Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] a good [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need to attract as many people as possible to enjoy a good day of movement at the Training Taster Days at Bedford College on 28 April — on 9 June and on 16 June . |
| 2 | Now that will be hard , that needs a good deal of thought and it 'll take a long time . |
| 3 | Some made a good job of the sandwich element , but many paid it lip service . |
| 4 | An article in The Times carried the heading " Yuppies oust the hippies of yesteryear " .8 This offers a good example of a test developed by Newman who called it " Chronic vigour " .9 This is not , however , to be understood as " whatever is old is good " . |
| 5 | This needs a good deal of confidence on the part of the teacher , but is very productive as real responsibility for decision-making is transferred to the children . |
| 6 | ‘ Kirkby boasts lots of football teams of all ages and this seemed a good way of drumming up cash . ’ |
| 7 | This caused a good deal of consternation and dismay in Westminster . |
| 8 | This includes a good proportion of the population as , in addition to persons currently employed by the state , many others have been employed by it at some earlier stage in their lives . |
| 9 | The relatively young old person is free to contribute a good deal of time , energy and experience to voluntary action , and large numbers take advantage of retirement or reduced family responsibilities to increase their participation . |
| 10 | This gives a good spread of fruit over a large area and the annual production is easier to control because the number of fruiting buds can be increased or decreased . |
| 11 | This gives a good idea of the rates of deposition and seems effectively to dispose of the idea that Loch Ness might have acquired 1000 m of sediment since the last ice age . |
| 12 | This remains a good way of doing things , and must be the most pain-free way of building up a stock of components . |
| 13 | And , of course , you should also be prepared to spend a good deal of time in looking out the everyday facts as well , those bustles and bonnets and antimacassars and plush tablecloths . |
| 14 | Some cathedral organists have developed considerable liturgical flair and some have a good grasp of theology . |
| 15 | Is early March a good time of year to hold the conference ? |
| 16 | I think that they are likely to give a better idea of what the finished advertisement will look like and can do a better job of communicating the necessary commitment to their way of presenting the product than can the account executive . |
| 17 | The preliminary cleaning of the painting in 1984 aroused a good deal of adverse criticism but , as Felipe Garin , the Prado 's director , recently commented : ‘ In the end the passage of time and the approval of the general public have brought us to our senses ’ |
| 18 | In addition to a wide choice of contemporary writing , both literary and musical , these offer a good number of traditional hymns from which unnecessary archaisms have been removed . |
| 19 | Even if the library does not have the information that you need , the librarian will probably be able to tell you where you can find it : with hundreds of books available about all aspects of archaeology , it is as well to sample a few of these to get a better idea of what aspects of archaeology interest you most of all . |
| 20 | To work hard to get a better class of degree was regarded as the mark of a gray man — ; the worst epithet in the Oxford vocabulary . |
| 21 | Often these have a good range of plumbing supplies and some are , in fact , plumbers ' merchants in disguise . |
| 22 | Gloria 's huge brown eyes sparkled as she twisted her head this way and that to give a better view of the elaborate blond topknot from which floated multi-tinted spiral streamers . |
| 23 | In drawing attention to many such embarrassments , Davie 's book is sure to provoke a good deal of rancour in certain circles . |
| 24 | In one family , where the eldest of the 6 children was a girl compositor , " they are all determined characters and all read a good deal of fiction " . |
| 25 | ‘ We all had a good view of you , yesterday , ’ said Ron , ‘ but not as good as it could be . ’ |
| 26 | The recent case of Collins v Addies [ 1992 ] STC 746 provides a good illustration of why , in tax planning matters , short cuts should not be taken . |
| 27 | Uvistat , Nivea , Soltan and Ambre Solaire all have a good selection of products which fit these criteria . |
| 28 | ‘ The first week or 10 days is a critical time , but they all have a good chance of survival . |
| 29 | If pain and other symptoms were being so badly managed these patients should have been referred promptly to other health care professionals who might have been able to provide a better quality of analgesia . |
| 30 | If counsellees are able to reach a better understanding of their own self-image , they can often overcome the social role into which they have been fixed , and develop newer , healthier ones . |