Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To a background of loud , pumping music prizes are given to the best demonstrators and to the units — groups of demonstrators — who have made the most sales . |
| 2 | Top awards are given for the best net and best gross scores with over £200 in cash prizes . |
| 3 | By the late 1980s such excesses had been banished from the best classrooms ; the teachers in my Group all acknowledged the need for a sensible balance in the class-room between the formal and the informal . |
| 4 | For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world . |
| 5 | If the BRAC workers had collaborated more closely with the village practitioners , then the lobon-gur solution would probably have been placed on a better footing in the Bangladeshi villages . |
| 6 | Second , the fall in unemployment adds something to the theory that the economy has in fact been recovering for a good deal longer than generally realised . |
| 7 | Foreigners , since the earliest times , have been required to live in special residential areas and have been treated with a good deal of suspicion and hostility by ordinary Russians as well as by government officials . |
| 8 | If the fit is not good then the parameters of the model are adjusted until a good match between real and simulated observations is found . |
| 9 | Work on the launch and the focus of the appeal is close to completion and we are benefitting from the good offices of our advertising industry contacts . |
| 10 | Since the enactment of s 459 1985 , it has been regarded as a better remedy for a minority affected by prejudice in a company to ask for a share purchase order under s 461 rather than to seek a return of share capital through a winding-up petition which results in the liquidation of a solvent company ( a member can not petition under s 122(1) ( g ) if the company is insolvent because he has no interest ) . |
| 11 | Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team … |
| 12 | Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team … |
| 13 | All rotation rates have been corrected for the Earth 's rotation and orbital motion , and are referred to a best fit for rotation rate and its first derivative made over 400 days immediately preceding the glitch . |
| 14 | The covers were very worn , as if it had been travelled about a good deal , and on the fly leaf was written ‘ Journal 1841 ’ and then , in a different coloured ink , ‘ And 1842 ’ and then , below that , carefully , ‘ Emily Brent ’ . |
| 15 | The hall at the bottom of the stairs was a tiny square , a door on one side opened to what had been designed as the best parlour , but was now converted to a waiting-room for the surgery , which was a lean-to structure at the back . |
| 16 | Properties in the NatWest venture include 40–53 Threadneedle Street and 1–18 Old Broad Street , which are considered among the best addresses in the City . |
| 17 | The struggle to decipher has been presented as a good thing in itself , though construing sentences is not the same thing as achieving intellectual understanding . |
| 18 | This was it , the confrontation-point which he had been dreading for the best part of a week . |
| 19 | Turtle , venison and turbot are named among the good things — provided mainly , it seems , by Joseph Cradock , who had done the same for the LNU at its opening at Harborough in 1809 . |
| 20 | Linguists may be found working in a range of national and international organizations where foreign language skills and knowledge of other cultures are seen as a good foundation for a career . |
| 21 | Programme makers are searching for the best children 's museum in Britain . |
| 22 | History has shown that investing in the stock market during times of economic recovery has proved rewarding for investors who are looking for a good return over the longer term . |
| 23 | Midland Air Museum at Coventry are looking for a good home for the fuselage and other components of Messenger IV VP-KJL . |
| 24 | Many of the interesting books of flower paintings in the Library have been donated or bequeathed by plant lovers who are looking for a good home for their paintings . |
| 25 | When money is tight , passengers are looking for the best deal . |
| 26 | It is not the first time that , for whatever reason , such a ‘ mistake ’ , if you can call it that , has been made with the best will in the world . |
| 27 | We are right , therefore , and are acting in the best interests of the Community and this country , to seek to correct such unnecessary Commission interference by expanding the role of the European Parliament . |
| 28 | See my jazz feature in this issue for an example of what I mean ; it has n't meant less coverage of Classical Music but it will mean we 're acting upon a good number of our readers ' wishes . |
| 29 | That 's why the next match is so important we 're looking for a good performance and ultimately a good result . ’ |
| 30 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |