Example sentences of "[verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The ministers involved recognize that MPs are being well briefed and though they will not necessarily concede directly they encounter a good case , they will usually move the amendment themselves at a later stage . |
| 2 | Slacker , a term denoting a Twentysomething who wants no responsibility and loves a good time , was a major US cult hit last year for director Richard Linklater — and deservedly so . |
| 3 | But it was a control which required active defence , to which the Cinque Ports contributed a good deal , particularly in the late fourteenth century . |
| 4 | In Edinburgh at the time , there were various schools which might come under this heading , including the Merchant Company schools which provided a good education originally for children of humble backgrounds , but increasingly for middle-class children . |
| 5 | Tony Foreman , a tax partner in Pannell Kerr Forster , said the BES assured tenancy schemes with non-recourse loans provided a good return for top rate taxpayers ; their 60p in the pound net outlay after tax relief was turned into 72p in as little as six months by a loan . |
| 6 | Initially , the steel toecaps of industrial boots provided a good way of savaging your opponent . |
| 7 | This provided a good defence against swords and arrows , but no protection against a lance thrust or a mace . |
| 8 | In the old large hospitals it was sometimes difficult to detect the strong mutual , informal relationships which developed amongst patients and provided a good deal of support , and , unfortunately , often little account was taken of these relationships when patients were moved from the hospitals into the community . |
| 9 | For a given histogram ( in this case the histogram from Fig. 1 c ) , an ‘ autocorrelation score ’ was calculated by subtracting the best-fitting smooth distribution ( in this and many other examples a single gaussian provided a good fit ) , filtering the resulting difference function in the Fourier domain , then detecting peaks in its autocorrelation function . |
| 10 | Manchester provided a good site for developing a dye industry because it was both at the heart of the Lancashire textile industry and it was close to a developing university . |
| 11 | The basic chemical structure common to promethazine and chlorpromazine provided a good basis from which to begin the search for compounds which were better than chlorpromazine , and in the next few years many came into clinical use . |
| 12 | Knowing general family traits provided a good starting point and from assorted references I began to get an idea of the species I could hope to find myself and those for which I 'd need help . |
| 13 | Such publications must be treated critically ; Namier provided a good example of the deflation of a quasi-official authoritativeness in his review of the Survey of International Affairs , 1938 published by the authoritative Royal Institute of International Affairs ( Chatham House ) . |
| 14 | Education provided a good example of the accommodation feminists had to make in regard to scientific theories of sexual difference and the ambivalence many of them felt about the whole issue . |
| 15 | But they do know a good ad when they see one . |
| 16 | Well then , you will know a good cigar when you taste one . ’ |
| 17 | Do you know a good locksmith ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Do you know a good solicitor ? ’ |
| 19 | Those of you who are involved in deciding whether to apply for a place in further or higher education will already know a good deal about how to read prospectuses without believing everything they say : what they do not say is just as important . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The association continues next year — P.S. Does anyone know a good hockey coach — we definitely need one ! |
| 22 | You will need a good honours degree in any discipline or alternatively a degree , HND or equivalent combined with experience at management level . |
| 23 | You will need a good degree or equivalent in engineering or physical science and , ideally , experience within an electrical , electrochemical or electromechanical environment . |
| 24 | You will also need a good selection of cloths for cleaning the pictures — pieces of linen work well , as do old T-shirts . |
| 25 | I 'll need a good work light . ’ |
| 26 | Cos you 'll need a good breakfast if you 're going away wo n't you . |
| 27 | They will need a good showing to put themselves back in contention for a place in Britain 's Olympic squad . |
| 28 | ‘ You 'll need a good wig if you 're to be Hedda 's long-haired poet . ’ |
| 29 | Apart from a strong pair of legs you 'll also need a good dictionary to decipher the route names . |
| 30 | They may need a good deal of support because of these conflicts , yet this is rarely available . |