The honours curriculum is designed to provide a good background for many types of work . |
| 2 | A story is when McTavish wants to build a better world for everyone — just like you have it in the book , I do n't want to change anything — and the local hoods jump on him . |
| 3 | Densan tended initially to limit managerial discretion much more and thus seemed to offer a better alternative for labour . |
| 4 | However , the death of Josef Stalin in March 1953 seemed to bring a better chance for talks and revolutionised the international situation . |
| 5 | If wished the dealer will then work to get a good price for the car , the benefit of which is passed on . |
| 6 | In fact , they seem to get a good price for their equity , because they only sell when they sense that investors feel lucky . |
| 7 | One could not hope to find a better medium for escape than a pair of metaphorical , spiritual wings . |
| 8 | Despite its many faults , it is striving to build a better future for all its citizens — of whatever colour , creed or origin . |
| 9 | Steps must be taken to ensure that each decision is genuine , and adequate post-baptismal ( or post-conversion ) counsel and care must be provided to ensure a good environment for the nurturing of new life ( McQuilkin 1973 , 1974:48 ) . |
| 10 | People may buy shares in a target company simply because it has attracted the attentions of a potential offeror which is known to have a good eye for investment opportunities . |
| 11 | A spokesman said British Rail aimed to provide a good service for disabled travellers but was trying to cut the cost to the tax payer . |
| 12 | The real issue in health is how to continue to improve a good service for the benefit of the patient . |
| 13 | Apply foundation over your lips and then powder to give a good base for your lipstick . |
| 14 | And what about those businesspeople who are trying to get a better deal for the new photocopier , settle a departmental dispute , win a new client , bring the audit fees down ? |
| 15 | If you were asked which club it was , you just had to have a good reason for choosing it . |
| 16 | It continues themes from ‘ It 's our business ’ and shows many of the things you have asked to see , such as people in a variety of local offices , trying out different ways of working to provide a better service for our clients and better value for money . |
| 17 | This period was chosen as we considered that it was th minimum required to obtain a good baseline for treatment frequency and laser energy requirements for good tumour control . |
| 18 | From my point of view , one of the most powerful arguments that needs to be addressed is the argument about individual freedom and this is always important to me about , if you 're going to take an action that limits somebody 's freedom , you damn well have to have a good reason for it . |
| 19 | I mean , what we 're trying to do in the visual arts is to spend what limited money we have to produce a better situation for the visual artist and for the public who gets pleasure and enlightenment from visual arts than exists at the moment , so rather than just prop up the status quo , which is what is would be very easy to do if one just kept the pot boiling so to speak by giving a few grants to artists here and sitting at the centre of a spider 's web in Tunbridge Wells waiting for applications to come in to us and then responding . |