Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the cost of admission for the better seats in the house — £30 and £23 . |
| 2 | As an actor myself , I wanted a part , too , but there is n't a speaking part for the best man at a wedding ceremony . |
| 3 | They were used to seeing 3 × 80 oz. bottles put in with too much colour and a ‘ hope for the best ’ attitude . |
| 4 | just pushing it in and hope for the best |
| 5 | Stick yourself in the general direction of Manchester , and hope for the best ? |
| 6 | What I 'll just get on with my jibe and hope for the best . |
| 7 | When the patient is removed there is a dramatic change for the better ! |
| 8 | the ability to effect change for the better . |
| 9 | The Palestinians do , however , acknowledge signs of change for the better in US Jewry , Congress and the Administration , and that it is up to themselves to push them forward in much more effective ways than they have managed hitherto . |
| 10 | Rosslyn realised that the horse was asking for help , and that his manners had n't just experienced a mysterious and miraculous change for the better during the course of the day ! |
| 11 | It will mean change for the better . |
| 12 | In the normal way , there should be some change for the better in the patient 's condition , so if weeks pass and the patient seems static , you need to know why . |
| 13 | If I am daft enough to tackle up in those conditions I usually go to sleep and hope I wake up to a change for the better . |
| 14 | But what a change for the better , I kept thinking , when compared to old committee meetings I used to attend when we haggled over lists of topics for inclusion in a syllabus . |
| 15 | In ordinary affairs , for which we aspire only to the best choice on the available information , the only assurance we need is that each veering of spontaneous reaction with expanding awareness is objectively a change for the better . |
| 16 | It is a fundamental change for the better , but the Revenue needs to ensure that there are no major commercial disadvantages in the replacement system for businesses . |
| 17 | One trusts that the desert winds blowing through Vegas this week represent the winds of change for the better in boxing . |
| 18 | Another change for the better is that the secretary-general is now equipped with a bunch of good military advisers . |
| 19 | If you ask me , I reckon we 've all made a big change for the better . |
| 20 | Before resigning ourselves to permanent depression and a feeling that special needs have slipped from the political agenda , it may be useful to look again at some of the implications for change for the better … |
| 21 | But what is wrong with change for the better and doing what one is good at ? |
| 22 | A change for the better , for now the Japanese can concentrate on the new industries of Computers and Lasers where , because there is not yet the world competition as in radios and televisions , they can recover better margins making their industries more wealth-creating . |
| 23 | She should have accepted a comfortable change for the better . |
| 24 | Now it seems this may change — one small but important change for the better . |
| 25 | Some felt the present arrangements to be satisfactory , believing that ‘ there had been a marked change for the better in the CNAA system over the years and felt that subject boards fulfilled a useful role ’ . |
| 26 | The Category D Winner for the best individual effort in achieving targets and developing new markets was Nicholas Hutchinson Regency Marine Limited . |
| 27 | If so write and tell me all about it — I 'll be sending a bottle of Moet & Chandon Champagne for the best letter ! |
| 28 | From the poor they extract money in payment for the good luck and fecundity that their blessings are supposed to impart . |
| 29 | Here well-dressed factory representatives show up once a week and sell their goods at 30 per cent discount to wholesalers who then sell them to people like Marta — but not before a hard haggle for the best deal . |
| 30 | It won the Royal Television Society 's award for the Best Drama Serial of the year , and a Silver Nymph for the screenplay at the International Television Festival in Monte Carlo in 1990 . |