Example sentences of "[adj] to have a good [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah , it 's funny , usually find with joiners I do n't know , i they 're supposed to have a good eye for strai
2 All these jobs can be messy , and produce a lot of debris , so be sure to have a good clean-up so that new paintwork is not contaminated .
3 Please be sure to have a good Christmas with your families and I wish you all a very happy and successful New Year .
4 And one person involved is unlikely to have a good time .
5 Very often there will be an exagerated catastrophic image or fantasy at the back of the client 's mind ( i.e. , ‘ I 'm unlovable and will never be able to have a good relationship ’ , or , ‘ I 'm not as good as anybody else ’ , or , ‘ This job is too difficult for me , I ca n't cope with it ’ , etc . )
6 It is more important to have a good character than to be clever or intelligent .
7 Despite the passion in Glasgow he did not have to show his yellow card once as Rangers won 2-1 and Wilkinson said : ‘ It 's always important to have a good referee , but I 've been pleased with the standard of refereeing this season . ’
8 With chronic diseases , in particular , it is important to have a good prevalence measure .
9 On these occasions you may be offered a job on the spot , so it is very important to have a good understanding of what you want and need from a job before you go .
10 It is important to have a good understanding of the term ‘ organisation development ’ .
11 This is because it is essential to have a good command of both before trying to combine them .
12 It is essential to have a good appreciation of the possibilities of recent treatments , such as over-restoration or repatination , so a brief history of patination is given here .
13 I wanted to prove it was possible to have a good time without getting off my face .
14 It was possible to have a good Christmas , but a change had been forced onto us and it was different from what we 'd planned .
15 A very large policeman was trying to keep them back , but they were pressing closer and closer , determined to have a good look at the two people who had so nearly lost their lives .
16 Too little exercise during the day and you will find it difficult to have a good night 's sleep .
17 With the inferential approach it is clearly necessary to have a good understanding of the psychological processes involved in performing the test procedures we use and good theories of those processes themselves .
18 To understand these aspects of deixis in depth it is first necessary to have a good understanding of the semantic organization of space and time in general , but these topics lie beyond the scope of this book ( see though , Leech , 1969 ; Fillmore , 1975 ; Lyons , 1977a : Chapter 15 ) .
19 It caused quite a sensation in the camp and people were flocking down from far and wide to have a good view , so we were informed later .
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