Example sentences of "have make good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Banking services and finance companies continued to trade profitably in spite of higher interest rates and the group 's network of independent financial advisers , has made good progress , although slower than envisaged . |
| 2 | On the second erm erm issue the commitments in Greater York , erm Mr has has made good progress erm on this erm and he 's been had discussions this morning with er district colleagues and hopefully we we are nearly there on that one . |
| 3 | Though the DHA has made good provision for assessment and diagnosis , accommodation for those requiring long-term care , which is provided primarily by the private sector , was found to be insufficient . |
| 4 | Building reusable code can take more time initially , so it has to make good business sense to invest the extra time on a particular object . |
| 5 | You would have the right only if you 'd made good use of your experience of life . ’ |
| 6 | Some Slovenian bankers pointed out that it would have made better sense to have carried out a ‘ consolidation ’ , which would have preserved more of the assets of the firm than the policy of attacking it from all sides ( Politika , 1 October 1987 ) . |
| 7 | The Royalist Roman Catholic French would probably have made better conquerors of Ireland , if Ireland had to be reconquered once more . |
| 8 | As a magazine article , any one of these chapters would have made good reading . |
| 9 | It would have made good drama to pit Bernard 's projection of mass production against Laura 's fears that this would threaten to destroy the ethnic and cottage industry appeal upon which the business was based . |
| 10 | Dunes , palm trees , mud-brick villages , children and animals would have made good picture postcards , but , for all its beauty , the desert was terrifying . |
| 11 | Continuing on down the street the Ahearns , a Catholic family who were all of small stature , the Frys , another quiet family and the Vincents who in contrast to the Ahearns were all well built — in fact the sons could all have made good guardsmen . |
| 12 | The landlord will have to make good damage to decorations caused by carrying out of works by him ( Bradley v Chorley BC [ 1985 ] 2 EGLR 49 ) . |
| 13 | The rate at which Sunday schools sprang up nevertheless strengthened the authorities ' conviction that they would have to make better provision for the education of the masses . |
| 14 | Their best almost delighted Norwich , with Paul Merson cracking a 35 yard volley against the United bar and Peter Schmeichel having to make good saves from Ian Wright and Kevin Campbell to avoid a devastating defeat . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sorry not to have made better use of Fontana here , ’ she answered . |
| 16 | Students are reminded that their eventual employers will expect them to have made good use of their time at university . |
| 17 | 130 and H167 seem to have made good starts , but Z114 better watch out since before long he may be in H167 's dirty wind . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've made good speed , ’ said Hotspur when they were alone . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I 'm hoping I 've made good use of them . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But only after I 've made good use of them ! ’ |
| 21 | A UN team visited Kuwait in March and reported that although a deliberate attempt had been made to " extinguish Kuwait " , the country had made good progress in dealing with immediate humanitarian needs [ see p. 38082 for mission to Iraq ] . |
| 22 | He had made good use of the last few days . |
| 23 | Going further back again , local authorities had made good use , on a comparative basis , of national reading surveys . |
| 24 | He had reason to believe , he said , that the Normans in Herefordshire had made good use of the Roman building-materials ready to hand , and there was no reason why others should not do the same . |
| 25 | A small jeweller in Switzerland , who for years had made good profits by flagrantly copying de Chavigny designs , using inferior stones , low-carat metals and cheap workmanship , and then passing them off as de Chavigny originals through an impenetrable network of shady dealers and retailers , found its bank was suddenly very glad to extend credit for new workshops and an expansion programme . |
| 26 | They had made good time . |
| 27 | We had made good time and had to ease speed to avoid closing the island in darkness . |
| 28 | After Cromwell , new squires , successful tradesmen , farmers and impoverished Cavaliers who had made good marriages then began to build new houses . |
| 29 | I am pleased that we have made good progress in this strategy by gaining a strong portfolio of business in the UK private sector and overseas . |
| 30 | We have made good progress on education . |