Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has not had a good season with injury and must be a bit depressed — he wants to be playing . |
| 2 | The House has not had a good record in the past years . |
| 3 | His talent for empathetic understanding reaches its peak with Sylvia , who has not read a good book in her entire life . |
| 4 | The girl is said not have a good relationship with her father and the prospect that he might return to the family home , after a period of estrangement from his wife , prompted her action under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 5 | Men such as Syd obviously took a great deal of pride in their work — woe betide a fireman or fitter who did not do a good job ! |
| 6 | Transworld 's international sales director John Blake said the heat of Olympia 2 did not create a good atmosphere in which to do business . |
| 7 | He did not acquire a good reputation . |
| 8 | After all , our record of innovation into the marketplace , of the sort of fashion sensitive effects wanted and needed in the garment business , did not seem a good one . |
| 9 | The hungry sheep seem to look up in vain to their religious leaders and , if this was the whole reality , it is surprising that the Reformation did not happen a good deal earlier . |
| 10 | He did not have a good journey from Greshornish ; the ground proved so soft that he frequently had to dismount and walk . |
| 11 | ‘ Results show we did not have a good season and at the end of the day the responsibility was mine . |
| 12 | Lawyers said she did not have a good relationship with the father and the prospect that he may return to the family home prompted her action under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 13 | But it 's a pity she did not have a better showcase for her talents . |
| 14 | The Secretary of State did not provide a good defence of the Government 's proposition . |
| 15 | Wills , leases and assents are among those documents that do not form a good root of title . |
| 16 | ‘ You do not get a good spread of risk and it kept putting the premiums up . |
| 17 | Never let it be said that the Inspiral Carpets do not like a good breakfast . |
| 18 | This result can be interpreted in support of Frith 's contention , in that good readers who are poor spellers are those who do not have a good awareness of the relationships between sound and spelling . |
| 19 | On a seller and buyer summons the court declared that the seller had not made a good title , and ordered the return to the buyer of the buyer 's deposit on the equitable principle that it is a seller 's duty to disclose fully and frankly in the contract any title defect . |
| 20 | Ireland lost all four Championship matches in ‘ 84 and it was generally felt that McBride had not achieved a good relationship with his players . |
| 21 | Paragraph ( a ) is by way of restatement of the common law ; paragraph ( b ) extends it so as to make the disposition conversion even if it does not confer a good title on the disponee . |
| 22 | A single stem planted on its own does not create a good effect . |
| 23 | This could be for many reasons : for example the database does not contain a good example of that particular form of letter , or the character may have been badly written . |
| 24 | The palace has almost disappeared and the church has been poorly restored and does not give a good impression of the original . |
| 25 | Lead piping has two main disadvantages : it is often very small bore , so does not allow a good waterflow , and the amateur will find it difficult to extend the system . |
| 26 | It dismisses the fact that USL has reserved the right to bring such a claim later on , apparently after discovery , suggesting that this means ‘ it does not have a good faith basis for such a claim at this time . ’ |
| 27 | The GMC does not have a good track record in ensuring that change happens . |
| 28 | The IFI does not have a good record , but their credibility has improved since the Board was changed and Brett , the previous chair , had left . |
| 29 | Lawyers said the girl , who can not be named for legal reasons , does not have a good relationship with her father . |
| 30 | ‘ There is no doubt that climate affects landform development but it does not provide a good basis for a general theory of landscape evolution' |