Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers are expected to do a good deal of work at home . |
| 2 | Some large companies employ their own photographers but very often these people are expected to handle a good deal of clerical work as well as take and process all the photography . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I 've been dying to make a good ginger pudding for years ! |
| 5 | ‘ Still , looks like we 're going to get a good Summer . ’ |
| 6 | And they 're going to have a good look and you may need to do all sorts of interesting things , okay . |
| 7 | we 're not going to play golf , we 're going to have a good time . |
| 8 | Whatever , Yeb walks past grabbing my arm and tells me we 're going to have a good time . |
| 9 | The availability of calculating machines , and now micro-computers , must have affected the way that maths is taught , and also possibly the skills that are needed to become a good mathematician . |
| 10 | Oh yes yeah outside yes and old programmes they sell at away matches , badges , season tickets as you might understand , but they , they are going to have a good day in April on the centenary day because they have it getting all the old players Tony says he , he 's been invited to attend as well and Gilbert I believe will be going and erm |
| 11 | The answer to that will depend on their own performance , because persuading the other investors to part with a further 12 per cent of their equity will only be possible if they are going to get a good return on it . |
| 12 | No , forget the history in guidebooks completely , leave history to the writers of climbing epics where no one cares if the facts are bent to make a good story — or do they ? |
| 13 | In contrast , ‘ cash cows ’ will be expected to have a good ROI and cash flow and higher sales-turnover ratios . |
| 14 | If the soil is acid or lacking in phosphate , lime or basic slag should be applied to ensure a good establishment of clovers . |
| 15 | ‘ I mean , a wah-wah pedal 's alright in context , but it can only be used to make a good son better . |
| 16 | ‘ I mean , a wah-wah pedal 's alright in context , but it can only be used to make a good son better . |
| 17 | Further , the data can be used to reveal a good deal about the composition of households — who lived with whom — but far less about the character and quality of relationships which people had with each other ( Laslett , 1972a , p. 1 ; Anderson , 1980 , pp. 36–7 ) . |
| 18 | I 'm going to have a good time , she told herself firmly when she heard André 's knock on the door . |
| 19 | I 'll make sure May and June top up , because I 'm expecting to have a bad month in July , but because I 'm expecting to have a good month , I might as well go on holiday myself . |
| 20 | Steps must be taken to ensure that each decision is genuine , and adequate post-baptismal ( or post-conversion ) counsel and care must be provided to ensure a good environment for the nurturing of new life ( McQuilkin 1973 , 1974:48 ) . |
| 21 | Advantage of the easy access will be taken to have a good paint round with white paint — more light — and to install some exhaust silencing . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | For he was employed by the LMS railway as a train guard , and guards were compelled to have a good knowledge of first-aid . |
| 24 | The standard way of exploring fur lead was by searching for veinstone pebbles in the becks of gills , and when enough of the veinstones were found to indicate a good deposit of lead-bearing ores a dam was built up above on the fell at the head of the beck . |
| 25 | Patients attending the cystic fibrosis clinic in Melbourne were found to have a good outlook with respect to employment and social life , and a study at the Brompton Hospital characterising clinical and social features of patients attending its cystic fibrosis clinic found a similarly good outlook . |
| 26 | There is plenty of courage in this side and we are determined to get a good result in France ’ . |
| 27 | In parts of England people still worship Pomona , the Roman goddess of fruit trees , through the custom of wassailing which is intended to encourage a good crop of apples . |
| 28 | The honours curriculum is designed to provide a good background for many types of work . |
| 29 | The Canadians , more experienced than most in these matters , say that only a modest amount of special training is needed to turn a good soldier into a good peacekeeper . |
| 30 | Whether you are cultivating cabbages or grapes , care is needed to achieve a good harvest : good grapes make good wine . |