Example sentences of "[pron] has [verb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheffield has a very active Natural History Society , which has accumulated a good knowledge of this city 's fauna . |
| 2 | As well as the effects on trade union activity , a further implication of cross-national bargaining structures which has received a good deal of attention concerns their economic consequences . |
| 3 | But in no way can effective environmental policies be rendered compatible with the anti-statist , non-interventionist creed which has inspired a good deal of Thatcherite rhetoric . |
| 4 | Nowadays this service has a high technical profile and far superior image , which has provided a good degree of protection in the market place . |
| 5 | Whereupon Johnson observed that it did not necessarily follow ‘ that a man who has written a good poem on an art , has practised it ’ , citing excellently instructive verses on cider by a man never known to have made any . |
| 6 | I imagine she leaned eagerly over the desk towards me , as towards a pupil who has made a good point in his essay , smiling and nodding encouragingly . |
| 7 | His eyes were those of a chess-player who has made a good move . |
| 8 | The writers are three bright operators from Melbourne 's Age newspaper , their work edited by Patrick Smith , who has assembled a good range of pictures , some in colour , with player profiles dotted among the match reports , and scorecards by Ross Dundas . |
| 9 | But there are exceptions and one is Leslie Waddington who has enjoyed a good volume of business at ARCO where he will be exhibiting for the third successive year . |
| 10 | At the present time the English tend to play down the significance of affinal relationships but , even so , the statement " she has made a good marriage " is more likely to refer to the social and financial standing of the husband 's immediate kin than to the personal qualities of the husband himself . |
| 11 | It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements . |
| 12 | With her sensuous smile and her bare shoulders , she could be likened to a contented cat who knows she has found a good home . |
| 13 | Once she has had a good rest , her world will put on a fresh complexion . ’ |
| 14 | If the vendor is to feel that he has secured a good deal , then he , like the buyer , must feel that he has won some concessions . |
| 15 | He has built a good team and has a wonderful opportunity and the will to see it through . |
| 16 | Robson , who watched Rocastle last Saturday , said : ‘ He has made a good start to the season . |
| 17 | The courts are generally concerned only with the question whether the promisor has made a bargain , not with whether he has made a good bargain . |
| 18 | Obviously he is entitled to it if he has got a good case . |
| 19 | Today he has shed a good deal of that ideology — his speech yesterday was social democratic through and through — but he remains devoid of the work experience relevant to his next task which is to convince the country that he , and Labour , are qualified to form the next government . |
| 20 | Although he has had a good response from his three other beers , production is still only two barrels a week . |
| 21 | More can be done and more is being done and we shall encourage the industry to go out and get more business wherever it is ; but it has made a good start . |
| 22 | It has achieved a good deal of success in this , enabling some compensation to be made for the diminishing pool of potential recruits on the farms . |
| 23 | Doubtless ICI thinks that it has provided a good home for those stripped assets . |