Example sentences of "off [prep] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Godfather , Michael Corleone starts off as a good guy . |
| 2 | A separate report indicated that Iran may have been working on the development of such a weapon on and off for a good decade . |
| 3 | The Keraing had told us that in the 1950s a military scouting party from Makassar had angered the village by entering the caves with special equipment and making off with a good deal of valuable porcelain — indicating it had also been used as a burial-chamber by early visiting Chinese mariners . |
| 4 | But Scotland also suffered from internal religious differences , and from the effects of the Navigation Acts after 1660 that cut her off from a good deal of overseas trade . |
| 5 | Mothers no doubt think they are doing the very best for their children , getting them off to a good night 's sleep . |
| 6 | Sergeant Allen always liked to be ready early , to have everything buttoned up before the Troop Commander arrived : it got things off to a good start . |
| 7 | An analyst yesterday said the issue ‘ is set to get off to a good start ’ . |
| 8 | Fowler and Broad then got off to a good start with 90 for the first wicket before things began to go wrong . |
| 9 | Yet he got off to a good start against New Zealand , and no one in England could have been in any doubt that even without Lloyd around their heroes were in for a tough time . |
| 10 | If the one-day series was then to prove one-sided for years to come , at least it got off to a good start . |
| 11 | At Edgbaston , West Indies got off to a good start as the first wicket produced 34 runs in just six overs , but three fell cheaply and it was left to Logie and Hooper to make fifty apiece and give the innings its backbone . |
| 12 | That way , the conference gets off to a good start because people are raring to go and in the right frame of mind . |
| 13 | Named copies distributed well before the start of school on Monday , with spare copies posted on the staff room notice board gets the week off to a good start . |
| 14 | If you are determined to give up smoking , you are already off to a good start . |
| 15 | The book gets off to a good start and the first chapter is one of the most stimulating — though I do not necessarily agree with all of it . |
| 16 | Wednesday , 28th August , 1839 , the first day of the Tournament , got off to a good start with a bright sun shining from a clear blue sky and the temperature high . |
| 17 | Giving a little thought to body language beforehand will get you off to a good start . |
| 18 | Entering the room in a confident and relaxed manner is very important for getting the interview off to a good start . |
| 19 | Their meeting will probably be nothing more than a courteous request from your boyfriend for your parents ' blessing and approval and it should get their relationship off to a good start ! |
| 20 | If he treats her from the beginning like a woman , elderly perhaps , but still entitled to every courtesy and consideration and some of his undivided attention , and if she treats him with affection and interest , voicing her pride in his achievements , and turning to him for advice on various matters , their relationship is usually off to a good start . |
| 21 | It would get things off to a good start . |
| 22 | The second half has got off to a good start , with slightly higher orders for October . |
| 23 | Get the New Year off to a good start by writing or telephoning us with your latest d-i-y tip , adventure — or misadventure ! |
| 24 | SOUTHPORT Railway Centre 's summer programme got off to a good start at Easter with a ‘ Four days of steam ’ event . |
| 25 | If your lawn goes into winter in good condition , it will be off to a good start next year , so prepare it now . |
| 26 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc chief Jerry Sanders is not at all phased by Intel Corp 's excoriation and he told the conference his company was off to a good start for another year of record revenues , with a target of $1,650m in 1993 , $2,000m in 1994 and $3,000m by 1997 , and expects to ship 4m Am486 chips in 1994 for a 15% market share . |
| 27 | In some areas , most notably the liturgical and the ecumenical , Rome did get off to a good start in providing directives of a sort that would carry confidence at least temporarily ; even here , however , there was the inherent problem that a body of directives implied the establishment of a stable state ( e.g. in ecumenical relations ) , while the reality was in fact necessarily more fluid . |
| 28 | The players will be keen to get their season on the East Region circuit off to a good start in the 36 hole Senate Charity Open which starts tomorrow , and the man they will all be out to beat is European Tour regular Paul Curry . |
| 29 | Often they germinate well at this time of year , and will overwinter and get off to a good start next spring . |
| 30 | They will in fact get off to a good start and produce that few more eggs , ( an added bonus ) . |