Example sentences of "and make good " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is no reason why we should not tell stories of English boys who leave the village and make good in the city — why rural drama should not be found and filmed among the mountains of Wales and moors of Yorkshire . |
| 2 | Mustard , tares , and vetches are very quick growing and make good green manure ; mustard is also useful as a tonic when grazed by sheep before ploughing in . |
| 3 | Current teacher training programmes will at best fill vacancies and make good existing shortcomings . |
| 4 | Such cats may be at a disadvantage when hunting , because their sense of directional sound will be poor , but in other respects they can lead normal lives and make good mothers . |
| 5 | Mark , drill and plug the fixing holes , screw the box in place , and make good round it with plaster or filler . |
| 6 | But Scots always value the ones who go away and make good , provided they do not get above themselves . |
| 7 | In return for his family settlement he had agreed to be reconciled to the Poitevin rebels and make good the losses which they had suffered since the beginning of the war . |
| 8 | Due to the technical complexity of some decisions , management jobs are often specialised by function , with managers being trained and developed to acquire the technical skills — in engineering knowledge , accountancy , personnel administration , marketing , and so on to run a functional department and make good management decisions for that department . |
| 9 | Well I went to work on the Saturday morning at six and we were dredging until half past twelve , then we would , then do repairs till five o'clock at night and then five o'clock at night , when the other crew had gone home , when I start to stay there then from five o'clock Saturday night till Monday morning six o'clock all the time just to keep watch on the dredger , I used to sleep mind you during part of the time and erm used to have a big old tortoise stove down the cabin and make good fire . |
| 10 | After the basic level you will cover more advanced commands which enable you to manipulate information and make good use of storage such as floppy disks . |
| 11 | After the basic level you will cover more advanced commands which enable you to manipulate information and make good use of storage such as floppy disks . |
| 12 | In Welshpool they halted to rest , and make good what losses they could , to dry out their arms and reflight their arrows ; and there was a brief council of war . |
| 13 | We 've known each other since childhood , after all , so it would be convenient , and make good sense . |
| 14 | The others had been ordered to split up into small groups and make good their escape as best they could and , if successful , to report to pre-arranged meeting places in the city . |
| 15 | Groups are good fun — and make good sense . |
| 16 | 8.1 To pay observe and perform During the Term the Tenant shall punctually pay the rents and observe and perform the covenants and other terms of this Lease and if at any time during the Term the Tenant shall make any default in payment of the rents or in observing or performing any of the covenants or other terms of this Lease the Guarantor will pay the rents and observe or perform the covenants or terms in respect of which the Tenant shall be in default and make good to the Landlord on demand and indemnify the Landlord against all losses damages costs and expenses arising or incurred by the Landlord as a result of such non-payment non-performance or non-observance notwithstanding : |