Example sentences of "[art] good [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The painfully sensitive narrator of The Better Angel grows up to be a farmer , not a novelist , but there is still the sense that he tells his tale as an act of compulsive , faintly therapeutic , honesty . |
| 2 | Of the chimney boys , Campbell wrote in 1747 : the younger they are the better fit to climb up the chimneys ; I would not recommend my friend to breed his son to this trade , " tho I know some masters who live comfortably . |
| 3 | So the good life goes on for George . |
| 4 | He wanted people to get on with the urgent business of living the good life set out in the Eightfold Path , and not to waste time or energy in speculation and debate . |
| 5 | I am well aware of the good work carried out by the Queen 's hall arts centre . |
| 6 | In the disastrous oidium plague of 1852 , the company had the good sense to buy up a great proportion of the old wine on the island , thus acquiring excellent stocks . |
| 7 | Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper . |
| 8 | On a recent visit to New Zealand , my wife and I had the good fortune to meet up with Alf and Muriel Newton . |
| 9 | Then the good news spreads out in the pattern outlined in Acts 1:8 . |
| 10 | It said that far too many teachers had the perception that unless they followed the good practice set down by local authority advisers , their career prospects in the city would be blighted . |
| 11 | ‘ This is only to be expected with more people taking advantage of the good weather to get out and about in the countryside . |
| 12 | We saw Maggie drag Billy from under the table where he was on his knees praying for ‘ the good Lord to send down lightning and scatter all these wicked people ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ God in heaven , ’ she said , for Mrs Hollidaye had explained how you could speak to the good Lord and sometimes the good Lord spoke back . |
| 14 | The good doctor beamed around . |
| 15 | The good doctor threw back his head and laughed merrily , the sound echoing strangely in that dark , forbidding hall . |
| 16 | Ottaviani continued to believe that ‘ error has no rights ’ and argued for repression ; Cardinal Augustin Bea , President of the newly created Secretariat for Christian Unity , shared Pope John 's judgement that ‘ condemning errors ’ was not the best way to open up a conversation ( or dialogue ) with other Christians or the modern world . |
| 17 | ‘ My father says cold water is the best way to wake up someone who 's fainted , ’ he said , and with that he tipped the entire contents of the jug over the Trunchbull 's head . |
| 18 | That was just how the circuit bosses liked things , believing that the best way to hold on to their audience was through ‘ family entertainment ’ , and arguing through the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association ( CEA ) that filmmakers should avoid treating themes and incidents that ‘ were offensive to the reasonable taste and standards of those whose patronage was necessary to the health and future of the industry . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Well , it would be entirely up to you to decide whether that really is the best way to go about solving this problem . |
| 20 | Boring work , but if you want one for the glass case , this is the best way to go about achieving that aim . |
| 21 | suggestions for the best way to set up discussions in your parish or deanery |
| 22 | The chartered company continued to be regarded as the best type of organization for carrying on overseas trade , but a grant to an individual proprietor began to be seen as the best way to set up a new colony to which settlers would come to cultivate the land . |
| 23 | Then , given that the only way of being sure that your ad is communicating what your strategy says it should is to show the ad to people and ask what it tells them , it follows that the best way to write down the strategy is , as far as possible , in the language that consumers will use . |
| 24 | This is the best way to build up your confidence . |
| 25 | Naturally , the advertising industry reckons the best way to shore up brand loyalty is to spend hugely on even more ads . |
| 26 | They often sat together not saying a word , which is maybe the best way to get on with anybody . |
| 27 | Sardinia appeals greatly to explorers — especially the adventure zone of the mountains — and a hire car is the best way to get around . |
| 28 | They 're really down now , but we 've had a little taste of Europe and the best way to get back in is to start winning League games again . |
| 29 | The best way to find out about what is available to you more locally is to contact your County Drama Adviser and also the Regional Arts Association for your area , who will have details about part-time training for young actors ( see Appendix A ) . |
| 30 | The best way to find out how they were attached is to chisel away a little plaster next to the rail . |