Example sentences of "[noun pl] have a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As Goshiki are grouped in the catch-all Kawarimono class at shows , the Koi buyer with limited funds has a good chance or rearing on a future champion , providing the fish has that certain something .
2 Utilities had a good day , with electricity generators to the fore , but aerospace was the worst-performing sector of the day , led down by Smiths Industries on Eurofighter worries .
3 Anyway at least all our lads had a good rest this last two weeks , so it 'll be up and at 'em on Saturday .
4 Among the Cambrian deuterostomes , the echinoderms have a good fossil record , and the inter-relationships between many of the supposedly disparate classes are becoming clearer .
5 Do the parents have a good knowledge of English ?
6 Wood Group Engineering Contractors had a good year , maintaining last year 's levels of sales and profits .
7 Wood Group Engineering Contractors had a good year , maintaining its previous year 's levels of sales and profit .
8 Because of the schools emphasis on vocational courses such as computing and engineering , school leavers have a good success rate in getting jobs .
9 Furthermore , both countries have a good track record in software and have extensive computer networks .
10 Engineers have a good helping of functional grey matter with which to devise theories .
11 As we have seen elsewhere , the wording of statutes tends to be general and is therefore frequently ambiguous ; thus when a case revolves around what a statute actually says , judges have a good deal of discretion which they will exercise according to their view of what the law requires .
12 I thought both full-backs had a good game , particularly with the lively attackers they were up against .
13 The two war-leaders had a good dinner alone together , and then a heavy drinking bout , typical of inter-Allied summit meetings of that period .
14 For the past 60 years , The Savoy Group has manufactured its own beds to make sure guests have a good night 's sleep .
15 Tony Meek says it means the world to be in the race and its a dream come true … he gets his dogs ready by walking them in the forest every morning … they have good food … weetabix … honey and milk for breakfast … cooked meat … raw meat and vegatables for tea … he says his dogs have a good chance of winning they 're second and third favourites and he 's not bothered which one does it …
16 ABILL improving guarantees on cars and household goods has a good chance of becoming law because it is being introduced by the MP who topped the ballot for private members ' bills .
17 Smith reckons it 's about time Rangers had a good run in Europe .
18 The Spanish threat was by no means over and in 1590 , with Brittany occupied , the Spaniards had a good base to launch attacks on Cornwall .
19 In retrospect , the Americans had a good case for opposing the invasion of Egypt , even if it was difficult to defend the bungling over the Aswan Dam loan that had sparked off the crisis .
20 Zoos have a good stock of the lar gibbon Hylobates lar but are low on all the others , and so the CBSG is advising zoos to get rid of their lars and replace them with species such as hoolock H. hoolock and concolor H. concolor .
21 All three comital functions are documented in Charles the Bald 's reign , though royal instructions have a good deal more to say about the first and second than about the third .
22 In principal , these critics have a good point .
23 Second , the plasma must be dense enough — enough particles in a given volume — that individual particles have a good chance to find each other ; this critical density is of the order of 10 20 ions per cubic metre .
24 that they can go and the boys have a good laugh with them , and the girls have a good laugh as well and it seems to work .
25 If so , it is important that the people actually charged with finding the placements have a good understanding of the requirements of the schools and colleges .
26 Well you heard what he said he wants his children to have a good education and he pushes them all the time , they 've got ta if they do anything
27 We want the children to have a good time , and may be encouraging them to shout , but this then creates problems if some order needs to be restored because the children are too wound up .
28 The spokesman claimed 200 similar crossings had a good safety record and that there had been no accidents on Seal Sands Road since the crossing opened in the late 1970s .
29 Pupils have a good deal of two-dimensional material presented to them , on the television screen , in software programs run on visual display units , in books and illustrations .
30 The best examples have a good balance of dry tannin and rich fruit .
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