Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a good [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , open tipped tubes and intraluminal solid state pressure transducers appear to provide a good estimate of the amount and characteristics of contractile activity . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to have a good look round Mr Livesey 's rooms . |
| 3 | I want to have a good talk with Mr Makepeace and Mr Farraday … ’ |
| 4 | Subsequently , in the absence of major dislocations such as war or revolution , the provisions appear to show a good deal of tenacity , retaining many of their early characteristics despite subsequent evolution . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've got a visitor coming at six o'clock and I want to make a good impression on him — it 's twenty to four already . ’ |
| 6 | But if you want to make a good impression on examiners , prospective employers or clients , the mastery of our unreasonable orthography is a necessity . |
| 7 | This is because both agencies are fighting for a larger share of the available budget and seek to create a good impression by producing the most frightening scenario . |
| 8 | It was true that Miss Devenish let slip a good deal of fragmentary information about Tolby . |
| 9 | Keen pond owners enjoy growing a good selection of aquatic plants especially waterlilies — given the facilities why not try experimenting with tropical waterlilies ? |
| 10 | In fact , they seem to get a good price for their equity , because they only sell when they sense that investors feel lucky . |
| 11 | ‘ Now that you have discarded your masculine disguise you seem to need a good deal of attention . ’ |
| 12 | We intend to use a good number of the shots for promotional and exhibition uses in the run up to the 1993 Year of Railways . |
| 13 | You must tackle a warren as though you intend to do a good job at it ; there 's precious little point or pleasure in dabbling with it for that way you achieve very little . |
| 14 | Erm been tending to concentrate on specific things which you know stand a good chance of being on the paper , and even if they 're not will help you with others . |
| 15 | ‘ I like to have a good conversation with a boy . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I always like to have a good look round the Abbey . ’ |
| 17 | As before we continue to receive a good flow of donations from the work of the Presidents Committee and their approaches to company contacts . |
| 18 | The Conservatives believe that the government 's role is to ensure that we continue to have a good foundation of basic and strategic science on which industry can draw , to encourage a good supply of up-to-date and creative scientists , and to encourage the right climate for successful innovation . |
| 19 | He practises what he has always preached — respect and tolerance for people of whatever religion , who try to live a good life by their own creed . |
| 20 | ‘ The idea is to make it easier and try to get a good picture of how they feel about their own health . |
| 21 | And the other point made by the consumer adviser is try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out of the shop . |
| 22 | What I mean by that is er try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out the shop . |
| 23 | We know very little about the world history of such ideas and their dialectical development , but we do know a good deal about how things have gone in the main literate civilizations over the past four thousand years . |
| 24 | Head gardener Matthew Hayes , who trained at Emerson College , Sussex , a leading centre for organic horticulture , says : ‘ We aim to provide a good insight into sound organic practice , which visitors can adopt in their own garden or allotment . ’ |
| 25 | While these figures refer to crimes committed by juveniles , they do give a good indication of the extent of class differences in crime statistics generally , given the high proportion of offenders who are juveniles . |
| 26 | From the evidence of a 10-country study , Gladstone ( 1984 ) notes that the activities , structure and functions of employers ' associations do show a good deal of inter country variation , often a reflection of distinctive historical experiences and a particular course of industrialisation with resultant differences in the environment in which a country 's industrial relations system has to operate . |
| 27 | Underneath are the shale and granite deposits which workers think stand a good chance of containing metals . |
| 28 | Well , we do see a good deal of what is around us and not simply whatever it is that we happen to be staring at . |
| 29 | ( When notes are close together in a low register they sound crude and clumsy , and fail to give a good bass to the harmony . |
| 30 | We are not chiropodists , we do n't actually cut away the hard skin because that i is a chiropodist 's job , but we certainly do have a good try at trying to get rid of as much hard skin as we can . |