Example sentences of "been a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Publishing the old figures compiled from Job Centres , said Mr Hibbert , alongside the new ones might have been a good idea just to show how misleading the old ones had been . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , around one in two Germans in both the American and the British Zones — and a percentage on the increase — thought that National Socialism had basically been a good idea , badly carried out , and were far more favourably disposed to it than to communism . |
| 3 | ON THE eve of polling day the Prime Minister was asked whether , on reflection , it would not have been a good idea for him to have debated with Mr Kinnock on television . |
| 4 | I was forced to concede B&B had been a good idea ! |
| 5 | By what route this strategy will proceed is unclear — technology swapping , OEM or other — however , the company admits that it probably would have been a good idea had Tandem Computers Inc and Pyramid had meshed their respective hardware and Unix software experience in that area two years ago . |
| 6 | He had n't shaved recently , and a little soap might have been a good idea . |
| 7 | I 'd already decided I wanted to go into the Army and it would n't have been a good idea to have anything on my record about supporting some left-wing group . |
| 8 | Lugh was not sure , now , if it had been a good idea to bring Dorrainge . |
| 9 | Perhaps it had n't been a good idea after all to come on this trip together . |
| 10 | Bringing the Bob Marley had been a good idea , there was n't a cheaper car in the yard , it seemed , except maybe the white Vauxhall Astra with the shirt-button wheels , a car Duncan the Drunken , in a rare lucid moment , had described as a jet-propelled tennis shoe . |
| 11 | For some time now , the SARA Executive has been seeking input more generally from the rowing population for the updating of its Development Plan , but what might have been a good idea to achieve this seems set for a less than successful conclusion . |
| 12 | But would n't it have been a good idea to ask a relative or neighbour to go with her or to look after the children who were not going to receive attention ? |
| 13 | We could be accused of listening to foreign propaganda even if we were not , and now that we were on the suspected list this could have been a good excuse for having us arrested again . |
| 14 | It would have been a good excuse to use to get Mr Parnham off his back . |
| 15 | This has n't been a good case for me . ’ |
| 16 | He must have been a good bit older than her . |
| 17 | ‘ Better get moving , ’ he thought He stopped as he turned Had he imagined it , no , he was sure something had flashed in the moonlight It must have been a good quarter of a mile away , towards the middle of the estuary . |
| 18 | Oh she 's always been a good daughter up till now , I 'll grant her that , I 've never been one to just blame the girl , Douglas , I blame the boy too . |
| 19 | He had been a good nome in his way , they said . |
| 20 | It had been a good lunch and conversation had been light and easy . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not sayin' he 'as n't been a good Samaritan , but I never thought he 'd beat me black and blue just for arguin' with him . ’ |
| 22 | His huge opponent lay defeated and bloodied , and his blood-lust was more than satisfied ; it had been a good night and it was time to go . |
| 23 | I thought that would have been a good night in the King 's Hall tonight . |
| 24 | There has been a good reduction in the number of strikes ; we must give the Government credit where it is due . |
| 25 | Joseph Maloney , secretary of the local angling association , said at the time that earlier , less serious pollution caused by Mogul had killed all fish life in what had once been a good trout and salmon river . |
| 26 | Had it been properly directed there would have been a good contract and A would have been liable in damages to B for not delivering the horse . |
| 27 | It was by now that and I wondered whether chilli had been a good choice for a hot meal . |
| 28 | Although there has been a good response so far to the environmental technology innovation scheme , there are no plans to increase the current allocation of £12 million . |
| 29 | There has been a good response to Bishopton/Redmarshall School 's appeal for supplies for the needy children in the Russian town of Kostrama . |
| 30 | Property might seem to be an unusual investment for pension funds given its volatile nature , but its inclusion can be defended on the grounds of past long-term returns that have been a good hedge against inflation . |