Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may simply mean a better understanding of historical sites , including those abroad in this age of mass foreign travel ; it may lead to active participation of an archaeological nature ; it may mean a better guide by which to judge or understand the paperback or so-called " historical novel " or the historical play on television . |
| 2 | Before we come to that ; however , it may give a better picture of the dynamics and movement of theology itself if we approach it more chronologically , and deal in turn with the two main impulses stemming from Germany and Switzerland which largely set the tone in the period from 1920 to 1960 — those associated above all with Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann — with trends outside Germany in that same period , and then with the movements which have received the widest attention in the last twenty years or so . |
| 3 | ‘ It should deliver a better stream than it does . |
| 4 | It might have a better chance of survival at home with me . |
| 5 | It 'll take a good year before she 'll get back in the swing of everything . |
| 6 | It 'll take a good bit of practice . ’ |
| 7 | It would make a better spread across the number of industries and services and if , if they join us , it would help us all considerably . |
| 8 | Yeah I do Stefan , I mean i it 's very vigorous int it , when it gets established and it grows very upright as well and of course it 's deciduous erm some people call it a shrub , some people call it a tree but I , I will think that er Mrs is doing the right thing by cutting it back , especially if it 's a small garden , it would make a better bush in the garden I think if she does that and the these little white flowers really in are nice are n't they ? |
| 9 | I told him I though it would make a good fireman " hat . |
| 10 | Your own life has been remarkable for tragedies , and triumphs — it would make a good movie and a good book , are either of those things planned ? |
| 11 | After examining it , they considered it would make a good tool-box and decided to take it with them . |
| 12 | It would make a good book , this would . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It would give a better idea of the effectiveness of co-operation if the public had a chance to look at the frequency with which bombs are transported into Northern Ireland in vehicles stolen in the Republic . |
| 14 | It would take a better speaker than I , and a longer speech , to answer that question . |
| 15 | The new company promised it would provide a better service to the North , including a news service specifically for South Durham , Teesside and North Yorkshire . |
| 16 | If we could observe them , it would provide a good test of this picture of a very hot early stage of the universe . |
| 17 | If this is true ( and it is not so far-fetched : if you carry on an intelligent argument with your readers in the columns of a newspaper , you can not expect them to believe that the responsibilities of self-government are beyond them ) , then it would seem a good example of propaganda having the opposite effect to that intended . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , it would seem a better idea than engaging a model , ’ she answered seriously . |
| 19 | ‘ The sun is in just the right place , and it will make a good picture . ’ |
| 20 | Strain them ( keep the liquid — it will make a good basis for a vegetable soup ) , put them in a bowl and while still hot stir in plenty of olive oil , sliced onion , garlic , parsley , and a little vinegar . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's fair to say that we liked the thought of it going to somewhere like Embsay , which does n't have any other big engines , because it will do a good bit of flag flying for us there . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ A very handsome , large heavy bulb , quite globe-shaped ; and being such a firm onion it will prove a good keeper . ’ |
| 23 | As XPS is useful for the study of surfaces it can give a good deal of information about species adsorbed on catalysts . |
| 24 | The health authority , one of the 30 most efficient in the country , is consulting on third-wave trust status because it believes that it can give a better service to patients and local people on that basis . |
| 25 | And it can make a good soup , if well cooked . ’ |
| 26 | It can take a good typist ten minutes to re-type an A4 page of text , and a poor one even longer . |