Example sentences of "on good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They agreed to start afresh by making certain favourites available only contingent on good behaviour . |
| 2 | This is not bargaining with feelings or providing conditional love contingent on good behaviour . |
| 3 | Five years with him , my love , my dove , my one and truly — I 'd had the nerve to consider myself cured , paroled , out on good behaviour . |
| 4 | Competition for Civil Service entry was stiff : success depended on good handwriting . |
| 5 | People are making films which require actors rather than special FX , which run on good dialogue rather than a high body count . |
| 6 | James R. Silke was to refer to how Warners offered ‘ heroes made from life ’ and Janet Graves has explained how the rigid financial limits imposed at the studio placed a premium on good dialogue and good acting . |
| 7 | The acceptance of the R.A.F. mission , with its hardship of travel to distant and nasty places and audiences of anything but the kind he was humanly fitted to deal with , lonely , cheerless , embarrassed journeys leaving little behind but doubt whether any seed had fallen on good soil ; ali this was in its way an imitation of St. Paul . |
| 8 | The seed falls on four different types of soil : the footpath , rocky ground , among thistles and on good soil . |
| 9 | On good soil he could probably plough two or three acres in a day , but on the more difficult land that had until recently been forest he would be lucky to manage half of this . |
| 10 | Any such translocations will depend on adequate population data to ensure that the removal of rhinos will not endanger the Ujung Kulon population , and also on good protection of the potential receiving sites . |
| 11 | Yeah , like so many industries we 're competing on good service are n't we and if we do things right it does convey a very professional image of C U to , to , to the company , to the , not to the company , to the , to the market place . |
| 12 | He can now put his dry economic views to the test in an area of spending which has soared despite Mrs Thatcher 's strictures on good housekeeping . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope it 's a book on good housekeeping . ’ |
| 14 | They can resist temptation long enough to make decisions based on good sense . |
| 15 | Put together by his wife as a memorial to her husband , it charts the development of golf courses in this country and expounds Park 's views on good course management . |
| 16 | Emphasis will be placed on good self-presentation and interpersonal skills . |
| 17 | In the Weald ( extending into Kent ) the Sussex could thrive on rough or scarce grazing but , put on good pasture , it fattened quickly with a high daily weight gain . |
| 18 | The breed was largely restricted to its light-soiled native area in East Anglia , especially on the poorer , sandy Suffolk lands where it was so well adapted to living on sparse , low-quality grazing that on good pasture it would grow too much and become coarse in the bone . |
| 19 | Reared outside and fed on good pasture , lamb has a fine , fragrant flavour . |
| 20 | They are based on good teaching practice , and many teachers are already aware of their value as methods which neither pre-empt pupils ' responses nor suggest that there is one orthodox , accepted interpretation . |
| 21 | We did that in the with the erm , urgent issues task force new standard on good will . |
| 22 | Games and contests depend on good organisation and the clear enthusiasm of the teacher . |
| 23 | In areas where farmsteads are the normal form of settlement the pattern is very dense on good land , such as at Hanbury in Worcestershire , and less dense in upland areas such as Exmoor and Dartmoor . |
| 24 | At the moment all depends on good success in Ireland . |
| 25 | A parallel conference , held for staff accompanying the girls , revealed a lack of communication between different units on good working practices . |
| 26 | Later , at the club , he will get tight on good brandy |
| 27 | I have it on good assurance |
| 28 | It advises banks on good banking practice . |
| 29 | Similar strategies are adopted by the non-indigenous people who leave temperate environments to live temporarily in polar regions ; they make small physiological adjustments , but rely for safety on good clothing , housing and food , and constant alertness to risk . |
| 30 | Come on Soot , good boy , Sooty come on , out you go , out , come on good boy , out , have you seen Tigger ? |