Example sentences of "of good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1913–14 , over £25,000 was being given away in this manner and in return the Central Office agents were able to ensure the appointment of suitable constituency agents and the choice of good candidate The outlay constituted only about a tenth of the whole of the local parties " expenditure , but a much higher proportion of the expenditure of the backward parties most in need of reform . |
| 2 | ‘ Plus two years of good experience — the same as I have , ’ Sophie said calmly . |
| 3 | The wealthier survived because they had control of tracts of good land , but the poorer villagers had to sell the little land they had , to pay off debts and were compelled to work as landless labourers for the rich . |
| 4 | And yet ( p. 16 ) the geography of Italy and Sicily did not , as it did in mainland Greece , impose these divisions — there was , for instance , no shortage of good land for corn and cattle as the ears-of-corn coinages of Metapontum and Siris in southern Italy , or the Thurii bull , remind us . |
| 5 | There 's an acute shortage of good land . |
| 6 | Oh aye , a lot of good land on it . |
| 7 | Gets a bit of sea-gusting somewhat but a lot of good land on Holland . |
| 8 | Thirty minutes of good air . |
| 9 | As such , little girls have a special ritual participation in Goddess-worship , are considered a source of good luck and are even occasionally worshipped by other Hindus . |
| 10 | The following day Ivan Cooper appealed for an end to unplanned marches ; clearly the leaders of the DCAC were aware of the large amount of good luck , as well as careful planning , which had enabled them to avoid any major violent incidents . |
| 11 | An unexpected message of good luck from Phillip Schofield , star of the London production , spurred on the cast to give their all . |
| 12 | The son of ZEUS and the nymph MAIA , Hermes was the messenger of the gods , as well as being the god of good luck and wealth , and therefore the patron of both merchants and thieves . |
| 13 | Again the parents were given encouragement and messages of good luck as they went into the Sheriff Court with their legal advisers . |
| 14 | An example will serve to illustrate this point : Leigh Hunt was a vegetarian , and praised ‘ in glowing words the cauliflower swimming in melted butter ’ ; Wordsworth wryly asked whether ‘ if by chance of good luck they ever met with a caterpillar , they thanked their stars for a delicious morsel of animal food ’ . |
| 15 | All over India the right-angled Swastika is commonly regarded as a sign of good luck . |
| 16 | THE widows of two Gulf War airmen sent a heartfelt message of good luck yesterday to the Tornado crews and their loved ones . |
| 17 | Since bats are considered by the Chinese to be symbols of good luck they are one creature that is likely to remain safe when the British hand over Hong Kong . |
| 18 | And the law of probability seemed , for once , to have slipped up , and to have permitted her a striking piece of good luck . |
| 19 | At the banquet and on behalf of the Company , Sir Crisp presented to the School a silver cup and cover " as a memento of this great occasion and an emblem of good luck in the future " . |
| 20 | The permanent secretaries in charge of many government departments are arts graduates who have risen through the ranks of the meritocracy to become Knights of the Realm and heads of Oxbridge colleges , simply by virtue of their intellectual training , character , hard work and a modicum of good luck . |
| 21 | That 's it you 've got track erm how would you spell luck someone had a lot of good luck ? |
| 22 | They used to be made in the shape of Christ 's tombstone , and years ago , all bread baked on Good Friday was marked with a cross as a symbol of good luck . |
| 23 | Sheer dogged determination , plus a fair smattering of good luck , brought him to your door . ’ |
| 24 | Although the supposed bringer of good luck is likely to be put on display , there are no plans to rename the pub The Old Nag 's Head . |
| 25 | ON May 1 someone sent us a chain letter ( from Gatwick Airport ) promising a run of good luck . |
| 26 | Gray complained about the team 's lack of good luck . |
| 27 | Divided into forty-four brief chapters and illustrated by a large selection of good colour reproductions , it is the catalogue raisonné 's more discursive and speculative companion and is recommended for its explanation of Magritte 's compositions and for comment on his relationship with artists , critics , poets , dealers and collectors . |
| 28 | Divided into forty-four short chapters and illustrated by a large selection of good colour reproductions , it offers a convincing explanation of the artist 's apparently inexplicable imagery by reference to his biography and to source material which ranges from Egyptian and Greek sculpture to Quattrocento frescoes , Symbolist pictures of the nineteenth century , film stills , pulp fiction , popular postcards and encyclopaedia illustrations . |
| 29 | ‘ With the same natural effusion of good colour , ’ Hope continued , deciding that excess was more apt than enough in this instance , ‘ that I find in your own complexion , ma'am . ’ |
| 30 | Explain the basic principles of good hotel organisation . |