Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Thomas wished his sons to enjoy the best education he could provide , partly as a means of fulfilling their intellectual potential , but even more as a necessary upward step on the social-economic scale . |
| 2 | The direction of your movements should always be towards the heart to encourage a good flow of blood , and therefore nutrients , to the part being treated . |
| 3 | The Socialist government of Sr Felipe Gonzalez saw lower consumption forecasts due to lower levels of economic growth as offering the opportunity to establish a better energy balance . |
| 4 | The shape matrices are then tested against those of the appropriate sub-dictionaries to find the best match , either between the unknown word and a dictionary entry , or a composite for suffixed forms . |
| 5 | Moreover , people in personal crisis are not very effective at making their needs felt in socially acceptable ways ; they do not organize themselves into consumer pressure groups to demand a better deal , not at least until they are recovered from their own crisis . |
| 6 | TRANMERE won their long fight to provide a better standard of competition for their reserves today when they were admitted to the Pontins League . |
| 7 | A central feature of the government 's binary policy and the concept of a ‘ public sector ’ was the decision to concentrate a good deal of advanced work in a new generation of ‘ polytechnics ’ — a title borrowed from an earlier response to technological and economic demand — the generation of polytechnics created in London in the last two decades of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | The publication of land registers for the greater part of the country represents a major opportunity to secure the better use of massive acreages of underused land . |
| 9 | The , the result of this , this constraint on us is that it reduces our opportunity to secure the best returns available . |
| 10 | MAUREEN Baines gave a flipping good performance when she took part in a contest to find the best pancake tosser in the North-East . |
| 11 | Aberdeen Royal Infirmary patients are to be surveyed in a bid to provide a better service . |
| 12 | SHARES in John Ritblat 's British Land soared yesterday after the property group announced it was splitting the company in two in an attempt to provide a better deal for shareholders . |
| 13 | We will mount a drive against school truancy , and set up a Task Force to find the best ways of co-ordinating the work of local agencies helping young people at risk of becoming offenders . |
| 14 | the front seat belts are height adjustable while the lap belt is attached to the seat to provide the best protection , whatever the seat angle |
| 15 | In an attempt to obtain a good price , he paid a stud fee of over £1,400 to have her covered again so that he would be able to sell her in foal at the December 1974 sales . |
| 16 | Brand new from the US , Professional Draw is a bold attempt to combine the best elements from other top-end packages ( such as CorelDRAW 's envelope editing ) with new features normally associated with paint packages ( colour balancing and greyscale conversion ) and an innovative approach to existing effects like 3D extrusion and gradient fills . |
| 17 | Thompson is the 4/9 favourite with William Hill to win the best actress Oscar , the shortest odds they have ever given for a British actress nominated for a prize . |
| 18 | I am not sure who is more demoralised by that — the local people , who frequently complain that they do not get a quick response when they need help , or the local police , who attend the crime in an attempt to do the good job that they intended when they entered the police force , knowing that they are likely to be pulled in all directions to answer calls on a blue line that has been pulled far too thin by the Government 's demands . |
| 19 | Managing director Brian Chamberlain asks his clients to negotiate the best terms they can , then ‘ come back to us . |
| 20 | I did , however , manage to persuade Bantam to use a better photograph on the British edition than the miserable and out-of-date photo used on the American edition . |
| 21 | The best type for a luxury lawn , these cut with a scissor action to give a good finish . |
| 22 | Give us the words to share the good news over all the earth , today and in the coming weeks ; change our lives so that other people can see that You are Lord of our lives , and may be attracted to You . |
| 23 | When the Home Secretary announced the additional numbers for police forces throughout England and Wales , I was shocked to find that Gwent merited only one extra officer and was astounded to find that the South Wales police force was not to have a single extra officer , especially as the chief constable has undertaken a major review to ensure the best use of available manpower , a process which must continue . |
| 24 | Its lumbering hulk drops down over our heads to land a good mile away . |
| 25 | 1.3 These emphatic results have given the trade union a clear mandate to pursue a better settlement and we are therefore not in a position to accept the current offer . |
| 26 | The final phase in the procedure involved giving parents advice about prospective job opportunities for their children , and this was considered to be the most difficult part of the work as it meant balancing all the different factors in an attempt to situate the best applicant in the best position . |
| 27 | You can lay cold-roll macadam over old concrete , paving or existing macadam to give it a new surface , but it 's difficult to lay over hardcore with an ordinary garden roller — you need to put down two layers and use a hired plate vibrator to get a good result . |
| 28 | ‘ My three associates and myself are willing to put big money into the club to get the best players for the team . |
| 29 | Please take the break to have a good rest , because you never know when The Marauders will be coming to visit you ’ . |
| 30 | Generally , the grain runs the length of a carving , but in some cases , it may be necessary to slightly alter the angle of the drawing to get the best effect by using the end-grain . |