Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In parts of England people still worship Pomona , the Roman goddess of fruit trees , through the custom of wassailing which is intended to encourage a good crop of apples . |
| 2 | Egypt 's nuclear power industry is still in the design phase , but according to Mr. Kandil , nuclear power was the only clean energy alternative for Egypt : ‘ If developed countries want to enjoy a good climate , they should give us these plants at lower cost . |
| 3 | The honours curriculum is designed to provide a good background for many types of work . |
| 4 | Thus , open tipped tubes and intraluminal solid state pressure transducers appear to provide a good estimate of the amount and characteristics of contractile activity . |
| 5 | Most traders , and I 'm sure this applies to those advertising in Guitarist , want to provide a good service and usually do . |
| 6 | ‘ Exercise is a way of life and if this station wants to provide a good service they 'll always need it . |
| 7 | I 'd vote for anyone who 'd promise to provide a good road link between Hereford and the motorway . |
| 8 | As an example , take a spider in which each individual needs to find a good place in which to put its web , but good places for making webs are in short supply . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ It seems a bit of a nonsense to struggle to provide a good service and then for compensation awarded by the Ombudsman to come out of the money provided for the work in the first place . ’ |
| 10 | It is not merely that the speaker wants to create a good impression in the sight of others , who might have a different set of values . |
| 11 | You want to create a good impression every time you pick up the phone to answer it . |
| 12 | Some large companies employ their own photographers but very often these people are expected to handle a good deal of clerical work as well as take and process all the photography . |
| 13 | Teachers are expected to do a good deal of work at home . |
| 14 | But one tried to put a good face on it and keep them to oneself . |
| 15 | Anyone who wants to do a good turn and have an entertaining evening is asked to contact & name . |
| 16 | Eliot remarked in another regard , ‘ No association is free for the man who wants to do a good job , ’ for the ‘ religious ’ man not least , and for a Cohen most of all . |
| 17 | In contrast , ‘ cash cows ’ will be expected to have a good ROI and cash flow and higher sales-turnover ratios . |
| 18 | These young patients appear to have a good prognosis following infarction and intervention policies based on exercise testing in an older age group may not be appropriate . |
| 19 | When Pitt wants to have a good time he invites his ‘ little group of buddies ’ , including actor Dermot Mulroney — a whiz on the cello — over for an old-fashioned ‘ hootinanny ’ jam session . |
| 20 | A man gets tired of his business and his family , and he wants to have a good time . |
| 21 | Finally , the clinical teacher has to maintain a good relationship with patients and relatives . |
| 22 | ‘ I want to have a good look round Mr Livesey 's rooms . |
| 23 | I want to have a good talk with Mr Makepeace and Mr Farraday … ’ |
| 24 | I want to work with people who want to have a good time . |
| 25 | You want to have a good time and paint the town red this weekend , but somehow you feel restricted and constrained from enjoying life . |
| 26 | ‘ Users just want to have a good time , ’ he says . |
| 27 | The field needs to have a good supply of water . |
| 28 | She says : ‘ I tried to have a good marriage , be a good mother and have a career . |
| 29 | It will offer up to £100,000 in support to Fife companies with ideas that are considered to have a good chance of success but lack resources needed to develop their products . |
| 30 | The Committee suggested that the Lord Chancellor should appoint chairmen and clearly favoured an increase in the use of lawyer chairmen principally because lawyers were considered to have a good grasp of principles of procedural fairness . |