Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the BRAC workers had collaborated more closely with the village practitioners , then the lobon-gur solution would probably have been placed on a better footing in the Bangladeshi villages . |
| 2 | Second , the fall in unemployment adds something to the theory that the economy has in fact been recovering for a good deal longer than generally realised . |
| 3 | Foreigners , since the earliest times , have been required to live in special residential areas and have been treated with a good deal of suspicion and hostility by ordinary Russians as well as by government officials . |
| 4 | If the fit is not good then the parameters of the model are adjusted until a good match between real and simulated observations is found . |
| 5 | Since the enactment of s 459 1985 , it has been regarded as a better remedy for a minority affected by prejudice in a company to ask for a share purchase order under s 461 rather than to seek a return of share capital through a winding-up petition which results in the liquidation of a solvent company ( a member can not petition under s 122(1) ( g ) if the company is insolvent because he has no interest ) . |
| 6 | Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team … |
| 7 | Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team … |
| 8 | All rotation rates have been corrected for the Earth 's rotation and orbital motion , and are referred to a best fit for rotation rate and its first derivative made over 400 days immediately preceding the glitch . |
| 9 | The covers were very worn , as if it had been travelled about a good deal , and on the fly leaf was written ‘ Journal 1841 ’ and then , in a different coloured ink , ‘ And 1842 ’ and then , below that , carefully , ‘ Emily Brent ’ . |
| 10 | The struggle to decipher has been presented as a good thing in itself , though construing sentences is not the same thing as achieving intellectual understanding . |
| 11 | Linguists may be found working in a range of national and international organizations where foreign language skills and knowledge of other cultures are seen as a good foundation for a career . |
| 12 | Australia will be favourites , but at least we are prepared for a good old battle . ’ |
| 13 | Midland Air Museum at Coventry are looking for a good home for the fuselage and other components of Messenger IV VP-KJL . |
| 14 | History has shown that investing in the stock market during times of economic recovery has proved rewarding for investors who are looking for a good return over the longer term . |
| 15 | Many of the interesting books of flower paintings in the Library have been donated or bequeathed by plant lovers who are looking for a good home for their paintings . |
| 16 | When I was eighteen I came in contact with the Catholic Crusade which was a rather left wing Christian Socialist Organization and I found that their attitude to problems contained the answers for which I had been searching for a good many years tell me when you want me to raise something . |
| 17 | And once homeothermy had been accepted as a good working hypothesis , then other arguments relating to non-metabolic methods of heat control began to have more relevance . |
| 18 | See my jazz feature in this issue for an example of what I mean ; it has n't meant less coverage of Classical Music but it will mean we 're acting upon a good number of our readers ' wishes . |
| 19 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |
| 20 | That 's why the next match is so important we 're looking for a good performance and ultimately a good result . ’ |
| 21 | It means we 're starting from a better baseline than if we were simply dealing with health services budget and social work 's budget and what the voluntary sector has managed to pull together . |
| 22 | Yes , I 've just heard Alan say that they 've got a young side , and we 're similar over here , we 're playing in a good standard of football . |
| 23 | We 're hoping for a good day tomorrow |
| 24 | In fact , the day before the I Love Lucy St Patrick 's Day , she 'd been told of a good job with the British Council in the Gilbert Islands . |
| 25 | In recent years , every new development and anniversary has been used as a good publicity platform for the Town and its tramway . |
| 26 | Babies are born with a good supply of chromium , but the level tends to fall as we get older . |
| 27 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 28 | Evaporation losses can be topped up with tapwater that has been dechlorinated with a good quality conditioner such as TetraPond AquaFin . |
| 29 | Through the service of humanity , and by action in the cause of brotherhood , we are brought to a better understanding of Truth . |
| 30 | The Thatcher record since 1979 has been accompanied by a good deal of inflationary rhetoric from both supporters and critics . |