Example sentences of "[that] it [verb] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |
| 2 | We believe that it represents the best way forward , not just for this country but for Europe . |
| 3 | I fully accept that it requires a good school to achieve good examination results , especially in an inner-city area rather than in a well-favoured suburb . |
| 4 | Chez Gerard boasts that it does the best steak frites in town — and judging by the quality of their thin , crispy and piping hot chips , I 'd be inclined to believe them . |
| 5 | Bear this in mind when using the foot sweep and ensure that it has a good chance of shifting the opponent by forcing him to lift his weight from the ankle to be attacked . |
| 6 | If an open fire is to be used , you should see that it has a good fire-guard . |
| 7 | As long as the basic construction of NiCad batteries has n't changed , I can see no justification for complete discharge and agree that it stands a good chance of being harmful . |
| 8 | I have found a five-acre lake which has both deep and shallow water and I have heard that it holds a good head of carp averaging 8lb to 14lb with a distinct possibility of a 20-pounder . |
| 9 | The rationale for trying to obtain verbatim records of children 's speech in naturalistic settings is that it provides the best indication of what language a child actually uses in ordinary , everyday settings . |
| 10 | Vodafone Group Plc claims that a survey by the Office of Telecommunications shows that it provides the best quality of service available to mobile phone users : Vodafone has more than 820,000 of the 1.4m UK subscribers and in its first quality survey Oftel monitored 120 routes across the UK , finding that Vodafone had an overall success rate for call connection of 93% against 88.7% for Cellnet Mobile Communications Ltd ; some 95.8% of calls on Vodafone 's network from mobile to fixed line phones were set up and completed at the first attempt , said Oftel , compared with 92.5% on Cellnet 's network ; fixed to mobile on the same basis were 92.4% for Vodafone and 89.8% for Cellnet ; Cellnet reckons it comes out tops in trials of hand portables in the Greater London area . |
| 11 | Seeing my disappointment he winked an eye and said , ‘ Well , I must admit that it makes a good story ’ . |
| 12 | Mr Davies challenged the usual assumption that the line was a failure , pointing out that it did a good job for the district , particularly in transporting goods in the days before motor transport . |