Example sentences of "that [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carson liked her because she seemed to display the ideal mix of warmth and distance that made a good neighbour . |
| 2 | He was accustomed to it from his schooldays since his was n't a memory system that made a good impression on harassed teachers or impatient examiners , especially as it did n't work at all with books . |
| 3 | One of the highest scoring fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain , Bob Doe has written an interesting book that goes a good deal further than describing some of his exploits in the Battle . |
| 4 | Then there was a big show of Miró in New York in the late Sixties that got a good review in what was then called The Herald Tribune . |
| 5 | he sometimes comes in and helps me out as well so very first class chap if you know anybody that needs a good headline writer Jack 's your man |
| 6 | Simply because a variable can be constructed that has a good correlation with experimental results does not make that variable per se a causal entity . |
| 7 | As I explained in the previous chapter , there is no export zone anywhere that has a good record on linkages , but few have a worse record than the maquila industry . |
| 8 | And there is a sense in which this applies , but although I can appreciate his point that seeking a good reputation may well dominate the practical order , if it were also to dominate the activities I have designated ‘ second-order ’ then it makes nonsense of the possibility of ‘ disinterestedness ’ , enjoying something for its own sake . |
| 9 | views that hold a good life to be readily achievable only in certain well-defined types of social structure , or only in a society that works concertedly for the realization of certain higher human capacities and the suppression of baser ones , or only given certain types of economic relations among men . |
| 10 | Just trying to put some of those questions to the man was turning the whole ill-fated interview into a monster that dominated a good deal of her thinking . |
| 11 | Some prime numbers can usually be found that give a good transformation — in fact it is the high probability that any suitable prime chosen will do so , allied to the ease with which this technique can be used to fit any number of records into precisely the required storage space , that makes this such a convenient method . |
| 12 | Despite the persistence of huge environmental problems , Western donors and lending institutions are financing only projects that give a good return on investment and are expecting Eastern European countries to pay for much of the clean-up themselves . |
| 13 | I reckon that give a good team he could turn in ( God forbid ) an England player . |
| 14 | He was able to tolerate this because he did have a kind of ultimate theological perspective of his own : in a style that owed a good deal to Hegel , he believed that all history is a movement of the spirit which is on the way to a return to God , and will at the last find its home in God . |
| 15 | However , one need not be overly cynical to realise that having a good idea of what masses of people are likely to do in response to certain policies gives a competitive advantage to politicians and businessmen alike . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll admit you had cause for complaint when we used charcoal that needed a good layer of white ash before we could start cooking . |
| 17 | The eminent scientist and journalist , Lord Ritchie Calder ( 1963 ) , defined in another context the added ingredient that distinguishes a good engineer from a good engineering project manager : |
| 18 | Finniston also believes that choosing a good successor is an important duty of a chairman , but as chairman of a nationalised industry he was in no position to do so . |
| 19 | Any purchaser is already on notice that to get a good receipt he will have to pay purchase money to two trustees or a trust corporation ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s27 ) . |
| 20 | erm , right okay , well I 'll look into that , but I think that serves a good point , right moving back to the agenda , erm , note of meeting fifth of August , erm , anything for those of you who were there , that Cath had to run away , that was one of your crises you were having |
| 21 | These are basically of two kinds : those which are generic to the product category ( clean clothes ; a delicious , easy-to-cook meal ; a safe place for your savings that gives a good rate of interest ; fast , easy , reliable driving ) ; and those which are specific to our product . |
| 22 | ‘ We want a boat that gives a good grounding in trapeze and spinnaker techniques , in all weather conditions , but that is n't too demanding for youngsters joining the class . |
| 23 | Louis 's age — he was sixty in 838 — made it urgent to find a succession-settlement that had a good chance of sticking . |
| 24 | The more I read , the more I became determined to try to produce something that had a good basis in theory , but that was pungent enough to counter the bland unsupported generalisations that seem so prevalent in the more practical end of the library and information science literature . |
| 25 | We are recommending 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane as an alternative that does a good job . |
| 26 | In my mind it 's common sense that makes a good policeman , not education . |
| 27 | In the season of goodwill it seems appropriate to contemplate a fungus that makes a good living out of parasitising insects ; but it is so mild-mannered that its hosts ( and most biologists ) are hardly aware of its existence |
| 28 | With more than 130 successful wines to choose from , it would be a very pleasant experience indeed just trying to find out what it is that makes a good wine a winner , observed one Winemark spokesman . |
| 29 | When young , it is one of the few wines that makes a good partner for salads . |
| 30 | United Kingdom companies that have a good track record and are competitive will continue to win orders . |