Example sentences of "they make good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made good progress and some were soon scaling the dominating ridge leading to Chunuk Bair . |
| 2 | Miss Tuckey said they made good agents . |
| 3 | I do n't think she approved of such stunts , whether or not they made good television . |
| 4 | They made good time thereafter , considering the darkness , encountering no problems . |
| 5 | Local large employers could also be encouraged to establish departments providing work experience for people with long-term disabilities , provided they received financial incentives in the form of capital grants and revenue support : employers should not be expected to provide charitable funds or investment , although they can provide an atmosphere of tolerance , access for sheltered workers to the benefits which other employees enjoy ( such as sports and canteen facilities ) , and a willingness to consider these supported workers for more general employment if they make good progress . |
| 6 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
| 7 | They make good pot plants and the flowers have particularly attractive markings . |
| 8 | When planted in threes or fives they make good clumps to grow and flower above other plantings . |
| 9 | Good cats keep the 'ome free from rodents an' they make good pets . |
| 10 | They make good employees for ‘ us ’ : a transfer has now occurred , for the pronoun now refers to commercial enterprises , financed by the World Bank . |
| 11 | ‘ He says they should save old newspapers because , I quote , ‘ folded up tight they make good logs for the fire and , in extremis ’ — that 's what he says , the fucker , in extremis — ‘ they make better insulation than wool . ’ ‘ |
| 12 | Thus it would be perfectly possible for a sexist to argue from the very findings reported in this chapter that women make poor leaders and high-pressure salespersons because of their lack of assertiveness , whereas they make good carers ( nurses , home helps and so on ) because of their sensitivity to the needs of other people in conversation . |
| 13 | Nor are there any madrigalian extravagances in Hassler 's madrigals ; they make good use of antiphony between higher and lower voice-groups as in the openings of ‘ Ach Schatz , ich thu dir klagen ’ and ‘ Fahr hin , guts Liedelein ’ ; but they lack rhythmic spring . |
| 14 | But , even when people have had spells of very bad illness , they may still live for many years and there will be time for them to make good plans for their children . |
| 15 | Most papers did not mind , however , for the government restrictions kept their paper and printing costs low and enabled them to make good profits from the big demand for advertising space . |