Example sentences of "make good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Banking services and finance companies continued to trade profitably in spite of higher interest rates and the group 's network of independent financial advisers , has made good progress , although slower than envisaged .
2 The school certainly made good progress under her leadership — she was a dedicated headmistress .
3 I am pleased that we have made good progress in this strategy by gaining a strong portfolio of business in the UK private sector and overseas .
4 We have made good progress on education .
5 A UN team visited Kuwait in March and reported that although a deliberate attempt had been made to " extinguish Kuwait " , the country had made good progress in dealing with immediate humanitarian needs [ see p. 38082 for mission to Iraq ] .
6 Our Fire Protection and Engineering Services companies have also made good progress in increasing their sales in non-oil related markets .
7 Finaserve continued to enjoy good levels of product volume in a competitive market and our two joint venture cargo handling companies also made good progress , particularly in Aberdeen where a good level of general cargo business was secured .
8 On the second erm erm issue the commitments in Greater York , erm Mr has has made good progress erm on this erm and he 's been had discussions this morning with er district colleagues and hopefully we we are nearly there on that one .
9 You just ca n't level the same accusation at Rickenbacker , since they 've always made good stuff .
10 As a magazine article , any one of these chapters would have made good reading .
11 Though the DHA has made good provision for assessment and diagnosis , accommodation for those requiring long-term care , which is provided primarily by the private sector , was found to be insufficient .
12 After Cromwell , new squires , successful tradesmen , farmers and impoverished Cavaliers who had made good marriages then began to build new houses .
13 He had made good use of the last few days .
14 Students are reminded that their eventual employers will expect them to have made good use of their time at university .
15 For one thing , ICI now scrubs the wastes clean and makes money on the products and has also made good use of heat previously going up the chimney stacks .
16 Advocates of participative approaches to the introduction of new technology would applaud the involvement of production workers in ‘ productionising ’ the machinery , arguing that such involvement would mean that the particular knowledge of the workers , gained from their on-the-job experience , could be made good use of , and also that such involvement usually leads to greater commitment to the change .
17 In the second-half the Dragons had a strong wind at their backs and almost made good use of it straight away as a long ball found McClean and his shot was pushed round by Westwood .
18 Scotland have made good use of their Anglos over the years .
19 ‘ Well , I 'm hoping I 've made good use of them . ’
20 Feminists have already made good use of this tradition .
21 in our laboratory we have made good use of carbol fuchsin stain ( 4 ) .
22 You would have the right only if you 'd made good use of your experience of life . ’
23 Going further back again , local authorities had made good use , on a comparative basis , of national reading surveys .
24 He had reason to believe , he said , that the Normans in Herefordshire had made good use of the Roman building-materials ready to hand , and there was no reason why others should not do the same .
25 ‘ But only after I 've made good use of them ! ’
26 Human radar designers have made good use of this ingenious technique .
27 That 's to say someone is leaving and we are going to take that post out and put it into the food section , and on b , I would say to Matthew that before committing us to a budget of two and a half thousand against a background of ten percent cuts , I would suggest that the health educational help-line and their day-long courses for E H Os might be made good use of in the forth-coming year .
28 ‘ Other companies have made good discoveries near our northern concession , ’ said Stephen Cooper , exploration supervisor in Central Region , ‘ and Cepsa , the Spanish company , is planning to drill a couple of appraisal wells in the near future . ’
29 A small jeweller in Switzerland , who for years had made good profits by flagrantly copying de Chavigny designs , using inferior stones , low-carat metals and cheap workmanship , and then passing them off as de Chavigny originals through an impenetrable network of shady dealers and retailers , found its bank was suddenly very glad to extend credit for new workshops and an expansion programme .
30 Good work by Martin Strutt supported by Stephen McKinty led to a scrum on the Banbridge line and when they failed to clear Michael Long made good ground down the right touch line before slipping the ball inside to full back Mark Tinman who scored at the corner after seven minutes .
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