Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To those who argued that the policy was deluded , its sponsors could answer that it had good aims in view ; indeed , the more glaring the disappointment , the more glowing the colours in which those aims were painted . |
| 2 | Its length was entirely related to the fact that it contained good news and , once again , Opposition Members did not want to hear it . |
| 3 | This method of teaching was effective in that it produced good results in an examination which focused on mathematical content . |
| 4 | The real clincher was that it made better tea and beer than the pump muck . |
| 5 | However , in other cases the courts have held that where a clause requiring best endeavours appears with an exclusion or force majeure clause , it qualifies the latter , so that the contractor can only rely on the exclusion or force majeure clause if it can establish that it used best endeavours ( see Yates and Hawkins , Standard Business Contracts : Exclusions and Related Devices , p165 ) . |
| 6 | And it made better grass . |
| 7 | But we could n't go ashore until it got better ad then we went round the cape after and down into Aberdeen see . |
| 8 | The house had not the vistas or the parkland of Auckland Castle , and its chapel could hardly compete with the chapel at Auckland , but it had good walks along the Ouse . |
| 9 | A dismissal may be unfair either because it was procedurally arbitrary or because it lacked good cause . |
| 10 | The BBC says it chose Stewart Park , Middlesbrough , for a Bank Holiday special because it offered better car parking than parks in Stockton , while Stockton did not have an auditorium to compare with the size of Middlesbrough Town Hall . |
| 11 | Timothy crossed the car-park , glad that the publican was whistling since it suggested good humour . |
| 12 | Jones 's book remained untouched on the shelves of Northumbria 's modest library in its first two years , even though it had good reviews ; and the influence of his research has been all but negligible . |