Example sentences of "to have a good [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They seem to have a better idea of the indie ethic in America , ’ muses Jim . |
| 2 | My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did ! |
| 3 | Peter Davies , the 1988 winner of the silver arrow , was using a composite bow in order to have a better chance of winning , but next year he intended to shoot longbow for he thought this was really a longbow tournament . |
| 4 | Additional policies may be required to complement fiscal policy if the government is to have a better chance of achieving its various objectives . |
| 5 | You do not need a complete conventional circuit with a long downwind leg , although this will obviously give you more time in which to have a better look at the field . |
| 6 | You 're not that blonde one I 've noticed driving around and nearly swerved to have a better look at the other day are you ? |
| 7 | WACC-AR should make an inventory and directory that will enable communicators in Africa to have a better knowledge of the existing communication and human rights organisations , institutions and resources in Africa ; |
| 8 | What we need now , to have a better grasp of these connections , is a better grasp of the two kinds of statements . |
| 9 | Expert systems can help the human expert to have a better understanding of his cognitive knowledge . |
| 10 | I intend us to have a better record on inflation in the 1990s than in either the 1970s or the 1980s . |
| 11 | HP claims to have a better handle on the situation , providing a one-step upgrade and 18 months to plan and implement the migration . |
| 12 | You sell your time for money to have a better time in the unsold hours . |
| 13 | It would n't do just to have straight furrows : a good ploughman also had to have a good top to the stetch — the furrows lying all flat and even . |
| 14 | The organisation making the most economic use of nurses may expect to have a good proportion of its staff on part-time contracts . |
| 15 | The chances are that the punters only know an error has been made if the drummer decides to smirk at the guitarist , or the guitarist turns away from the audience to have a good laugh at the keyboard player . |
| 16 | The Conservatives believe that the government 's role is to ensure that we continue to have a good foundation of basic and strategic science on which industry can draw , to encourage a good supply of up-to-date and creative scientists , and to encourage the right climate for successful innovation . |
| 17 | You know that it is extremely risky to leave the choice late and that , at the very latest , you must be organised in time to have a good look at the proposed field and to get into a good position for a proper base leg . |
| 18 | A very large policeman was trying to keep them back , but they were pressing closer and closer , determined to have a good look at the two people who had so nearly lost their lives . |
| 19 | ‘ The home videos would allow the whole family to have a good look at our cars but in the relaxing atmosphere of their own homes . ’ |
| 20 | But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me . |
| 21 | And the other point made by the consumer adviser is try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out of the shop . |
| 22 | What I mean by that is er try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out the shop . |
| 23 | Tim leaned over to have a good look at him , but his foot slipped and he fell in . |
| 24 | No , either he was up here to have a good look through one of the windows . |
| 25 | ‘ I want to have a good look round Mr Livesey 's rooms . |
| 26 | ‘ I always like to have a good look round the Abbey . ’ |
| 27 | I 'd like to have a good head on me . |
| 28 | This required the ATB staff to have a good knowledge of the family situations of wives attending courses and to arrange course times that fitted in with the families ' needs and routines . |
| 29 | For he was employed by the LMS railway as a train guard , and guards were compelled to have a good knowledge of first-aid . |
| 30 | And of course , on the shooting , they used to have a good feed of you know in the mansion in the cellar . |