Example sentences of "an excellent [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He has a keenly critical mind and is an excellent speaker — one of the best speakers in the House .
2 Once I heard him speak at a church service in Morton , and although he was an excellent speaker , there was a certain bitterness and disappointment in his words .
3 An excellent speaker , she spoke at conferences on its behalf all over England and travelled extensively in the USA , Canada , New Zealand , and Australia during the 1930s .
4 In 1074 Alfonso surprisingly arranged an excellent marriage for El Cid with his own niece Donna Ximena Diaz .
5 This is seen to be an excellent P R exercise an opportunity for the audience to meet the cast .
6 PS : Blandly found us an excellent man to be captain , and Silver found a man called Arrow to be first officer .
7 Lyell himself was an excellent man on principles and processes , but he did not take very much interest in rocks .
8 Battuta clearly thought his decision extra ordinary : ‘ Warna was an excellent man , with a liking for hunting , falcons , horses , slaves , servants and rich and kingly robes …
9 Nor were matters helped by the fact he has two very important business associates here whom he 'd guaranteed an excellent day 's shooting .
10 All in all , an excellent day of tennis of both quality and quantity , enabling the multi-sport Bourne Club to be seen at its best .
11 In the main trophy final Sevenoaks defeated St Olave 's School in a game worthy of rounding off an excellent day 's rugby .
12 An excellent day was enjoyed by all , with those taking part already looking forward to future outings .
13 It was an excellent day with the largest turnout for several years .
14 In the county championship , Northants have had an excellent day 's batting against Surrey .
15 Courtney said : ‘ It was an excellent day all-round . ’
16 I well remember her giving an excellent day course to the Society trainers on relaxation .
17 Attendances were down at the North West Rally in Cheadle but it was an excellent day , and everyone enjoyed Jean Parmiter 's teacher .
18 It says business has been healthy in the Netherlands where Peek Traffic BV reportedly had an excellent year and the future for the newly consolidated German operations , Peek Verkehrssysteme GmbH , also looks good , with prospective introduction of motorway guidance and public transport systems in Germany .
19 ‘ Although 1992 was an excellent year and we would like to thank everyone for their support , we are always on the look out for new members . ’
20 an excellent year FOR HYGIENE
21 The Food , drink and tobacco manufacturing sector has once more had an excellent year .
22 1992 was an excellent year for oceanographic and water related work , with a gross profit significantly ahead of budget .
23 The Building Water Quality service has also had an excellent year and now numbers 7 staff .
24 Overall , North America had an excellent year .
25 plantations had an excellent year with increased crop yields and improved prices for its produce .
26 INDUSTRIAL economies had an excellent year in 1988 .
27 Mr Weston said the results reflected an excellent year for the company which opened new information centres in Warrington , Birkenhead and Wrexham .
28 Savacentre had an excellent year despite the tough trading climate .
29 Thank you for your enthusiasm and interest and we look forward to an excellent year .
30 Well it seems pretty pointless , me sort of saying oh here , you know , they 're never gon na get the hang of negative numbers and Judith saying , oh I 've got an excellent work sheet , and you think well , you know
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