Example sentences of "good [noun] of [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It was with a good measure of personal interest that I read a British Medical Journal article on the study of ‘ psychological consequences of road traffic accidents ’ .
2 On the whole , however , Face Pack offers a good variety of scalable fonts and is exceptional value for money especially where there is frequent use of DTP .
3 The recently-formed Science and Technology Directorate of Cefic , the European chemical industry federation , plans to lobby for better support of higher education and research .
4 Nevertheless , we have attempted to derive a better index of fetal adiposity than simple birth weight and have found it to have a significant bearing on results of regression analysis , suggesting that maternal glycaemia does have an impact on fetal size independent of maternal weight .
5 She had thought the quantities of gilt ( never did she credit that it might be real gold ) an evidence of shocking vulgarity , had sneered at the bad taste of the ornate picture frames , at the ridiculous excesses of the pictures themselves , and had felt a solid , suburban scorn for the frayed and patched tapestry chair seats and the faded hangings : she had wondered why , if so rich , they did not throw out their tatty Persian coverings , and buy themselves a good bit of fitted Wilton or Axminster in a good plain colour .
6 ( 4 ) It shall be the task of the all-German legislator to introduce regulations no later than Dec. 31 , 1992 , which ensure better protection of unborn life and provide a better solution in conformity with the constitution of conflict situations faced by pregnant women — notably through legally guaranteed entitlements for women , first and foremost to advice and public support — than is the case in either part of Germany at present .
7 This will enable Mr Damant to calculate a better figure of maintainable earnings than has been possible in the past .
8 Despite the risks this must be a better investment of public money than the massive R and D devoted to defence , most of which will never give an economic return , and which can not — or certainly should not — be exported , for strategic reasons — not to mention moral ones .
9 It is arguable that intermodulation gives a better indication of audio quality than total harmonic distortion , since its use of simultaneous signals on different frequencies mimics speech and music to some extent .
10 Inevitably , melodies often contain more leaps than in conventional music , or there may be a good deal of semitonal movement or inversions of semitones to create such intervals as 7ths and minor 9ths .
11 Still , there was a good deal of stealthy coming and going within the building — this being ignored apparently by the men on duty in the guardchamber .
12 Most of my informants retained very happy memories of the atmosphere of the composing-room , possibly a little coloured by the passage of time ; but there does seem to have been a good deal of good humour and fun .
13 The wives of prosperous burgesses also had a good deal of managerial responsibility and authority .
14 Perhaps because they are relatively loose in conventional management terms , with a good deal of devolved power and individual discretion , they seem relatively ‘ tight ’ in normative terms , held together more by values than by structures ( Becher and Kogan 1980 ) ; indeed , they may constitute an interesting organizational example of the ‘ simultaneous loose-tight properties ’ described by Peters and Waterman ( 1982 ) .
15 Khorramshahr , grimly dubbed Khuninshahr ( city of blood ) by some Iranians , was the subject of a good deal of contradictory reporting before it eventually fell late in October .
16 Unfortunately , there is a good deal of unhistorical thinking where the Community is concerned .
17 Koons ' sculpture from this period — of vacuum cleaners encased in plexiglass , basketballs floating in aquariums , and a stainless-steel bunny — garnered a good deal of critical acclaim and important fans , among them the art dealer Mary Boone .
18 The preliminary cleaning of the painting in 1984 aroused a good deal of adverse criticism but , as Felipe Garin , the Prado 's director , recently commented : ‘ In the end the passage of time and the approval of the general public have brought us to our senses ’
19 While Adorno confines this category to ‘ serious ’ music , Paddison points out that there seems no reason why it could not include a good deal of avant-garde jazz and such rock groups as Frank Zappa 's Mothers of Invention the Velvet Underground , and — he might have added — some post-punk bands .
20 The causes of the development of trade unionism within the public sector have been the subject of a good deal of political debate and social science theorizing .
21 The picture which emerges is one where there was a good deal of casual crudity and the occasional fight between individuals or small groups but little orchestrated rowdyism or violence .
22 The final client , the development officer said , needed a good deal of extra support but was a very adamant refuser of help , and frequently refused to let people into her house .
23 Several other people had arranged to share cars and after a good deal of last-minute discussion and instructions , they were at last on their way .
24 Some large companies employ their own photographers but very often these people are expected to handle a good deal of clerical work as well as take and process all the photography .
25 Despite a good deal of organized opposition and intrigue from Mozart 's enemies in court circles , of whom the ringleader was probably Antonio Salieri , Figaro was first performed in the Burgtheater on 1 May , 1786 .
26 An impressive body of research in psychogerontology demonstrates that a good deal of ill health and dependency even in very old age is induced by society 's expectation that age brings infirmity and dependence .
27 Franchises were re-allocated by competition in 1964 , 1967 and 1981 , and although there was each time a public invitation and a grand interview , the procedure involved a good deal of preliminary contact and discussion , not least about such important but apparently secondary factors as studio locations and offices .
28 True , he owned a good deal of this land and could stop any building on his own acres .
29 The announcement was-carefully worded to stress the financial aspects of the study but it none the less generated a good deal of hopeful excitement as well as sceptical anxiety .
30 For example , a pupil who is mastering literacy and numeracy with few difficulties will spend a considerable amount of time in the ordinary classroom , but another may need a good deal of specialised help and be at a stage of going to only one or two lessons daily in the fully integrated situation .
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