Example sentences of "[noun] to make a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These may be small operations with one or two senior public relations executives with a shared secretary , with sufficient turnover to make a good living .
2 Thought by one of the judges to make a good radio play .
3 Failure to make a good hold off and landing because of eagerness to get down
4 Botham then bowled dismally to allow Greenidge and Haynes to make a good start , after which Richardson clocked up a steady hundred .
5 Anyone can be a biological mother , but it takes a professional woman to make a good job of it .
6 His music is still affecting people , affecting the world , and encouraging people to make a better world .
7 Molly insisted again , ‘ there 's enough venison around that hole to make a good stew . ’
8 She was not a beauty , it had to be said , but she had a good figure , enough sense to make a good wife and mother , was practical and kind-natured .
9 They soon talked and agreed that the shortish novel had the potential to make a good movie .
10 Henry Erskine , counsel for the Middlesex committee , said it was a common trick for people claiming benefit of the acts of insolvency , and the bankrupt laws , to bargain for goods to a large amount from strangers to enable their estates to make a better dividend among their old creditors .
11 What 's in it for the businesses is this : at the moment they can see Eastern Europe as an emerging market , but it 's very difficult to get in there because the hard cash and the skills that they need do n't exist in those countries , but they want to do something , they want to demonstrate their interest , they want to make contact , and what Enterprise Europe gives them is the opportunity to make a good business contact amongst one the young generation of er of business leaders in those countries er in order , and keep those contacts in order that when they do have an opportunity to go into those markets they 've got some young people there to start off with .
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