Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a good [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was accustomed to it from his schooldays since his was n't a memory system that made a good impression on harassed teachers or impatient examiners , especially as it did n't work at all with books . |
| 2 | Then there was a big show of Miró in New York in the late Sixties that got a good review in what was then called The Herald Tribune . |
| 3 | Simply because a variable can be constructed that has a good correlation with experimental results does not make that variable per se a causal entity . |
| 4 | As I explained in the previous chapter , there is no export zone anywhere that has a good record on linkages , but few have a worse record than the maquila industry . |
| 5 | views that hold a good life to be readily achievable only in certain well-defined types of social structure , or only in a society that works concertedly for the realization of certain higher human capacities and the suppression of baser ones , or only given certain types of economic relations among men . |
| 6 | Just trying to put some of those questions to the man was turning the whole ill-fated interview into a monster that dominated a good deal of her thinking . |
| 7 | Despite the persistence of huge environmental problems , Western donors and lending institutions are financing only projects that give a good return on investment and are expecting Eastern European countries to pay for much of the clean-up themselves . |
| 8 | He was able to tolerate this because he did have a kind of ultimate theological perspective of his own : in a style that owed a good deal to Hegel , he believed that all history is a movement of the spirit which is on the way to a return to God , and will at the last find its home in God . |
| 9 | However , one need not be overly cynical to realise that having a good idea of what masses of people are likely to do in response to certain policies gives a competitive advantage to politicians and businessmen alike . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll admit you had cause for complaint when we used charcoal that needed a good layer of white ash before we could start cooking . |
| 11 | The eminent scientist and journalist , Lord Ritchie Calder ( 1963 ) , defined in another context the added ingredient that distinguishes a good engineer from a good engineering project manager : |
| 12 | These are basically of two kinds : those which are generic to the product category ( clean clothes ; a delicious , easy-to-cook meal ; a safe place for your savings that gives a good rate of interest ; fast , easy , reliable driving ) ; and those which are specific to our product . |
| 13 | ‘ We want a boat that gives a good grounding in trapeze and spinnaker techniques , in all weather conditions , but that is n't too demanding for youngsters joining the class . |
| 14 | Louis 's age — he was sixty in 838 — made it urgent to find a succession-settlement that had a good chance of sticking . |
| 15 | The more I read , the more I became determined to try to produce something that had a good basis in theory , but that was pungent enough to counter the bland unsupported generalisations that seem so prevalent in the more practical end of the library and information science literature . |
| 16 | When young , it is one of the few wines that makes a good partner for salads . |
| 17 | They are also extremely vocal , calling and bellowing a good deal of the time . |
| 18 | If you seriously wish to lose your weight then it is most sensible to do it by looking carefully at your diet and eating a good balance of carbohydrates and protein with a reduced fat content . |
| 19 | ‘ Get to work , Isaac — and make a good job of it . |
| 20 | It is set in spacious tropical gardens and offers a good choice of facilities . |
| 21 | Man for man the SEALs were one of the most effective units in Vietnam , and remain a good model for COIN operations in the future . |
| 22 | Looking after the customer is , therefore , very important ; a lot depends on building and maintaining a good relationship with your customers . |
| 23 | Although Henslow 's teaching was not part of the undergraduate curriculum , interested students were taken on field trips and given a good grounding in the science of the time . |
| 24 | ‘ If you 'd like to find out what it 's like to be put over my knee and given a good thrashing in a public place that 's probably the best way to do it . ’ |
| 25 | The Auto account , which was affected by adverse weather in the first quarter , is now benefiting from successful rating action and produced a good result at the half year . |
| 26 | This man would forget the purpose of his visit , at least for a brief spell , and the fact that he was on official business , and drink tea and eat a good meal in the prosecutor 's house , crack jokes and make amiable conversation , and sleep through the heat of the day . |
| 27 | Luckily , my after-match tantrum in the dressing room certainly shook up my rabble and got a good performance against Frampton . |
| 28 | ‘ So did I , dear boy , so did I , ’ said the star lugubriously , and got a good laugh from the cast . |
| 29 | I reached round and got a good handful of his arse . |
| 30 | Two full-time researchers at the RIIA will undertake a part of this research and coordinate a good deal of team work involving British academics and practitioners as well as in some cases scholars from Western Europe . |