Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | For all her talk of shaking up the town 's bureaucracy , Mrs Molina will have to learn some of her opponent 's conciliatory skills to win a better deal for her constituents . |
2 | The first was used initially to prevent leakage , but was abandoned in favour of the transperitoneal route to achieve a better vortex and easier stone fragmentation . |
3 | 1.3 These emphatic results have given the trade union a clear mandate to pursue a better settlement and we are therefore not in a position to accept the current offer . |
4 | Thomas Deloney may have used a little poetic licence to embroider a good yarn . |
5 | Try to find a shop that sells half-sizes and , even better , different widths to ensure a good fit . |
6 | In conclusion it should be noted that power already exists to utilise delegated legislation to go a good deal of the way along the road proposed by the Royal Commission . |
7 | There is no need to be too rigid in your choice of material for each season , unless you feel it is important , but nevertheless you should still maintain the overall feeling of each season , although in some cases I chose a few out-of-season flowers to give a better colour or shape . |
8 | Needs a good nutritious bottom to produce a good plant . |
9 | Although undeniably a somewhat indelicate position , it enables the examining doctor to get a good view of the vagina and cervix . |
10 | One simple way to design a good fan blade for a turbine is to design a mediocre blade , describe its shape with some numeric parameters , and then test variants of it . |
11 | It was merely an easy way to save a good animal . |
12 | These required a little modification to get a better fit around the radius of the tank , sealing with a glue gun . |
13 | Expert systems can help the human expert to have a better understanding of his cognitive knowledge . |
14 | I have suggested in this article that an influential forum of scholars , critics and performers in England has felt a pervasive desire to direct a good deal of medieval and Renaissance music away from the ‘ medieval/Renaissance group ’ ( a tradition which has come to seem increasingly hollow , even bogus , to members of the forum ) and towards the best voices to emerge from the chapels attached to the Oxbridge colleges where , almost without exception , the members of the forum received their higher education . |
15 | As well as being an aid then , being cool is also seen as an obstacle to digging deep into the ultimate reserves under stringent conditions to produce a better performance . |
16 | Gordon T. Stulberg , president of Cinema Center Films , in presenting the award cited his work to ‘ further human understanding to achieve a better society through the political process ’ . |
17 | Club chairwoman Connie Clewlow said : ‘ It was a fine way to end a good year for the club . |
18 | TRANMERE won their long fight to provide a better standard of competition for their reserves today when they were admitted to the Pontins League . |
19 | Equal opportunities to earn a good living are cental to our vision of a better life for all . |
20 | More accurately , for the innocent purchaser to obtain a good title by estoppel , all the following requirements must be fulfilled : |
21 | People were squeezing towards the raised pit to get a better look at the fighting cocks . |
22 | His music is still affecting people , affecting the world , and encouraging people to make a better world . |
23 | The deepest headings , approx. 14cm ( 5 ½in ) , are used with particularly long curtains to give a better proportion and are sold in two varieties — one for use with a track , the other with a pole . |
24 | The fires have been burning in the orchards this weekend.It was all part of ancient rites to ensure a good crop of cider apples.And there 's some evidence that it really works.Richard Barnett reports : |
25 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
26 | Anyone can be a biological mother , but it takes a professional woman to make a good job of it . |
27 | Confident that your market research tells you that peoples ' houses are overrun with mice , and having used technology from the nuclear industry to develop a better mouse trap , you still have to tell people about it . |
28 | WORK started this week on a five-month project to provide a better access for disabled visitors to Manweb 's Chester headquarters . |
29 | The scheme has made it clear to managers that the teaching contracts represent a substantial part of each hospital 's budget , and Dr Pearson says that most managers are now very anxious to work with the medical school to ensure a good service for the students . |
30 | The remainder will be added to your protected rights to purchase a better annuity . |