Example sentences of "[prep] be good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere in between are good plants for small gardens , only reaching about 2ft with a far daintier habit . |
| 2 | What there is a shortage of is good propositions which are realistically priced and properly thought through and presented . |
| 3 | What I am interested in is good scripts . |
| 4 | And her frail brother bravely struggled from his sick bed to be best man . |
| 5 | I wanted to be best man . |
| 6 | I said I wanted to be best man , I said I wanted a church wedding . |
| 7 | John 's brother Mick who was in the RAF was to be best man , and had a week 's leave in September before moving to Manchester . |
| 8 | Mrs Ashton is a friend of Mr MacConachie 's bank manager , Mr David France , of the High Row branch of Barclays in Darlington , and he is to be best man . |
| 9 | If there was one ( albeit very small ) consolation about the sale of Dave Batty , it was that it finally did away with an important inferiority complex of mine — was I the only person in West Yorkshire not to be best mates with the man ? ? |
| 10 | Everywhere you went , whenever you met a Leeds fan , he/she was sure to be best mates with our old hero . |
| 11 | Yeah it was something like that and he had a sister called Lisa who was about a year older than me and I used to be best friends with her . |
| 12 | Yeah , the fat one 's Donna 's sister and Geraldine used to be best friends with Kelly and she lives in Big Ben . |
| 13 | Various studies have identified what is considered to be best practice for the maintenance of good discipline and the avoidance of pupil alienation , and the main recommendations are referred to below . |
| 14 | Being that management procedures are supposed to be best practice , |
| 15 | It reflects what the City considers to be best practice in the conduct of takeovers . |
| 16 | As mentioned in para 3.2 above , it does not have the force of law , but it does reflect what the City considers to be best practice in the conduct of takeovers . |
| 17 | A peppercorn does not cease to be good consideration if it is established that the promisee does not like pepper and will throw away the corn . |
| 18 | All of us as women have the right and and the ability to give birth , that is if we can , there 's nothing , er , medically wrong with us but then added to that there are those who have the ability to be good mothers , un unfortunately I do n't happen to fall into that category . |
| 19 | Teachers who have an enthusiasm and enjoyment for spoken and written language , and a care for it , have pupils who are likely to be good spellers . |
| 20 | ‘ Those people are supposed to be good riders , are n't they ? |
| 21 | Claystones and siltstones containing finely dispersed coaly matter are considered to be good sources — besides many coal seams . |
| 22 | but no , use that erm bottle stuff we 've got , we dilute , it 's supposed to be good stuff , you 're suppose to get the same quality out of it as , out of that and it 's cheaper we okay for glasses ? |
| 23 | Although the MECs are often influential bodies and have a valuable information role , they are not typically felt to be good decision-making bodies enabling doctors to make prompt and positive contributions to management . |
| 24 | Max Jacob and Modigliani were always assumed to be good friends ; they had a great deal in common . |
| 25 | ‘ His last words to me were ‘ Is that all we are going to be good friends ? ’ . |
| 26 | People who are used to having responsible jobs at home or in the office and who are known to be good managers and organizers can not understand why suddenly the simplest task seems to be beyond them , and this makes them feel out of control and very unsafe . |
| 27 | Media is one of the best documented jobs around , but as well as being able to assimilate all these facts and figures , media people need to be good mixers , good talkers and skilled negotiators . |
| 28 | Why does he not convince the Cabinet to be good Europeans and to obey the rules like France , Germany and Spain ? |
| 29 | It was supposed to be good whisky , but the thin layer of dust in the bottom of all the cups did n't improve the taste any . |
| 30 | He is not convinced that having read them aspiring managers can go away and teach themselves to be good leaders . |