Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In parts of England people still worship Pomona , the Roman goddess of fruit trees , through the custom of wassailing which is intended to encourage a good crop of apples . |
2 | The honours curriculum is designed to provide a good background for many types of work . |
3 | Some large companies employ their own photographers but very often these people are expected to handle a good deal of clerical work as well as take and process all the photography . |
4 | Teachers are expected to do a good deal of work at home . |
5 | In contrast , ‘ cash cows ’ will be expected to have a good ROI and cash flow and higher sales-turnover ratios . |
6 | It will offer up to £100,000 in support to Fife companies with ideas that are considered to have a good chance of success but lack resources needed to develop their products . |
7 | The Committee suggested that the Lord Chancellor should appoint chairmen and clearly favoured an increase in the use of lawyer chairmen principally because lawyers were considered to have a good grasp of principles of procedural fairness . |
8 | The questionnaire should be attractively printed and spaced to achieve a good layout and make things easy for the respondent . |
9 | They are a development of the system of weirs and flash locks where a stretch of water was impounded to provide a good depth of water to flush or ‘ flash ’ a boat along its way . |
10 | If the soil is acid or lacking in phosphate , lime or basic slag should be applied to ensure a good establishment of clovers . |
11 | I have been there nearly ten years now , and they are years in which I have grown to learn a good deal more about the power of the Holy Spirit , his gifts , his humbling and breaking , and the glorious way in which he takes and transforms congregations and lives from every conceivable background once opened to him . |
12 | It was as though the wind and tide had decided to have a good rest having expended all its fury achieving the high water mark . |
13 | She seemed almost prepared to take the good doctor 's part in this dispute , thought Robert . |
14 | ( Having the Macintosh on site also helped to establish a good rapport with the EPH staff , who occasionally commandeered it to help with administrative work , rewarding the project team with small tokens of appreciation , such as cups of tea and bacon sandwiches ! ) |
15 | If members allowances are a hundred and eighty thousand this year which is somewhere around there , Mr may correct me but I think I 'm not too far out , we 've already upped those this year to a hundred and eighty- nine , so next year there 'll be a hundred and seventy-one and the thirteen thousand cost of this will reduce it to a hundred and fifty-eight I actually do n't think that is possible , we ca n't afford it within the terms of of the present set up , unless someone 's going to dramatically reduce the length and the number of meetings in this council , which I think is highly unlikely , I think we 've got to set a good example to our employees , I think that this would give completely the wrong message . |
16 | Christie 's had secured a good selection of attractive conversation pieces and landscape paintings calculated to appeal to private collectors on a budget , as well as the more interesting portraits and equestrian compositions , while the quality of the works at Sotheby 's was particularly thin . |
17 | So in contrast to the mediator , who fears and avoids conflict , the followers of Jesus are fully equipped to fight the good fight of faith . |
18 | The Canadians , more experienced than most in these matters , say that only a modest amount of special training is needed to turn a good soldier into a good peacekeeper . |
19 | Salt is needed to maintain a good water balance in the body , and also for activity of muscle and nerve tissues . |
20 | Lawyer B also needed to maintain the good will of the local County Court if he were to remain a success . |
21 | We 've got to have a good system of monitoring with a liason committee . |
22 | Further , the data can be used to reveal a good deal about the composition of households — who lived with whom — but far less about the character and quality of relationships which people had with each other ( Laslett , 1972a , p. 1 ; Anderson , 1980 , pp. 36–7 ) . |
23 | ‘ I mean , a wah-wah pedal 's alright in context , but it can only be used to make a good son better . |
24 | ‘ I mean , a wah-wah pedal 's alright in context , but it can only be used to make a good son better . |
25 | Because of the amount of hard rubbing needed to achieve a good finish , oil polishing is best confined to plain surfaces . |
26 | Whether you are cultivating cabbages or grapes , care is needed to achieve a good harvest : good grapes make good wine . |
27 | The availability of calculating machines , and now micro-computers , must have affected the way that maths is taught , and also possibly the skills that are needed to become a good mathematician . |
28 | PUNK violinist Nigel Kennedy has escaped having a good behaviour pledge slapped on him after smashing up a hotel room . |
29 | No , forget the history in guidebooks completely , leave history to the writers of climbing epics where no one cares if the facts are bent to make a good story — or do they ? |
30 | If it went on crumbling , its instability was bound to endanger the good relations of the great powers . |