Example sentences of "[adv] be a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , around one in two Germans in both the American and the British Zones — and a percentage on the increase — thought that National Socialism had basically been a good idea , badly carried out , and were far more favourably disposed to it than to communism . |
| 2 | It has not necessarily been a good thing in all ways , and there has certainly been a downside . |
| 3 | D Goldstein of Staravia Ltd , Ascot , who has long been a good friend of the aircraft preservation movement , offered a range of instruments . |
| 4 | Gangsters have long been a good source of drama for the filmakers and there 's barely a star in Hollywood who has n't been ‘ mixed up ’ on screen with the mob at some point in his career . |
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| 6 | Now David that 's quite enough be a good boy |
| 7 | This is a play for two characters , Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen , the World War One poets , and it would obviously be a good thing to read some of their poetry as a background to performing this piece . |
| 8 | So be a good boy and remove the masking tape from your hamster 's mouth and zip up your little trousers . ’ |
| 9 | So be a good chap and just look at the sights , do a little shopping , try to get to a football game … ’ |
| 10 | Foucault 's gesture , however , marks the radical scope of such an anti-essentialist project which exploits Plato 's admission that there can not only be a good copy but also a bad one ( phantasma ) — characteristic of the secondary representations of the poets . |
| 11 | On the positive side , perhaps a renewed interest in old school rap can only be a good thing . |
| 12 | I welcome the competition that Eric provides and that can only be a good thing for the club . |
| 13 | As the head of science put it : I think once it gets off the ground and we have got the library and the integrated studies and study skills teaching in a central resource area for the whole school , I think then , people are going to have to start seriously appraising the way they teach and I think that can only be a good thing . |
| 14 | On the face of it , this could only be a good thing . |
| 15 | The dramatic reduction in complaints and , of course , the high value placed on the quality improvement itself can only be a good thing for the business . ’ |
| 16 | It 's really good because management 's the same no matter where it is , but in the Health Service there are sometimes specific problems and this course is geared to people working in the Health Service and that can only be a good thing . |
| 17 | The graveyard especially is a good place to examine the strange and beautiful gravestones characteristic of old Basque burial grounds . |
| 18 | As all cause standardised mortality ratio is highly correlated with , and so is a good proxy for , chronic sickness it is not clear how much extra information the new census question will provide for mapping the distribution of health care need useful for resource allocation . |
| 19 | Inside is a good ballroom by Louis Montoyer . |
| 20 | Thompson 's career — the Daley record 1976 Olympic Games ( Montreal ) 18th 1977 European Juniors , 1st 1978 Commonwealth Games ( Edmonton ) lst European Championships ( Prague ) 2nd 1980 Olympic Games ( Moscow ) 1st World record ( Gotzis ) 8,648 pts 1982 World record ( Gotzis ) 8,730 pts European Championships ( Athens ) lst World record 8,774 Commonwealth Games , Brisbane , lst 1983 World Championships ( Helsinki ) lst 1984 Olympic Games ( Los Angeles ) lst World record 8,847 1986 Commonwealth Games ( Edinburgh ) lst European Championships ( Stuttgart ) lst 1987 World Championships ( Rome ) 9th 1988 Olympic Games ( Seoul ) 4th It has not been a good year for the class of ‘ 76 . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's because it 's not been a good year , due to fluctuating temperatures . ’ |
| 22 | It had not been a good day for liberal ideals . |
| 23 | It had not been a good day for the Magistrate . |
| 24 | Today has not been a good day . |
| 25 | No you 've not been a good boy ? |
| 26 | This latest news on the job front adds to what has already been a good year for the town . ’ |
| 27 | It 's just been a good boat to us . |
| 28 | It might just be a good week or a bad week . |
| 29 | But it was crucial that it would not just be a good deal financially for my clients [ who by this time also included Colin Dann , the author ] and the BBC , but also that all parties should feel relatively comfortable with it . |
| 30 | You can not answer the door ; take people 's coats ; circulate and generally be a good host/ ess , if you keep going into the kitchen . |