Example sentences of "[verb] to good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CRE is committed to good race relations . |
| 2 | The Social Services department is committed to good discharge planning for all people discharged from hospital and will work with representatives to improve good practice ( Berkshire ) . |
| 3 | All that was needed was a little encouragement , a sign that the employer was committed to good employment policies and practices for people with disabilities . |
| 4 | Following mainstream psychology 's prescriptions , it presents itself as committed to good methodology . |
| 5 | I 've always felt that I was raised in the land of melody but I certainly was n't raised in the land of rhythm so I 'm always attracted to good dance music . |
| 6 | Complete the coupon , cut out and send to Good Housekeeping , PO Box 50 , FREEPOST , Bromley , Kent BR2 9TT . |
| 7 | The experience acquired in the development and construction of the first six 900-MWe units ( Fessenheim and Bugey ) , designed before 1973 , was turned to good account in the design of the 18 identical units built at Tricastin , Gravelines , Dampierre , and Le Blayais . |
| 8 | But all this could be turned to good account . |
| 9 | But the absence , say , of sterile dressing packs can be turned to good use . |
| 10 | In a very different context from California this same strategy has been applied to good effect . |
| 11 | Produced by French keyboard wiz Wally Badarou , and the band themselves , ‘ Guaranteed ’ finds all the old trademarks applied to good effect — the swirling keyboards of Mike Lindup , the old bass-as-lead instrument ploy , and drummer Gary Husband thumping the tubs for all he 's worth . |
| 12 | An important influence over this change has come from the US , where shareholders have stepped up the pressure to conform to good community practice . |
| 13 | In evidence I said that allergen extracts should be standardised and prepared according to good manufacturing practice and that it was absurd to inject patients with extracts of gas and petrol fumes . |
| 14 | More than 40 GPs supported the National Federation of Spiritual Healers , according to Good Housekeeping magazine . |
| 15 | These motives can be exploited to good effect by skilful MPs who understand the system and work with it rather than try to change it . |
| 16 | I approached the service from the point of view of the consumer , as we had already done to good effect with the opticians . |
| 17 | This is warts and all film making which , though done to good effect , is hardly uplifting . |
| 18 | We felt less cut off from society as a whole and I was particularly pleased to be able to listen to good music on a regular basis . |
| 19 | Charles wanted the farmers to talk frankly to him so he could learn about their lives and problems , and put what he learnt to good effect . |
| 20 | This race is distinctly darker than our British bird and can be seen to good advantage on Sea-lion Island , the most southerly inhabited island in the Falklands . |
| 21 | This adversity he turned to good advantage , for here was time to devote to his beloved natural history . |
| 22 | Odour nuisance can be considerably reduced by adhering to good housekeeping practices and often byelaws are made by local authorities under s.108 of the Public Health Act 1936 to ensure they are followed at all times . |
| 23 | His own crops , if a good yield , were due to splendid husbandry , while any other farmer 's were attributed to good land . |
| 24 | If one manages to find the simplest method at the first attempt that can mostly be attributed to good luck . |
| 25 | Most often known to us as witch doctors or medicine men , it has now been realised that their accumulated knowledge and experience of which natural substances work in the rapid healing of wounds , or alleviation of pain , is a major resource which modern science can use to good effect in producing ‘ new ’ drugs . |
| 26 | Because teachers are , on the whole , expected to have quiet , orderly classrooms they will be most likely to regard mathematics as relevant if it leads to good behaviour . |
| 27 | On issues like this Coetzee 's sensitivity and grasp of detail are shown to good effect : but with regard to the broader historical significance of these organizations he is less assured , and he leaves untouched some of the more important questions raised by his work . |
| 28 | As long as this is respected , the rigidity can be used to good purpose . |
| 29 | The high energy plasma can cause damage at the semiconductor/insulator interface , which in turn gives rise to leakage currents and poor isolation ( this mechanism actually involves the creation of the surface states used to good effect in Jim Luck 's igfets ) . |
| 30 | A favourite device of Borges , for example , is to toy with the reader by sprinkling his fictions with references to real people and places , a technique used to good effect in ‘ Tlön , Uqbar , Orbis Tertius ’ , whose realistic trappings lend credibility to the story of a non-existent world which is the reverse of our own , while the fictional world in its turn calls into question the reality of the one in which we live . |