Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [verb] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers are expected to do a good deal of work at home . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The availability of calculating machines , and now micro-computers , must have affected the way that maths is taught , and also possibly the skills that are needed to become a good mathematician . |
| 5 | No , forget the history in guidebooks completely , leave history to the writers of climbing epics where no one cares if the facts are bent to make a good story — or do they ? |
| 6 | As an added bonus for taller users , the shaft length can be adjusted to give a good working stance . |
| 7 | The corresponding trees are shown in Fig. 8.6 but it should be remembered that non-basic variables can also have a positive We will use the same initial BFS as in Section 8.2 , but the method of constructing an initial BFS described in Section 8.3 can be modified to produce a good ( low cost ) feasible , or nearly feasible ( few infeasible variables ) , solution . |
| 8 | Later a bass can be added to give a good harmonic flow . |
| 9 | In contrast , ‘ cash cows ’ will be expected to have a good ROI and cash flow and higher sales-turnover ratios . |
| 10 | If the soil is acid or lacking in phosphate , lime or basic slag should be applied to ensure a good establishment of clovers . |
| 11 | ‘ I mean , a wah-wah pedal 's alright in context , but it can only be used to make a good son better . |
| 12 | ‘ I mean , a wah-wah pedal 's alright in context , but it can only be used to make a good son better . |
| 13 | Further , the data can be used to reveal a good deal about the composition of households — who lived with whom — but far less about the character and quality of relationships which people had with each other ( Laslett , 1972a , p. 1 ; Anderson , 1980 , pp. 36–7 ) . |
| 14 | Steps must be taken to ensure that each decision is genuine , and adequate post-baptismal ( or post-conversion ) counsel and care must be provided to ensure a good environment for the nurturing of new life ( McQuilkin 1973 , 1974:48 ) . |
| 15 | Advantage of the easy access will be taken to have a good paint round with white paint — more light — and to install some exhaust silencing . |
| 16 | A high score in a series of heats had to be accumulated to guarantee a good semi-final position , and qualify for one of the six places in the final . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | For he was employed by the LMS railway as a train guard , and guards were compelled to have a good knowledge of first-aid . |
| 19 | The standard way of exploring fur lead was by searching for veinstone pebbles in the becks of gills , and when enough of the veinstones were found to indicate a good deposit of lead-bearing ores a dam was built up above on the fell at the head of the beck . |
| 20 | Patients attending the cystic fibrosis clinic in Melbourne were found to have a good outlook with respect to employment and social life , and a study at the Brompton Hospital characterising clinical and social features of patients attending its cystic fibrosis clinic found a similarly good outlook . |
| 21 | There were only 24 hours to go , but we were determined to make a good first impression . |
| 22 | There is plenty of courage in this side and we are determined to get a good result in France ’ . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The honours curriculum is designed to provide a good background for many types of work . |
| 25 | The Canadians , more experienced than most in these matters , say that only a modest amount of special training is needed to turn a good soldier into a good peacekeeper . |
| 26 | Whether you are cultivating cabbages or grapes , care is needed to achieve a good harvest : good grapes make good wine . |
| 27 | Salt is needed to maintain a good water balance in the body , and also for activity of muscle and nerve tissues . |
| 28 | People may buy shares in a target company simply because it has attracted the attentions of a potential offeror which is known to have a good eye for investment opportunities . |
| 29 | The likelihood is that in this as in other matters Beowulf is meant to appear a good prophet , since the unsuccessful , possibly treacherous , but in heroic terms entirely praiseworthy attack which Ingeld made on his father-in-law is repeatedly mentioned in Northern story . |
| 30 | Recovering drug addict Jamie , 38 , says he is determined to have a good relationship with his son and break the ‘ bad luck ’ that has cursed the family for years . |