Example sentences of "it [be] good [noun] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The Solid Fuel Advisory Service advises that whilst uncapping and unblocking both ends may be simple d-i-y jobs , most people would be better off asking a qualified sweep to have a look at the flue before any work is started — especially as it is good sense to have the chimney thoroughly swept before any work starts to remove soot or old bird 's nests .
2 He has earned the congratulations of many anti-tobacco campaigners : David Pollock remarked that ‘ after years of the Secretary of State either acting as referee between the industry and the anti-tobacco movement , or actively joining the industry side , it is good news to have a Secretary of State for Health joining the anti-tobacco side .
3 There are many ways of allocating overheads — numbers employed , payroll , space occupied , gross fees — and it is good practice to choose the basis most suited to each type of cost involved .
4 A buyer needs to be kept informed about each and every detail that crops up during the course of the transaction and , immediately prior to exchange of contracts , it is good practice to supply a written report to the buyer , explaining precisely what the property entails in a legal sense .
5 In these cases , we may want to smooth to remove the effect of events which are unique or which are simply not the main trend in which we are interested ; it is good practice to plot the rough as well as the smooth values , to inspect exactly what has been discarded .
6 Nevertheless , it is good practice to grant the tenant express rights of access over the common parts of the building .
7 It is good practice to make a note of the client 's telephone number on the file .
8 To avoid ambiguity it is good practice to complete the comments section even if the current version is required .
9 It is good practise to adopt a naming convention to prevent this from occurring .
10 It is good practise to adopt a naming convention to prevent this from occurring .
11 To the large British contingent of Formula One teams , staff , drivers and reporters , it was good news to have a Briton like Mosley in power .
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