Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I am daft enough to tackle up in those conditions I usually go to sleep and hope I wake up to a change for the better . |
| 2 | But what a change for the better , I kept thinking , when compared to old committee meetings I used to attend when we haggled over lists of topics for inclusion in a syllabus . |
| 3 | In ordinary affairs , for which we aspire only to the best choice on the available information , the only assurance we need is that each veering of spontaneous reaction with expanding awareness is objectively a change for the better . |
| 4 | A change for the better , for now the Japanese can concentrate on the new industries of Computers and Lasers where , because there is not yet the world competition as in radios and televisions , they can recover better margins making their industries more wealth-creating . |
| 5 | Religion is a force for the good Alison White 4H1 |
| 6 | In my opinion the true themes of religion are being lost in all the disputes surrounding it and the fact the religion is a force for the good needs to promoted . |
| 7 | We 've it , researched it and what we 've found is that there is a niche for the best of British . |
| 8 | Other market roles invariably involve a search for the best exchange opportunities for translating an initially owned asset into something more eagerly desired . |
| 9 | RETIRED Gordon Turner has launched a search for the best pal he has n't seen in 40 years . |
| 10 | The good news is that the phlegmatic , orderly and systematic British attitude to defending the goal still makes us a match for the best . |
| 11 | Unionists of the time would scarcely have recognized the terms of the debate , for in 1922 the party was still embroiled with Ireland and the House of Lords , held a smaller share of the popular vote than ever before , and was still split as it had been since 1902 ; few Unionists would have seen the war as a turning-point for the better in the party fortunes . |
| 12 | Twice a day for the best part of four decades a box has been arriving at the Palace containing the reports from British ambassadors overseas . |
| 13 | Self-satisfied spokesmen for the bourgeoisie were inclined to overstress the improvement , though none would deny what Sir Robert Giffen ( 1837–1900 ) , looking back on the British half-century before 1883 , tactfully called ‘ a residuum still unimproved ’ , nor that the improvement ‘ even when measured by a low ideal , is far too small ’ , nor that ‘ no one can contemplate the condition of the masses of the people without desiring something like a revolution for the better ’ . |
| 14 | Entitled The Gasworks , the club plans to feature new comedy from Ireland , the UK , Australia , Canada and America in a special ‘ 3 Night Stand ’ every Thursday , Friday and Saturday , with a showcase for the best of Irish talent every Sunday night . |
| 15 | There 's a prize for the best letter each month . |
| 16 | There is to be a fancy-dress parade , with a bicycle as a prize for the best entry , so see if you can think of a good idea for a character . ’ |
| 17 | For this give a prize for the best creation . |
| 18 | Yesterday at the Royal Albert Hall there was music-making on a grand scale by young people from all over the United Kingdom , with a prize for the best overall performance . |
| 19 | I notice the poster on the wall promising a prize for the best school uniform on display , and I question Mick the proprietor as to who won . |
| 20 | They had hoped Sacha 's arrival would be a signal for the better . |
| 21 | Their motives tend , I suspect , to be a mixture of concern for their own and their families ' future , concern for countries and people who are less well-off than they are and a sympathetic response based on a wish for the better treatment of the animal world . |
| 22 | I 'd been yo-yoing up and down a rollercoaster for the best part of an hour and I was still hung over from the phial of ‘ Renshenfengwangjiang ’ — a potent blend of panax ginseng and royal bee jelly — that Michael Willis had persuaded me to drink for breakfast . |
| 23 | The result is a candidate for the best book on illuminated manuscripts ever written . |
| 24 | Extensive experience at interviewing can help the manager develop a sense for the good candidate but the danger is that the interviewer finds people whom he/she regards as sympathetic and compatible . |
| 25 | These people came in yesterday , he told me , who were judging a competition for the best window displays in the Kings Road . |
| 26 | A relaxation of Kennel Club rules enabled a fun dimension to the show — a competition for the best decorated bench . |
| 27 | But first there must be an architectural competition , and before that , a competition for the best idea for a competition ; pending , of course , the decision as to whether the monument will be built . |
| 28 | There 's going to be a competition for the best alternative verse I think . |
| 29 | Chairman Roland Williams announced a competition for the best '40s-style stand to help broaden the interest of the event for a family day out and to attract people from outside the farming community . |
| 30 | Chairman Roland Williams announced a competition for the best 40 's style stand to help broaden the interest of the event for a family day out and to attract people from outside the farming community . |