Example sentences of "[verb] to have [art] good [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In contrast , ‘ cash cows ’ will be expected to have a good ROI and cash flow and higher sales-turnover ratios .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 A man gets tired of his business and his family , and he wants to have a good time .
5 ‘ I want to have a good look round Mr Livesey 's rooms .
6 I want to have a good talk with Mr Makepeace and Mr Farraday … ’
7 I want to work with people who want to have a good time .
8 You want to have a good time and paint the town red this weekend , but somehow you feel restricted and constrained from enjoying life .
9 ‘ Users just want to have a good time , ’ he says .
10 The field needs to have a good supply of water .
11 Intel has decided that the next generation of PC processors needs to have a better name than the 586 .
12 She says : ‘ I tried to have a good marriage , be a good mother and have a career .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 The horse with the highest rating in each race is deemed to have the best chance on form , though other influences will be discussed in the guide .
16 The horse with the highest rating in each race is deemed to have the best chance on form , though other influences will be discussed in the guide .
17 Local firms will need to have a good grasp of the challenges or threats that 1992 will bring , to have a good feel for which sectors and industries locally will be most affected when the barriers come down .
18 If the duty is unexcludable Elvis would appear to have a good chance of success .
19 Therefore XY Ltd would appear to have a good title to the goods one way or another .
20 It was as though the wind and tide had decided to have a good rest having expended all its fury achieving the high water mark .
21 My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did !
22 They seemed to have a good relationship , agree about most things , and never , never row — at least , not in front of the children .
23 The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause .
24 It seemed to have a good deal going for it .
25 The Parachute Regiment seemed to have the best time , for it was based in Europe yet each-company spent four months of each year abroad on training attachments .
26 Moreover there is a notable tendency to be selective , in that one positively elects to assist a particular aunt , nephew or cousin , with whom one happens to have a good relationship .
27 The organisation making the most economic use of nurses may expect to have a good proportion of its staff on part-time contracts .
28 Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance .
29 I 'd like to have a good head on me .
30 I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’
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