Example sentences of "[verb] be [to-vb] a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This is because a major aim of public sector housing policy has been to provide a good standard of accommodation usually for the less well-to-do who can not or do not wish to buy their own homes .
2 One of the great difficulties a teacher has is to recognise a good drawing or painting from a bad one — or to know when a child has achieved through his effort a simple personal expression .
3 One of the basic problems in surveying is to obtain a good response from one 's informants .
4 That 's right trying to find work these days can be demanding and extremely frustrating so you want to make sure that you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and one way to help is to do a good application form and know how to handle yourself in an interview .
5 And Jonathan would never have recognised her as the girl to whom he had become engaged , the easygoing girl whose only concern had been to have a good time , however much money it took .
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