Example sentences of "[be] a good [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well yeah , they 're a better breed of men yeah , exactly |
| 2 | You 're a good judge of character , laddie , and as I 'm not so bad at that myself , I 'll bide by what you say if you 'll answer me this ; what 's your true reason ? ’ |
| 3 | You 're a good man of science . |
| 4 | She said unless it , like with , with that doll she 's bought Carla she said they 're a good thing for collectors for her . |
| 5 | We 're a good mix of people that set the trends , the ‘ see and be seen ’ generation … |
| 6 | You 're a good woman in spite of the muck . ’ |
| 7 | Might Tavaré have been a better choice as captain ( than Willis ) in 1982 ? |
| 8 | Most four-day matches have not only been a better preparation for Test cricketers but have also produced generally more interesting cricket . |
| 9 | Nothing in Swannell 's direction of his play persuades you that this would not have been a better home for Marrakech . |
| 10 | If she had n't yielded to a guilty passion then she would have been a better wife to Denny . |
| 11 | Mind you their rate of exchange if if you 'd have bought all pesetas in this country it would have probably been a better rate of exchange for you . |
| 12 | Romeo and Juliet I mean it could n't of been a better thing for school children |
| 13 | There has been a good response to Bishopton/Redmarshall School 's appeal for supplies for the needy children in the Russian town of Kostrama . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Secretary Peter Masheter said : ‘ It has been a good year with membership increasing to 63 from around 40 . |
| 16 | It had been a good year for Kenneth personally , too . |
| 17 | 1951 had been a good year for Minton . |
| 18 | Paula Kahn , chairman and chief executive of Longman Group , commented that it had been a good year for Longman ‘ despite the impact of the recession in some of our key markets around the world , particularly our ELT markets in Europe ’ . |
| 19 | It 's been a good year for holly berries , and the crop on sale today attracted buyers from all over Britain . |
| 20 | In what has been a good year for poets at the conferences , with Neil Kinnock quoting both Frost and Shelley , and Kenneth Baker identifying with Henry V or Kenneth Branagh , Mr Patten chose Larkin 's observation that , with honour gone , all we could now leave to our children was money . |
| 21 | 1993 has so far been a good year for Hewlett-Packard Russia . |
| 22 | ‘ The reading of it has been a good preparation for Lent as far as I am concerned : for it shows me ( through the heroine ) the special sin of abuse of intellect to which all my profession are liable , more clearly than I ever saw before . |
| 23 | It is possible to identify times when there has been a good process of consultation and use them as examples . |
| 24 | There are some very good authors in the list , but recalling that there has never been a good book on poppies or penstemons , one might wish for a little more innovation in such lists . |
| 25 | Gangsters have long been a good source of drama for the filmakers and there 's barely a star in Hollywood who has n't been ‘ mixed up ’ on screen with the mob at some point in his career . |
| 26 | It has been a good Christmas for Oxford . |
| 27 | Gillian Shephard , the Employment Secretary , told the House : ‘ This has been a good week for Britain . |
| 28 | It 's been a good season for Barnes and another Twickenham occasion is just the stage for him to show the selectors how good he can be . |
| 29 | There has been a good deal of discussion recently of time-perspectives in industrial and economic policy , with both industry and the City being accused of ‘ short-termism ’ , sometimes in comparison with the Germans or Japanese . |
| 30 | In England and Wales , as elsewhere , there has of late been a good deal of concern expressed about improving the quality of teaching in schools . |