Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Midland Air Museum at Coventry are looking for a good home for the fuselage and other components of Messenger IV VP-KJL . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | That 's why the next match is so important we 're looking for a good performance and ultimately a good result . ’ |
| 12 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |
| 13 | Yes , I 've just heard Alan say that they 've got a young side , and we 're similar over here , we 're playing in a good standard of football . |
| 14 | We 're hoping for a good day tomorrow |
| 15 | In fact , the day before the I Love Lucy St Patrick 's Day , she 'd been told of a good job with the British Council in the Gilbert Islands . |
| 16 | In recent years , every new development and anniversary has been used as a good publicity platform for the Town and its tramway . |
| 17 | Babies are born with a good supply of chromium , but the level tends to fall as we get older . |
| 18 | Evaporation losses can be topped up with tapwater that has been dechlorinated with a good quality conditioner such as TetraPond AquaFin . |
| 19 | The Thatcher record since 1979 has been accompanied by a good deal of inflationary rhetoric from both supporters and critics . |
| 20 | Several of the calculations which produced low success rates could probably be undertaken with a good deal more success in the actual context concerned . |
| 21 | Wild fish can reach a length of 25cm but 15cm would be regarded as a good size in aquarium-raised fish . |
| 22 | When one recollects that bequests were made in the hope of securing the prayers of beneficiaries for the donor 's soul , it may be assumed that bridges , and also roads , were in sufficient use for such gifts to be regarded as a good piece of spiritual investment . |
| 23 | Give-aways such as book matches , note pads , pens , pencils , diaries , calendars and stationery , can be regarded as a good investment if they promote the good image of the establishment . |
| 24 | Traditionally tanned leathers will need to be treated with a good wax proofing agent to make them water resistant , although some leathers are now treated at the tanneries with special waterproof finishes . |
| 25 | For this reason , the band intensity should be considered as a good approximation of relative occupancy as long as the accumulative mole fraction of blocked transcripts is less than approximately 50% , otherwise sites further downstream are underestimated ( 10 ) . |
| 26 | So pragmatism can be rescued as a good explanation for our cross-section picture of adjudication only by procrustean machinery that seems wildly inappropriate . |
| 27 | The Peugeot can be recommended as a good buy , especially as it is electronic ( meaning the blade does n't jump when started ) and has the ‘ tri axial ’ facility which may be useful in tight corners . |
| 28 | It can also be recommended as a good source of material for student seminars and tutorials at both sixth form and undergraduate level . |
| 29 | Whereas the diagnosis of early infectious syphilis can be made with a good degree of accuracy by identifying the treponeme with darkground examination of serum from a chancre or from the skin lesions of secondary infection , in latent or late syphilis , be it acquired or congenital , the diagnosis depends on the finding of antibodies to the infection in the blood . |
| 30 | ‘ I will be looking for a good attitude from everyone . ’ |