Example sentences of "good [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be a good opportunity also to make the final consumer curious . ’ |
| 2 | It is not good practice simply to leave the cable poking out of the wall , and many wall light fittings will not have space in their backing plate to make the connections . |
| 3 | It would be good practice never to accept a referral without the knowledge and consent of the client , but issues of risk and protection with vulnerable elderly people sometimes lead to a decision to override that principle . |
| 4 | It was the stage at which the 12 member states did a good deal more to clarify their long-term goals . |
| 5 | There is a good deal more to say , and to think about , concerning the relations between the intra- and extra-mural teaching of literature . |
| 6 | We shall have a good deal more to say about this in a later chapter . |
| 7 | All three comital functions are documented in Charles the Bald 's reign , though royal instructions have a good deal more to say about the first and second than about the third . |
| 8 | In sum then , though the Supplement has a good deal more to commend it than its 1977 parent , it comes across as a car-orientated guide , static in outlook and narrow-minded in perspective . |
| 9 | Bargain-hunters flocked to the stores , believing they were getting a good deal only to find they had paid the normal price or , in some cases , more . |
| 10 | They need a good result tomorrow to keep up with the promotion chase . |
| 11 | which would give him a good break really to get a few things done . |
| 12 | I 've a good mind never to allow you in the Park again ! ’ |
| 13 | The Euro-sceptics argue that Mr Major has established himself as a good European merely to carry credibility when he vetoes monetary union . |
| 14 | Another person is happy or unhappy : I can use his good mood perhaps to charm a concession out of him , or take advantage of a time when he is distracted by trouble to steal a march on him ; but I shall not be pleased or displeased by emotions which do not touch my interests . |
| 15 | They have been able to take advantage of their good standing internationally to raise funds on fine terms which could then be converted into floating-rate liabilities suitable for financing the acquisition of floating-rate sterling assets . |
| 16 | She could n't use a good friend simply to get herself out of trouble . |
| 17 | He 'll be putting his lungs to good use soon to record the album of the show . |
| 18 | For mercy 's sake , persuade your good woman here to allow the lady to stay . |
| 19 | So that there was good consideration there to meet that contingency , which was a real contingency and not a fanciful one at that time . … |
| 20 | For it is characteristic of an agnostic to hold that the existence of a god is a possibility in which there is no good reason either to believe or disbelieve ; and it is characteristic of an atheist to hold that it is at least probable that no god exists . |
| 21 | I had good reason then to suspect that it could well be . |
| 22 | After sitting in the stalls and watching the summer show , the other two were convinced that they had good reason enough to want him . |
| 23 | If you 're going to be ridiculously pedantic about principles , as you call them , practically every private villa in existence is owned by somebody with loads of money — is that a good reason never to rent a villa ? ’ |
| 24 | Given the requirement that medical evidence has to be served with the proceedings , and given the long waiting lists that now apply for very senior surgeons , it might be a good idea either to get an initial report from the treating surgeon or to use one of the independent physicians mentioned above . |
| 25 | It is not a good idea simply to rely on advertisements in the local paper but far better to go to someone who has been recommended to you by a friend who has been successfully treated . |
| 26 | then it 's a good idea just to do another one and make sure . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | You must get the lecturer 's permission to record and use the recording and it 's a good idea too to find out in advance what aids will be used . |
| 29 | It is a good idea actually to write out in simple words the points that need to be made . |
| 30 | Now might it not be also a very good idea then to report back to another public meeting with the results of those suggestions possibly done in a written form which could be freely available before the meeting so that people can discuss these in a structured way because I think this evening one of the problems about this evening is that points are being missed because issues are being jumped from one to another in no structured way and I think that it might be worth while for another meeting where it is structured but certainly to produce the results of your discussions internally to many of the ideas that you 've heard this evening . |