Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb base] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Penguin publish a number of books which provide a good background to first-year courses , including Pen , J. Modern Economics ; Mishan , E. The Costs of Economic Growth ; Stewart , M. Keynes and After . |
| 2 | Studies have indicated that the weight conscious , brainwashed by years of ‘ cut out those carbohydrates ’ advice , tend to avoid the bread and potatoes which supply a good deal of the fibre in most people 's diets . |
| 3 | Perhaps not surprisingly , Cud feel their increasing popularity is due to the prevailing attitude of punters who desire a good night out rather than a drubbing from a band preaching a university thesis . |
| 4 | Perhaps not surprisingly , Cud feel their increasing popularity is due to the prevailing attitude of punters who desire a good night out rather than a drubbing from a band preaching a university thesis . |
| 5 | For stamina we need a good circulation in the heart muscle and the other muscles of the body to ensure that oxygen reaches the parts that particularly need it . |
| 6 | In Spain we like a good gossip . |
| 7 | Er right so as I say it 's a lighthearted approach and on christian name terms and with that in mind would you detach one of these and just stick your name on so that at least if you do n't know then at some stage during the course you stand a good chance of getting to know each other because again the essence of this course is informality and talking . |
| 8 | ‘ At the moment I see a good future with the C.P.S. The career structure has recently been improved . |
| 9 | If you can get them into combat they stand a good chance of winning , but you can guarantee the enemy will do his best to shoot them up first . |
| 10 | I 've already answered the underlying question , I do believe that they should have the maximum discretion and then they should be answerable for their decisions to their local electors who want a good police service and want a good education service and there is money there for them to do it if that is their wish . |
| 11 | Brian Clough had used some unkind words to describe his side on the morning of the match , but on Saturday 's evidence we beat a good side . |
| 12 | Only cornflakes and Rice Krispies are included in Stage I. they contain a good amount of protein and are fortified with extra vitamin B and iron . |
| 13 | After all , joint committees themselves enjoy a good railway pedigree . |
| 14 | And there is a high proportion of people who know a good deal about what they are looking at and may even have seen it before . |
| 15 | They actually are welcoming good material in various senses , and in particular , they will welcome people who have a good story , a nice item , which they 're prepared to come and record , either in the studio , or record on a Ewer somewhere on tape . |
| 16 | There are people who have a good pension when there in retirement , do n't there department , I 'm the only one that 's elected . |
| 17 | The people who move a good deal are often described as being ‘ full of nervous energy ’ . |
| 18 | However , Dr Clarke was quoted as saying : ‘ There are BNP people who relish a good scrap but they are more than matched by militant left thugs . ’ |
| 19 | Following this strategy you stand a good chance of getting what you need . |
| 20 | Given the time-lag , this does not rule out that one or both of these sculptors worked on this temple in their youth ; but in the case of Alkamenes ( about whose career we hear a good deal ) it is a difficult supposition , and not very easy for Paionios . |
| 21 | Someone must be doing their housekeeping rather better at those hospitals , especially when one thinks of the help the Memorial Hospital gets from the WRVS and the Friends of the Hospital who raise a good deal of money and have done so for many years . |
| 22 | This is hardly surprising amongst members of a profession who earn a good deal of their living by talking . |
| 23 | Concerning the painter we know a good deal also . |
| 24 | Around this heart-shaped cut-out I arranged a delicate garland of small apple blossom flowers and buds — as the pressed buds are a much darker colour than the flowers they make a good contrast . |
| 25 | If people want to escape urban gloom I have a good suggestion : throw your TV , video and stereo through the window , lock your car in the garage and buy a bicycle . |
| 26 | The decision of whether to prescribe an antidepressant should be made on the basis of whether the patient shows ‘ biological ’ features of depression which predict a good response ( e.g. early morning wakening , diurnal mood variation , and weight loss due to impaired appetite ) ; whether , in the case of severe depression , one can afford to wait for the delayed response of an antidepressant ; and the extent to which environmental factors seem largely to explain the symptoms . |
| 27 | Needless to say , though , drawings which bear a good provenance are usually of good quality : the drawings collected by such a fine connoisseur as the seventeenth-century English painter Peter Lely are now the pride of the world 's greatest museums . |
| 28 | ( ’ Each time I take a good picture , I ask myself who can I show it to … but there are fewer people left . ’ ) |
| 29 | I think in terms of our our first duty to protect the public by keeping offenders locked up securely , yes by and large we do a good job and that , by keeping good order in prisons we do a good job generally speaking incidence are very few and far between after the mid eighties , things have settled down considerably . |
| 30 | So this time they get a good start , and they 're off . |