Example sentences of "good [noun] of [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So a cat entering your house and being welcomed there gave you the good luck of having the Devil on your side . |
| 2 | The builders of the new machinery , principally the DES , do so with the good intention of putting the law into practice . |
| 3 | The overriding conclusion was that the Japanese have made a much better job of winning the commitment of their employees at all levels . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the Macnow-inspired video did a sufficiently good job of muddying the waters to give the Japanese some hope of diverting the main thrust of the US/New Zealand resolution . |
| 5 | Their function now is to make a good job of delivering the railway services that the PTEs and sectors want to buy from them . |
| 6 | He was n't making a very good job of fixing the sticks together . |
| 7 | He must have been sixty or so , but you had to get close to see it and if his hair was grey , someone had made a good job of disguising the fact . |
| 8 | Nobody inside or outside the administration is making a good job of selling the tax . |
| 9 | Incidentally , I was interested to read in the Financial Times and other newspapers today that the foreman in the Guinness 2 trial of Mr. Seelig and Lord Spens said that the prosecution had made a good job of identifying the structure of that case . |
| 10 | If Claris makes a good job of finishing the program , it could be a real contender for Microsoft 's crown in the integrated package stakes . |
| 11 | the sad news for golfers is that you 've a better chance of watching the sport than playing it at the Oxfordshire club … membership is being limited to 750 and the joining fee is twenty five thousand pounds … |
| 12 | By limiting it 's action , cancer drugs have a much better chance of destroying the tumour . |
| 13 | In this instance I have a better chance of getting the ball close by using the slope to let the ball run down to the flag . |
| 14 | There was perhaps a better chance of enlisting the reader 's belief in Ayesha in involving her with that most believable hero , Allan Quatermain . |
| 15 | As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives . |
| 16 | Jews had a better chance of effecting the transition if , for example , they were recruited into the army as children . |
| 17 | Look for anything that gives them a better chance of following the plot . |
| 18 | The lesson seems to be that a plaintiff has a better chance of attacking the exercise of ministerial power if he can show that in some general way , especially procedural and not substantive , the minister has not played the game according to the newly enlarged rules of natural justice . |
| 19 | Not only was there a relatively high chance of being wrecked , there was also a good chance of saving the cargo , since.the huge tuns of wine could float and might drift ashore with some 200 gallons unharmed inside each one . |
| 20 | So the carbonates , any of the carbonates , heat them you get a good chance of getting the carbon dioxide given off . |
| 21 | Let us assume you wish to evacuate the nightclub immediately but put the rest of the hotel on standby as there is a good chance of getting the fire extinguished . |
| 22 | Mr Wilkinson , whose bill has a good chance of reaching the statute book , believes such a measure is necessary to curb growing surburban problem of overdevelopment through luxury blocks of flats being built by developers on plots previously occupied by a single house . |
| 23 | If it does , it has a very good chance of catching the gazelle for it is able to reach its maximum speed within a few yards , and then it is the fastest animal on four legs . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , Dr Greene has prescribed magnesium sulphate if your blood-pressure has n't dropped soon , but as long as you rest , you 've got a very good chance of reversing the cycle . ’ |
| 25 | Bear this in mind when using the foot sweep and ensure that it has a good chance of shifting the opponent by forcing him to lift his weight from the ankle to be attacked . |
| 26 | Sponsorship has raised about £300,000 for the British Garden , which should have a good chance of winning the competition . |
| 27 | Afterwards he dismissed the defeat as no more than ‘ irritating ’ and said he still had a good chance of winning the match . |
| 28 | Assuming the Boss and Big Boss can score a few wounds you are in with a good chance of winning the combat . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought we had a good chance of tracing the Spidex people through London . |
| 30 | The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them . |