Example sentences of "[art] good [noun] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we change the name , we show disrespect for all of the good things the party has done for Poland . ’ |
| 2 | She defines as one of the good things the non-specialist character of primary school teaching . |
| 3 | They give the good speller a chance to use his skill , but may depress a poor speller . |
| 4 | British companies rarely welcomed headhunters positively ; they engaged them out of desperation , but it gave the good firms the chance to rise to the occasion . |
| 5 | He wonders how many of his fellow-countrymen visit Britain with this kind of attitude , undoing all the good work the rest of them are struggling to do . |
| 6 | Bassett said : ‘ What directors and fans sometimes forget is the good times a manager has given them . ’ |
| 7 | He said : ‘ What directors and fans sometimes forget is the good times a manager has given them . ’ |
| 8 | Osbern of Eu and his companions attended , in splendid humour because of the good news the King had brought them from Cumbria . |
| 9 | As the year turns all sides are holding their breath and hoping it brings the good news the region needs to hear . |
| 10 | It is no good operating a policy of laissez-faire , and leaving the task to the few hard-pressed London boroughs . |
| 11 | It was no good hiding the truth from herself . |
| 12 | Do this the day before you intend to fish , and give them a good shake every time you walk past them . |
| 13 | That 's a good question the temptation to fill the void is quite intense . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , aim to give the dog a good run every day , rather than undertaking a marathon at the weekend , for example . |
| 15 | In that moment of fear she remembered the Brownie Guide Law , which points out that ‘ a Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself and does a good turn every day . ’ |
| 16 | To do her best and help other people , to think of others before herself , to do a good turn every day , to lend a hand — she was only partly keeping the Promise , the Law and the Motto by setting off to save the Brownies ' van from what could be a nasty mishap . |
| 17 | She knew the Brownie Motto and Law , and now they flashed into her mind : ‘ Lend a Hand ’ and ‘ A Brownie thinks of others before herself and does a good turn every day ’ . |
| 18 | I am ready to keep the pack law , to do a good turn every day , and to help my parents especially at home . |
| 19 | We were sharing it out between four so we got we we always say a quarter I think I think it 's a good idea the way the Americans say a fourth cos you can it ties it up with the four shared out between four people . |
| 20 | However , by using a good catalyst a reaction can be run at a high rate and at a lower temperature , thus saving energy . |
| 21 | Here we go , then , at a good half-mile an hour . |
| 22 | This implies that there is a good chance the processing of the first record will be complete by the time that the second record is located , so that skip-sequential processing win provide benefits . |
| 23 | ‘ To make a good will a man must be a free agent . |
| 24 | In a good year a gathering of twenty pounds would not be at all unusual of the largest and most succulent imaginable . |
| 25 | On a good day a driver could make over $2.75 ; if he has a month of good days he earns more than a civil servant . |
| 26 | On a good day the climate in LA is close to perfection : it is possible to understand what brought all these millions to a vast , waterless , resourceless basin , between the mountains , the desert and the sea . |
| 27 | I promise to do my best : To obey the Law of the Brownies and to do a good thing every day . |
| 28 | No , my friend , it 's probably a good thing the tape ran out . ’ |
| 29 | Thus it is clear that ( a ) affirms the footballer ; ( b ) also affirms the footballer because the speaker has made it clear that it is a personal reaction of liking or disliking which has nothing to do with appreciation of football 's being a good game ; ( c ) is affirming also because although criticism of the game is stated , its positive value comes first , and in any case the keen footballer is likely to be the first to agree that the level of enjoyment varies according to different games of football ; ( d ) however veers towards dismissal of football and therefore dismissal of what is meaningful to the footballer , because although it acknowledges that sometimes it is a good game the emphasis is on the negative side ; ( e ) is not affirming because even though the hurt to the footballer is cushioned by making it clear that this is a personal opinion , a very negative judgement is in fact articulated ; ( f ) has the straight effect of dismissing the footballer as well as football because it implies that anyone who spends time on football is stupid . |
| 30 | She wrote , with an unaccustomed fluency , which made her sister wonder if the words had been thought up by her alone , that : — it would not be good for Oreste to leave here at this moment since he has been ill and though he is making a good recovery the doctor who you can be sure I was quick to call and no expense being spared but your money put to good use has said it would injure his general well-being to travel in his weakened state . |