Example sentences of "[verb] to have a good [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 The field needs to have a good supply of water .
2 It will offer up to £100,000 in support to Fife companies with ideas that are considered to have a good chance of success but lack resources needed to develop their products .
3 The Committee suggested that the Lord Chancellor should appoint chairmen and clearly favoured an increase in the use of lawyer chairmen principally because lawyers were considered to have a good grasp of principles of procedural fairness .
4 Local firms will need to have a good grasp of the challenges or threats that 1992 will bring , to have a good feel for which sectors and industries locally will be most affected when the barriers come down .
5 If the duty is unexcludable Elvis would appear to have a good chance of success .
6 The organisation making the most economic use of nurses may expect to have a good proportion of its staff on part-time contracts .
7 We 've got to have a good system of monitoring with a liason committee .
8 The Conservatives believe that the government 's role is to ensure that we continue to have a good foundation of basic and strategic science on which industry can draw , to encourage a good supply of up-to-date and creative scientists , and to encourage the right climate for successful innovation .
9 For he was employed by the LMS railway as a train guard , and guards were compelled to have a good knowledge of first-aid .
10 ‘ You got to have a good pair of legs and a good pair of lungs to go up there .
11 I think the main ingredient for success is that you have to have a good sense of timing .
12 To do this you have to have a good understanding of the materials .
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