Example sentences of "[art] good [noun] of a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again we are recognising the good services of a shop which has been recommended by two of our readers . |
| 2 | Things looked gloomy but Graham 's astute signing of big Cliff Holton plus the good fortune of a mid-winter break caused by tundra-like weather gave Palace the breathing space they required . |
| 3 | Husband had the good looks of a schoolboy football star who had reached forty with one mighty bound : a strong nose , high forehead , brown hair set in tousled wiry waves . |
| 4 | He records Smart 's statement that he ‘ must have finished an unfortunate life in jail had it not been for the good nature of a Friend , who could not bear to see his tears ’ . |
| 5 | fair point , its still er , I mean its a considerable number , I mean you can see why the insurance company 's are doing quite well , but your willing to put up with that as well for the , for the good points of a car , for the freedom that er , that cars give you and the safety someone has said , the individual safety as a woman , yes . |
| 6 | The first-born child , after seven years of marriage — an arranged marriage through the good offices of a shadchan ( matchmaker ) … was Carl in 1906 . |
| 7 | His capacity for controversy in such social encounters had gained Johnson a great deal of his divinity in English letters , but in Scotland , with the good manners of a visitor necessarily prevailing , such intercourse invariably proved pleasant , Lord Monboddo 's house typically thus . |
| 8 | He also always managed to see the good side of a person , and would defend them as he saw fit ( ie Rodolpho ) which shows a very christian type of behaviour . |
| 9 | ‘ This great prelate ’ , he said , ‘ had the good humour of a gentleman , the fancy of a poet , the acuteness of a schoolman , the profoundness of a philosopher , the wisdom of a chancellor , the sagacity of a prophet , the reason of an angel and the piety of a saint . ’ |
| 10 | Also patching the good eye of a child whose lazy eye has an acuity of 6/24 or less may make it impossible to manage normal school work . |
| 11 | More recently the fashion of assessing managerial competencies ( ability , motivational , interpersonal , etc. ) has revived interest in whether there are cognitive abilities which differentiate the good manager of a unit from the less effective manager . |
| 12 | G&G spent a good part of a decade — the Seventies — getting drunk , the memory of which still prompts a wistful smile from Gilbert , and they were habitués of the Blitz even before it became the early-Eighties club . |
| 13 | As time has gone by I have been more acutely aware that as important as a good knowledge of a language is , it is more effective if it is accompanied by additional technical knowledge . |
| 14 | Erm we 'll just er look at th those have a good bit of a laugh and a bit of a chuckle . |
| 15 | She laid down her rake and ran in to administer a good belt of a stick to whoever might be making little of her darling . |
| 16 | ‘ Better get moving , ’ he thought He stopped as he turned Had he imagined it , no , he was sure something had flashed in the moonlight It must have been a good quarter of a mile away , towards the middle of the estuary . |
| 17 | Minutes later , when Grant estimated he must have covered a good quarter of a mile , he again saw a grey wall barring his passage in the torch beam up ahead . |
| 18 | The roads were bad and hotels poor ; in a Kentmere caravanserai in 1820 according to the Lonsdale Magazine , there is a good description of a mixture of farmhouse and public house , serving as hotel : ‘ The floor was bespread with tubs , pans , chairs , tables , piggins , dishes , tins and the other equipage of a farmer 's kitchen . |
| 19 | In her A Question of Identity she gives us early on a good description of a room in a cottage . |
| 20 | Under the old farming of pre-machine days a good test of a man 's farming skill was to observe whether his land was clean or foul with weeds . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , he is Head Boy at Reeds , very accomplished academically , with a good chance of a place at University . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've never had a good experience of a boss with a short upper lip , ’ said Fred . |
| 23 | The NI gives a good overview of a subject g ) |
| 24 | For a good overview of a number of grammatical categories and their expression in various languages see Robins ( 1964 ) and Lyons ( 1968 ) . |
| 25 | These are based largely on existing historical studies and usually offer a good overview of a period or topic . |
| 26 | Similarly we asked the panel to rate the four party leaders , Thatcher , Kinnock , Steel , and Owen , on twelve more personal scales : being decisive , trustworthy , energetic , willing to listen , well informed , caring , a good leader of a team , tough , likeable , and standing up for Britain ‘ s interests against the European Community , the USA , and the USSR . |
| 27 | Reading right-wing papers also made people more inclined to believe the Conservative Party had convincing policies and was likely to keep its promises , that Kinnock was neither decisive , nor trustworthy , nor a good leader of a team , and especially that he could not be relied upon to stand up for British interests against the USSR . |
| 28 | An article in The Times carried the heading " Yuppies oust the hippies of yesteryear " .8 This offers a good example of a test developed by Newman who called it " Chronic vigour " .9 This is not , however , to be understood as " whatever is old is good " . |
| 29 | WordPerfect is a good example of a word-processor that makes heavy use of these key combinations . |
| 30 | A former Chief National Insurance Commissioner has described the procedure on appeal as a good example of a procedure which is informal and yet under which an appellant 's case is considered fully and fairly . |