Example sentences of "[noun] be [to-vb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happened , Toby was to get a good conspectus that day of the foothills of Burleigh teaching . |
| 2 | The female cuckoo can mimic only one type of egg and must try to lay in a nest of this species if her offspring is to have a good chance of survival . |
| 3 | Portraits also play a major part in Clamey 's work , ‘ I 'm probably very old fashioned but I believe still that the principal aim or a portrait is to achieve a good likeness of your sitter , but you also have to create a picture . ’ |
| 4 | Therefore , if this backward boy was to get a good education , he must somehow be crammed up or taught up to scrape a scholarship at one of the big independent schools where most of the fees would be paid for scholars . |
| 5 | My understanding of the ultimate grunge rhythm sound was to remove a good amount of mid-range , while boosting the low and high ends … |
| 6 | My aim was to secure a good head of each species and , in consequence , except when I shot for meat , I shot selectively and seldom . |
| 7 | The first priority is to consult a good reference book to identify the pest and choose the most effective control . |
| 8 | To start with the lowest common denominator , all sections of the Labour Party could agree that the object was to cement a good working relationship between the government and the trade unions , and thereby also to secure widespread political support , to develop a hegemony which would contrast sharply with both the Heath phase and the bitterness and disillusionment which followed compulsory wage restraint and ‘ In Place of Strife ’ in the late '60s . |
| 9 | There is a clear need for a population-orientated strategy to complement and reinforce policies aimed at local and national economic restructuring , but , as is argued further in the next chapter , if such an approach is to stand a good chance of success much more attention must be given to the improvement of data sets suitable for monitoring population change at regional and urban scales and to the study of the causes and consequences of internal migration . |
| 10 | Coffee contains volatile gases which must not be lost after roasting if the beans are to have a good nose . |
| 11 | Oscar Wilde once said something marvellous , he said ‘ the nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously and have somebody find out ’ er I believe from a religious perspective that every good deed I know somebody finds out and that it 's , it 's not really lost . |
| 12 | There has also been criticism of members of my family for behaviour which was judged to be unseemly for people whose responsibility is to set a good example . |
| 13 | The difficulty is to find a good description language in which to express the learning situation . |
| 14 | He was not , so far as we can tell , putting forward the idea as a serious theory : his purpose was to tell a good story . |
| 15 | Constanze was to spend a good deal of time over the next two years at Baden , where her husband often visited her . |