Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] a [adj] job " in BNC.

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1 Ian Stewart has done a first-rate job of translation , preserving the scientific content without losing any of the humour .
2 She thinks the Board has done a good job and what would it be replaced with ?
3 So far the Finance Ministry has done a good job by letting off steam in a controlled and orderly way , but it is hard to stop the process of deflation once it has gained momentum .
4 Henson has done a lovely job of placing his famous characters in the novel 's context while never letting us forget that this is meant to be a huge extravaganza .
5 David has done a great job over the last few weeks but he still has playing ambitions .
6 The practical question which this paper also addresses is ‘ how can one tell when and whether a lawyer has done a good job ? ’ .
7 " The President has done a good job of putting himself in the position where Arctic drilling is seen as patriotic " , she said .
8 Well in the war five pounds a week was extraordinary money , cos they used to say a fella had got a good job if he was getting five pounds a week in those days , so that when I started work first I , I was getting fifteen shillings a week , so you can understand that seventy five pence today , at fourteen .
9 As the walkabout progressed a middle-aged woman told Mr Baker : ‘ The Conservatives have done a wonderful job for this country ! ’
10 The Council have done a wonderful job in constructing existing pedestrian/cycle paths such as the Longniddry — Haddington path , which seem to be very successful in terms of use .
11 Andre has done a tremendous job , explaining in great detail what happens when someone dies and when they are cremated .
12 Coun Jones said the team had done a good job for the whole community .
13 Tuathal had made a good job , then , of his ambush .
14 And , and that , cos tha , cos she has n't got her husband anymore , her husband 's got a good job like , getting well into , something like and he 's got , got loads of money !
15 Show secretary 's report in the show secretary 's absence due to the accident on route tonight the chairman said Mrs had done a fantastic job over the year and he wished to record his thanks to her .
16 In his four months in residence Old Red had done a great job of dashing girlish hopes .
17 The Civil Affairs Service had done a good job in my estimation .
18 As it is , Vox have done a good job of producing a classic guitar with a '90s feel and sound .
19 According to Peter Sommer , a computer forensics expert , the commission has done a good job in proposing new legislation which is workable and fits well with other parts of the law .
20 The manager has got a difficult job .
21 Incidentally , I was interested to read in the Financial Times and other newspapers today that the foreman in the Guinness 2 trial of Mr. Seelig and Lord Spens said that the prosecution had made a good job of identifying the structure of that case .
22 ‘ Lennie Lawrence has done a fantastic job at Middlesbrough .
23 A FORMER Darlington man has landed a top job with Grampian Health Board .
24 Stephenson said that ‘ the government has done a good job in policy development , without burdening business but with sufficient controls ’ .
25 Every dancer has got a different job to do on the road — as if dancing were n't difficult enough — but you know what most people would say : ‘ It 's art , it 's dance , it 's Britain , you should be grateful to be doing it at all ’ .
26 The Army has done a grand job of work in the initial stages of rehabilitation , and without its aid progress would have been far slower .
27 Frank Dick has done a great job with the shorter track events , but there 's a huge difference between those and the distance events .
28 The malai photographers had made a good job of it , this genuine FAKINTIL atrocity .
29 This man 's done a fabulous job .
30 As my comrade from Scotland says John Prescott has done a good job here , but I have to say it 's not up against very much .
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