Example sentences of "and [verb] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the chair of employment minister Patrick McLoughlin , the group aims to persuade employers to abandon agist policies and to promote good practice in employment . |
| 2 | In 1975 the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training ( Cedefop ) was created to disseminate information on training , and to promote good practice throughout the Community . |
| 3 | The purpose of the Henley Work Forum is to promote a better understanding of the opportunities for restructuring organisations offered by effective application of Information and communications technology and to promote good practice . |
| 4 | ‘ Playing and working outside , and eating good Yorkshire food , has made him strong . |
| 5 | ‘ You should be here , sleeping in your own bed and eating good food . ’ |
| 6 | Good recognition performance is ultimately linked not only to the capacity of the system to extract and compare good feature sets , but also to the integration of context and knowledge in the different processing stages . |
| 7 | These strategies were exemplified in statements on the part of respondents such as ‘ count your blessings ’ , or ‘ we 're all in the same boat ’ , and in methods such as perceiving hardship as the forerunner of an easier future , or devaluing the importance of aspects which are noxious ( such as an unpleasant boss and colleagues ) and magnifying good aspects ( such as the convenient location and reasonable pay of the job ) . |
| 8 | The picnics were originally for the printers " and their families " , but once large numbers of young women were employed , they seem to have taken on a more youthful atmosphere , and became good opportunities for courtship . |
| 9 | Taking Conrad 's population and suggesting good speech as 75 per cent words in sentences correctly identified by listeners ( a higher cut-off than Braybrook uses ) , then in the hearing loss range 80 — 120dB ( Braybrook 's range ) , there would be 15 children . |
| 10 | Also have a smaller , well-insulated compost-maker , like a Hotterotter , which generates high heats and produces good compost quickly , especially for mulching . |
| 11 | Due to the technical complexity of some decisions , management jobs are often specialised by function , with managers being trained and developed to acquire the technical skills — in engineering knowledge , accountancy , personnel administration , marketing , and so on to run a functional department and make good management decisions for that department . |
| 12 | Such cats may be at a disadvantage when hunting , because their sense of directional sound will be poor , but in other respects they can lead normal lives and make good mothers . |
| 13 | We 've known each other since childhood , after all , so it would be convenient , and make good sense . |
| 14 | Groups are good fun — and make good sense . |
| 15 | Well I went to work on the Saturday morning at six and we were dredging until half past twelve , then we would , then do repairs till five o'clock at night and then five o'clock at night , when the other crew had gone home , when I start to stay there then from five o'clock Saturday night till Monday morning six o'clock all the time just to keep watch on the dredger , I used to sleep mind you during part of the time and erm used to have a big old tortoise stove down the cabin and make good fire . |
| 16 | After the basic level you will cover more advanced commands which enable you to manipulate information and make good use of storage such as floppy disks . |
| 17 | After the basic level you will cover more advanced commands which enable you to manipulate information and make good use of storage such as floppy disks . |
| 18 | The Stern is a typical Austrian Inn , and offers good value for money and a lively , informal atmosphere . |
| 19 | The government hopes half the nation will take part in its lottery , giving people a flutter and financing good causes . |
| 20 | For instance , all schools are concerned with improving and maintaining good attendance . |
| 21 | He appreciates , too , that he must , in this instance , tread a diplomatic line between doing his job properly and maintaining good relations with club managers whose assistance he will need when fully competitive matches arise . |
| 22 | Once the physiotherapist is confident that the patient has gained full control of his hemiplegic leg while making sideways steps , she then guides him through a sequence of forward steps , starting with the normal leg , transferring the weight onto that leg to move the hemiplegic leg , and maintaining good control of the pelvis during the movement . |
| 23 | Developing effective links with existing suppliers , and maintaining good relationships with potential suppliers and with competitors . |
| 24 | I get a real charge out of working hard and seeing good results . |
| 25 | Holly had a normal heart and made good progress but Carly , who had a heart defect , died on April 10 1985 , after a three-hour operation to clear a bile duct . |
| 26 | The company reckons that it maintained its position as the leading supplier of computers to UK education , and established itself as an important supplier to the home market , and made good progress in Australia and New Zealand through the subsidiaries there . |
| 27 | Although for many days the ship was becalmed and progress was slow , if at all , some days the vessel logged 12 knots and made good progress . |
| 28 | We worked hard and honestly , and made good profits . |
| 29 | She Dreamed up a new hobby for the Mayor , collecting antique paperweights , and made good use of them . |
| 30 | Though frequently finding some initial reason to put you , the customer , down , restaurant-car stewards then generally look after you well , and enjoying good food at speed remains one of the joys of railway travel . |