Example sentences of "[adv] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideology is apparently a better predictor of attitudes of American voters to the introduction of a national health insurance programme than the personal benefits that individuals can expect to receive . |
| 2 | Apparently a good diet is the important factor is getting them to spawn . |
| 3 | Before long a good deal of the poetry that women had written would seem decidedly out of date . |
| 4 | It was , it was somewhat a good thing that somebody was prepared to buy it . |
| 5 | Naturally a good driver will not turn his head to talk to his companion . |
| 6 | Neither my sister nor I can remember exactly what we had for dinner , but we chose not merely a good cheese but a claret of which we hoped he would approve . |
| 7 | And I must also add that I was a trifle put out , and surprised , because it seemed to me that he was turning down a good opportunity . |
| 8 | Moran said : ‘ Director Jack Walker 's money has enabled the manager to put down a good foundation and if we can get Roy coming in alongside the likes of Alan Shearer , the club will really be going places . ’ |
| 9 | You know the old saying about never look a gift horse in the mouth , well do n't turn down a good tip . |
| 10 | And with Deane , you are forgetting the big guy turned down a BETTER contract at Sheff Wed to join Leeds . |
| 11 | Perhaps there was hope , perhaps all was not harsh antipathy , perhaps a better daughter might have found a way to soften such a mother . |
| 12 | He claims that he has always been an ‘ outsider ’ , ‘ unique ’ is perhaps a better description . |
| 13 | I do n't think anybody can agree , there is , there is perhaps a better way of looking at the current formula , but I 'm just a little bit concerned having read this report and seen the purpose , about the way that er , the A C C are , are pressing for the |
| 14 | However , the case of Creffield v BBC , 1974 IRLR 23 , is perhaps a better indicator of the difficulties which face tribunals in such cases . |
| 15 | There was perhaps a better chance of enlisting the reader 's belief in Ayesha in involving her with that most believable hero , Allan Quatermain . |
| 16 | Perhaps a better word would be suicidal . |
| 17 | He either stood rooted child-gazing or ran , though gallop was perhaps a better word . |
| 18 | There are still many people who think ( perhaps a better word is ‘ hope ’ ! ) that a gyro can do all the work of controlling the tail and thus leave the pilot free to concentrate on other things . |
| 19 | But perhaps a better title might be how to prevent things going wrong , on the argument you know that prevention is better than cure and rather than trying to put problems right which have already happened , it might be better to try to prevent them happening in the first place . |
| 20 | So that had she been able to take her history exam , she would have needed rather a good grade there , perhaps a better grade than her past performance suggested she would have attained . |
| 21 | Perhaps a better definition of discourse processing is to state that it attempts to describe the ’ extra meanings ’ that come about due to the combination of individual sentences within a larger passage of text . |
| 22 | He allowed her more freedom of choice than many of his clients who were perhaps a better advertisement for his dressmaking skills . |
| 23 | Perhaps a better explanation is that Derridean ‘ theory ’ , never fully accepted in England , has fallen subtly out of favour . |
| 24 | It is perhaps a good way of avoiding the hermeneutic error . |
| 25 | Asking what one remembers a couple of months after a conference is perhaps a good way of judging the event . |
| 26 | Perhaps a good dose of stress is just what I 'm crying out for . |
| 27 | Perhaps a good case for it might be made , but it seldom is . |
| 28 | On the corner I think would be perhaps a good idea , do you think ? |
| 29 | Archaeology , in the sense of deciding where to excavate , is perhaps a good example of where the psychic ability may often be used unconsciously . |
| 30 | In reply to Lanark Road residents ’ objections , perhaps a good example of how carriageway reduction can simultaneously reduce traffic speed and volume is Niddrie Mains Road , where 4 lanes were reduced to 2 a couple of years ago . |