Example sentences of "[pers pn] be good [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I.e. we want to create the impression that we are good people to do business with , so our customers come back and buy more of our books , so that makes more money for the company , which means they can pay us more money . |
| 2 | For in that they are living in the modern world , and in so far ( one must say ) as they are good persons seeking to do what is right , conservatives must see much of the critique of past patriarchal relationships to be justified . |
| 3 | They are nice , they are good things to have |
| 4 | We get our horses from a dealer and if they are good horses to learn on we buy them if we can afford them . |
| 5 | They 're good ones to go for . |
| 6 | They can come again if she 's , they 're good upstairs see . |
| 7 | They were good things to enjoy . |
| 8 | Oh yeah I mean they were good company to go out with and I said to you at dinner time and then since they 've joined us , so we was all the same |
| 9 | For months Benn stomped the country addressing as many meetings attended by fringe pressure groups as he could , telling them they were good people wasting their time outside the Labour Party . |
| 10 | Erm you know people know the answers questions or they 've got an idea material of your own experience you know a lot more than they do , but it 's good technique to throw it back to the group . |
| 11 | He says it 's good fun to wander through , feed the ducks and watch people make fools of themselves in the punts . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's good manners to tell me yours . ’ |
| 13 | It 's good business to upgrade our people 's skills . |
| 14 | It 's good practice to use three balls in rotation in cold weather , one being in play on any one hole , and the two others remaining in your pocket where your body heat can keep them at a reasonable temperature . |
| 15 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on taking action against death riders — I agree with those who have already said that that is a much better way to describe these offenders who are not joyriders — and others who think that it is good fun to take somebody 's car and drive it dangerously , thereby damaging property and sometimes killing people , thus causing appalling misery to those whose lives may be wrecked in the process . |
| 16 | Whether or not it is good fortune to fall in love with the person you marry , our culture dictates that this is the basis of proper marriage . |
| 17 | The Solid Fuel Advisory Service advises that whilst uncapping and unblocking both ends may be simple d-i-y jobs , most people would be better off asking a qualified sweep to have a look at the flue before any work is started — especially as it is good sense to have the chimney thoroughly swept before any work starts to remove soot or old bird 's nests . |
| 18 | Since transmission is largely on a foal-to-foal basis it is good policy to avoid using the same paddocks for nursing mares and their foals in successive years . |
| 19 | Reference is made in chapter 4 to the value of making good notes but , as the time of the examination approaches , it is good policy to transfer key facts and figures on to swot cards . |
| 20 | If one touches upon that area , it is good discipline to learn to leave well alone , and to trust that the ideas will in time emerge into consciousness . |
| 21 | He has earned the congratulations of many anti-tobacco campaigners : David Pollock remarked that ‘ after years of the Secretary of State either acting as referee between the industry and the anti-tobacco movement , or actively joining the industry side , it is good news to have a Secretary of State for Health joining the anti-tobacco side . |
| 22 | Engine management gauges are few ( oil temperature and pressure plus a rev counter ) and it is good practice to allow such small vintage power units sufficient time to thoroughly warm up before committing one 's future prospects to them . |
| 23 | There are many ways of allocating overheads — numbers employed , payroll , space occupied , gross fees — and it is good practice to choose the basis most suited to each type of cost involved . |
| 24 | So , although it is good practice to do so , it is not normally essential to add new module versions to SPRs and SSRs . |
| 25 | ANDREW SMITH 'S TIP : When keeping any bubble-nesting Anabantoid , it is good practice to include floating plants and plants that reach to the surface to provide hiding places and nest sites . |
| 26 | It is good practice to go through any document before parting with it and eliminate any word that is not essential to conveying the precise meaning intended . |
| 27 | A buyer needs to be kept informed about each and every detail that crops up during the course of the transaction and , immediately prior to exchange of contracts , it is good practice to supply a written report to the buyer , explaining precisely what the property entails in a legal sense . |
| 28 | Needs and wants are often similar , but it is good practice to assume there may be a distinction . |
| 29 | [ In a competitive proposal situation it is good practice to market our track record . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , it is good practice to reserve such rights expressly . |