Example sentences of "good [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , environments are usually so variable that even if the conditions are good where the animal is now , they probably will not be in a month 's time ; it may then be better to be a hundred miles south . |
| 2 | ‘ Try to picture yourself getting better or the process gets blocked . ’ |
| 3 | The contract may be good or the cheque generous , but it lacks the binding authorization of a signature . |
| 4 | Dr Mann 's central theme was the ability of humanity to use scientific knowledge for the good or the bad of his fellow man . |
| 5 | ‘ The question is whether machines strengthen the good or the evil in man 's nature . |
| 6 | On learning of a prospective sale , the conveyancer should call the client on the telephone , or to the office ( this is better where the client is unknown to you ) and ask the seller for details of the whereabouts of the title deeds . |
| 7 | They are in fact the original Green products having been around since 1959 , and are so good that the company 's turnover is about £1 billion . |
| 8 | I preferred them when they were fresh because they had a bit of a tang later on , but they were so good that the thought of them makes me hungry . |
| 9 | Sadly , one of the grimmer interpretations of the word ‘ experience ’ loomed in ugly manner over the last few days of the tour and may overshadow some of the good that the trip has produced . |
| 10 | I think in the long view it is all to the good that the government have to look after their own chickens as they come home to roost , and get a lot of the dirt cleared before we come in . |
| 11 | As soon as he got to Aix he wrote to Chamberlain : ‘ I think in the long view it is all to the good that the Government have to look after their own chickens as they come home to roost , and get a lot of the dirt cleared up before we come in . ’ |
| 12 | The tank 's lid is so good that the suction is enough to seal it , with the ring clamp . |
| 13 | Her plain cooking is quite good although the repertoire is a bit limited . |
| 14 | He preferred the slow , peaceful life of the Devon countryside to the frenetic bustle of the metropolis : playing for Exeter seemed better than the likelihood of being very small fish in the big Arsenal pool . |
| 15 | Better than the weekend weather that I saw ? |
| 16 | That will be better than the factory . ’ |
| 17 | at the minute , because they 've got there the Hussy End which is like the number one , that 's better than the Stringfellow 's apparently , Hussy End are in Manchester thirty quid to get in |
| 18 | A preference consists of anything done or suffered to be done by the vendor which has the effect of putting one of its creditors , or any surety or guarantor , into a position which , in the event of the vendor going into insolvent liquidiation , would be better than the position which such person would have been in if that thing had not been done . |
| 19 | All the vegetable fats are better than the animal |
| 20 | But perhaps the Comtesse 's fried bread is better than the toast which traditionally accompanies Welsh Rabbit . |
| 21 | That had been a futile crusade , he knew now , but it was better than the lie Seth offered , the lie that concealed the end of all things . |
| 22 | And nowt better than the theatre to see the variety of behaviour … |
| 23 | She looked so much better than the fat , spreading South London mothers around us , that I thought we had to be middle class . |
| 24 | The book 's better than the film cos it 's got more detail in it . |
| 25 | These media were clearly better than the press in helping to combat loneliness and isolation , allegedly more common in the 1970s and 1980s than in the post-war decades , especially among an ageing population . |
| 26 | No but I mean it 's it 's no better than the seaside I mean . |
| 27 | Mind you you might be better than the Chancellor at that , but er |
| 28 | Well the men tend to come to our meetings and sit in the back now because their they well what in their words they say , Oh they they 're much better than the lodge meetings . |
| 29 | But only at the moment when they have proven themselves to be better than the incumbent . |
| 30 | things to people 's teeth and people 's teeth today are so much better than the past . |