Example sentences of "this [vb -s] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are signs from some parts of the country that some authorities are already exploring , albeit gingerly , the possibilities of ‘ joint purchasing ’ and that this represents a good way forward . |
| 2 | An article in The Times carried the heading " Yuppies oust the hippies of yesteryear " .8 This offers a good example of a test developed by Newman who called it " Chronic vigour " .9 This is not , however , to be understood as " whatever is old is good " . |
| 3 | But this has a good balance . |
| 4 | Cor this looks a good deal |
| 5 | This needs a good deal of confidence on the part of the teacher , but is very productive as real responsibility for decision-making is transferred to the children . |
| 6 | This includes a good proportion of the population as , in addition to persons currently employed by the state , many others have been employed by it at some earlier stage in their lives . |
| 7 | There is more to this speech , but this seems a good place to stop for a short and effective audition . |
| 8 | My dear , he said , this seems a good place for a nest . |
| 9 | Although it has tended during its fairly-long aquarium history to virtually disappear from time to time , it is currently fairly commonly available , so this seems a good time to take a detailed look at this fish and its requirements . |
| 10 | In true French fashion this ensures a good power output and top speed to match , one of the highest in the class in fact . |
| 11 | This gives a good spread of fruit over a large area and the annual production is easier to control because the number of fruiting buds can be increased or decreased . |
| 12 | This gives a good idea of the rates of deposition and seems effectively to dispose of the idea that Loch Ness might have acquired 1000 m of sediment since the last ice age . |
| 13 | this gives a good effect for a cool summer top and should look fine , but on the garment , everything was wrong . |
| 14 | This remains a good way of doing things , and must be the most pain-free way of building up a stock of components . |
| 15 | The advantage of this sort of work is that the descriptions of cellular mechanisms are very detailed and this provides a good basis for determining whether the same cellular mechanisms are available in mammals . |
| 16 | Given the close relationship between three month interbank rates and base rates , this provides a good guide to the money market 's expectation of the path of base rates over the next twelve months . |
| 17 | This makes a good pattern for a poem , too . |