Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] [verb] [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reluctantly , I think Chelsea may have a better season . |
| 2 | Totten admitted he was ‘ shattered ’ and said : ‘ St Johnstone may find a better manager , but I do n't think they will get a better ambassador for the club . |
| 3 | Willink thought that perhaps he should not go ; but he also discontented Ramsey by treating it as a problem in how Ramsey should get the best career in a worldly sense . |
| 4 | We have made it absolutely clear that we are determined that Plymouth should have a good future . |
| 5 | The young man 's brother wrote to Lord Panmure to see if David could make the best of the situation in which he found himself by obtaining a midshipman 's place . |
| 6 | And Bevir was in the strong position , that neither archbishop wished to deny that Ramsey would make a good bishop . |
| 7 | How could I ever have thought La Tartine d'Albertine would make a good title ? he wrote . |
| 8 | I have no doubt that if the ground is in his favour Carvill 's Hill will start a good favourite and few will want to oppose him . |
| 9 | So either way Pooh will make a good observation . |
| 10 | That Surrey can beat the best sides in one-day cricket is in no doubt — Lancashire were trapped in the Refuge at Old Trafford and Essex and Northants overcome in the quarter- and semi-finals of the NatWest Trophy respectively . |
| 11 | For about four centuries the rulers of England had been trying to conquer and rule France , Scotland , and Ireland , but they had just lost their last foothold in France at Calais , their position in Ireland was as insecure as it had ever been , and the Scottish problem had taken an altogether new turn because Mary the Queen of Scotland could present a good claim to the English throne . |
| 12 | Washington would require a good relationship with the new Iranian authorities , Iran being the strategically vital country it was . |
| 13 | It illustrates something that those of us who work in the field of evolutionary biology sort of grow to live with , which is that anything which casts doubt on Darwin will get a good blow up in the press , on television , and so on . |
| 14 | I think that Rocky & Deane will have a good enough rest of season to get then squad places |
| 15 | The reputations of our national football , cricket and tennis teams have sunk to a level where victory over the likes of Macao or the Isle of Man would be greeted as minor triumphs , while even our Olympic sprint gold medallist Linford Christie could finish no better than seventh in mid-week . |
| 16 | Pascoe could tell a good lie from a bad . |
| 17 | ‘ Our Matthew 'll make the best sailor there ever was ! ’ she declared . |
| 18 | Director of programmes Paul Jackson said : ‘ Carlton can bring the best new talent in the independent sector to ITV screens . ’ |
| 19 | But Cecil 's string was struggling to find its form at the time and Rainbow Lake could manage no better than a modest sixth to subsequent Derby fourth Cairo Prince . |
| 20 | More than twice as many readers reckon Di would make a better monarch than Charles , an exclusive Mirror poll revealed yesterday . |
| 21 | A few hundred metres off-shore we congregate so that Tor can explain the best way of going ashore . |
| 22 | The fourteenth-century Franciscan William of Ockham went further in declaring it probable that God could make a better world than this . |
| 23 | On the matter of ‘ Increasing respect for the United States overseas ’ , 42 per cent believed that Reagan would do the better job as compared to 31 per cent for Carter . |
| 24 | If ratified , the Regional Development Fund will increase by half and Clwyd would stand a better chance of retaining its status in 1994 . |
| 25 | But it is difficult to find anyone , even hardened socialists , who are voting because they believe Mr Kinnock will make a good , or even an adequate , national leader . |
| 26 | no , what I 'm saying is I think that 's something that the B A I E education committee nationally should sit down and have a look at , I mean it may well be that at the end of the day Napier would set a better exam paper than they would er , also I 've suggested to them and again they have n't that Napier validate the course do the marking but with perhaps two B A I E fellows |
| 27 | I reckon Crilly might have a better chance . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Hodge has been ruled out for the season after an appendix operation , but I am confident Jones will do a good job . |
| 29 | ‘ Who knows if Lennox can take a good punch after this ? |
| 30 | Rufus might make a good interrogator . |