Example sentences of "a good [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Kuptsi , the traditional economic backbone , conservative and self reliant with their roots in agrarian pre-revolutionary Russia ‘ want a better life but a better Russian life ’ , says a study produced by DMB&B , the advertising agency after 18 months of research of the market . |
| 2 | Notwithstanding the reservations expressed by Whitelaw amongst others , especially about the impact on younger people , it was hard to find a better comprehensive phrase than ‘ law and order ’ . |
| 3 | WC apps : 7 Some observers thought the Soviet Union were a better all-round side than Holland in the 1988 European Championship . |
| 4 | As to Levi being a better all-round player , let's go to our year-end statistics . |
| 5 | From a better all-round player ? |
| 6 | The main gains are a better staff-inmate ratio , and a greater focus on programmes for inmate recreation and on putting the prisoners ' time to better use , apart from compulsory work . |
| 7 | We have a better staff-inmate ratio than France or west Germany , and if we include prison auxiliaries and night patrols , we do not compare all that badly with the Scandinavian countries . |
| 8 | UGO EHIOGU steps into Aston Villa 's title-chasing team against Norwich today hailed by Ron Atkinson as a better defensive prospect than Paul McGrath . |
| 9 | ‘ If there 's a better full- back in the world at the moment I want see him said Hetherington . ’ |
| 10 | Scotland are a better rucking side than England . |
| 11 | The first International Conference on Nutrition ( ICN ) was held in Rome on Dec. 5-11 , when ministerial delegations from 160 countries met with representatives of another 160 food and health organizations to consider ways of developing a better global food and medical aid policy . |
| 12 | Coppicing and laying rather than flailing provided a better stock-proof boundary which would also benefit wildlife . |
| 13 | We welcome the Government 's increasing desire to gain a better quantitative understanding of the many environmental impacts of minerals activity through its research programme . |
| 14 | We welcome the Government 's increasing desire to gain a better quantitative understanding of the many environmental impacts of minerals activity through its research programme . |
| 15 | As a result , there have been changes to land-clearance contracts , including the replacement of grasses by leguminous species that provide a better protective cover and enhance the nitrogen content of the soil . |
| 16 | Diuretics seem to have had a better protective effect than β blockers . |
| 17 | The addition of M&T 's advanced-level titles will give MIS:Press , which publishes tutorial books based on popular software applications , a better rounded mix of titles . |
| 18 | If they fiddle around with the short-term situation that will not enable them to win ; it will not enable them to get a better general election performance . |
| 19 | In general , it is probably fair to say that the Philadelphia neighbourhood studies provide a better general model for the in-depth study of communities located at various points in the class continuum . |
| 20 | It is hoped that this work can contribute a better empirical basis to discussion about the adequacy of benefit levels . |
| 21 | Even if he did recover , I feel that Kelly is a better right back , and in my opinion Pemberton would be the next in line . |
| 22 | ‘ He has proved a better confidential secretary than to give revealing answers , despite his weakness for the opposite sex — however beautiful , ’ Ven replied . |
| 23 | Back in the West Country , Mallender looked like a better long-term bed . |
| 24 | The professor will normally be allowed to retain his full stipend during any term of sabbatical leave provided that ( a ) he will spend a considerable part of his leave in advanced study or research ; ( b ) he will give up all teaching and administrative duties in Oxford other than examining and graduate supervision ; ( c ) if after taking account of any loss of normal sources of income and any gain of income from new sources ( less any additional expenses associated with new activities ) , he is in a better financial position than if he had not taken leave , he will forgo from his stipend such sum as will leave him in approximately the same financial state as if he had not taken leave . |
| 25 | He claims Humberside was able to offer a better financial package because it is a regional development area whereas Darlington was classed as intermediate . |
| 26 | Because the choice of opting out is largely represented to parents , former pupils and the local community as a means of securing a better financial arrangement from the DES than has been possible with the local authority , it is sometimes argued that it is not ethos or education but funding which alone lies at the heart of the decision . |
| 27 | In spite of the reduced and indeed reducing turnover that we have had in the past 12 months , 1992 provided a better financial result than the previous year . |
| 28 | By this time , a better designed apparatus was available than the one Gibson and Fawcett had used . |
| 29 | Partnerships were to be developed between central and local government , social problems were to be relieved and a better demographic balance was to be achieved between the older cities and their surrounding conurbations . |
| 30 | In some remarks at the National Press Club in December , Mr Keating gave credence to this speculation by saying , in effect , that he would make a better prime minister than Mr Hawke . |