Example sentences of "[noun] had a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Association had a good press . |
| 2 | Bella had a better life once , I swear it … . |
| 3 | Well before the revolution , Valentin Ceauşescu had a good reputation among Romanians — unlike his younger brother and sister . |
| 4 | At least the club had a good jazz band , and a first-class cabaret . |
| 5 | In another study a group of children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at high risk of sudden death ( history of loss of consciousness , family history of sudden death ) who were given amiodarone had a better prognosis than an untreated group at low risk . |
| 6 | As he pocketed it he said , with studied casualness , that the pub terrace had a good view of the river . |
| 7 | Rostov thought of asking if his aide had a better idea , but Yuan only nodded again and stepped aside . |
| 8 | Jews had a better chance of effecting the transition if , for example , they were recruited into the army as children . |
| 9 | Utilities had a good day , with electricity generators to the fore , but aerospace was the worst-performing sector of the day , led down by Smiths Industries on Eurofighter worries . |
| 10 | They received the news silently , unwilling to concede that Woolley had a good reason for doing anything . |
| 11 | In no time at all Travis had a good fire going , and the heat from it drew her to her knees beside it , hands held out to the warmth . |
| 12 | Anyway at least all our lads had a good rest this last two weeks , so it 'll be up and at 'em on Saturday . |
| 13 | From the gateway of the quarry Grimma had a good view of the road all the way to the airport . |
| 14 | Ann had a good brain , but Megan had it in her to be brilliant . |
| 15 | The pound had a good day , and gained 1.5 pfennigs to Dm2.4138 and almost half a cent to $1.4491 , encouraged both by the prospect of no further cuts in interest rates and the evidence of a modest UK economic recovery contained in the retail sales figures . |
| 16 | My speech to the party conference on the Saturday had a good reception , but those who favour ‘ democracy by decibels ’ noted a victory for Home on points … |
| 17 | Then Neva had a better idea ; she looked up to heaven and saw the mighty sun travelling across the sky overhead , darting his gold rays down like arrows . |
| 18 | While the rate of management buyouts has slowed down with the recession those that were launched in Scotland had a good record of being completed . |
| 19 | Pat Gavin had a good scoring chance but Stephen Pears brought off a brilliant save . |
| 20 | Wood Group Engineering Contractors had a good year , maintaining last year 's levels of sales and profits . |
| 21 | Wood Group Engineering Contractors had a good year , maintaining its previous year 's levels of sales and profit . |
| 22 | I remembered buying an ‘ Orange ’ Protestant newspaper in Enniskillen and reading the editor 's lament that no English literary type had a good word to say about Presbyterian loyalists . |
| 23 | But the other little girl had a better answer . |
| 24 | Yes er he eventually er I in fact spoke to a Detective Inspector er at the police station er he informed me that er Detective Constable had a good knowledge of these persons and I therefore instructed that er D C make contact with me which he did a short time later that evening . |
| 25 | The Fontanellatesi had a good sense of humour , which helped us to keep up our morale ; one rather large , well-educated lady called Fiora Gandini was able to make us all laugh . |
| 26 | But if single-minded determination is a qualification for a stage career , Ruth had a better chance than most . |
| 27 | I did phone one company whose machine had a good write-up but the purchase price had increased by £50 and there was a five week delay . |
| 28 | I thought both full-backs had a good game , particularly with the lively attackers they were up against . |
| 29 | Second , Jim Lancaster had a good motive . |
| 30 | The two war-leaders had a good dinner alone together , and then a heavy drinking bout , typical of inter-Allied summit meetings of that period . |