Example sentences of "is a good [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At 82 , every year is a good year because it is a bonus — you are not supposed to live after 70 . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He is a good golfer and we had a good time . ’ |
| 3 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ What you need is a good romance and it so happens I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's marketing . |
| 4 | Any pub is a good pub if you have enough to drink . |
| 5 | This is a good song because it not only has actions but can also be sung by two groups at the same time . |
| 6 | I think this is a good principle and we hope to continue it , to some degree for a long time yet . ’ |
| 7 | The open farm is a good idea because it teaches townspeople about the countryside . |
| 8 | Next two weeks is a good idea because you 've no school during the day |
| 9 | Although most moulding and shaping can be achieved with your fingers and the help of utensils such as knives and cocktail sticks , a set of professional modelling tools is a good idea if you plan to make a lot of fantasy cakes . |
| 10 | If people are asked ‘ Would you like … ’ , there is a good chance that they will say ‘ yes ’ . |
| 11 | Although no source rocks are expected in the Permo-Triassic , there is a good chance that they exist in underlying Carboniferous sediments . |
| 12 | And in both cases if these conditions obtain some compromise will be reached , or at least there is a good chance that it will . |
| 13 | Even this sort of quasi-aesthetic ‘ decision ’ makes enough evolutionary sense that there is a good chance that it results from programming rather than intelligence ; and in most carefully studied cases it is clear that variability is innate . |
| 14 | If you have not been adequately consulted , and a tribunal is satisfied that consultation could have made a difference to the redundancy decision , there is a good chance that you will succeed in an unfair dismissal claim and be entitled to compensation . |
| 15 | There is a good chance that you stand too upright or your legs become rigid towards impact ( main photo ) causing the blade of the iron to hit the top half of the ball ( lower illustration ) . |
| 16 | If you see an unheard of player in a no 9 shirt , there is a good chance that he is a centre forward . |
| 17 | This is a good buy if you want a light planer that will do basic planing and bevelling tasks . |
| 18 | In some areas this is called multi-disciplinary which is a good word but it , it 's a bit formal but it does , it 's just as difficult for them , everybody 's been used to w functioning in their own little areas under their own headings , not least of course the bureaucrats who are particularly good at it because it makes life easier . |
| 19 | this is a good word because it well it 's not because of the associations but it stresses the femininity and that 's what a lot of the sixties feminists lost , I think was their own femininity because they saw it as man 's imposition |
| 20 | John Edwards says the horse is a good jumper so he 'll tell Judy to hang on and sit still and let the horse do the hard work . |
| 21 | It is a good sign that it is now circling round nations and nationalism . |
| 22 | Do n't be discouraged by this , as it is a good sign that you have stretched muscles that have not been used for some time . |
| 23 | Erm we set up I think a very successful service and if I could just mention a sad note here , me some members will know who was the county occupational therapy coordinator largely designed the service here and I 'm very sorry to say that er she died the other day but her service is very much a tribute to her and we do in fact have a large number of people who will want to come and work for us as OTs because it is a good service and I 'm sure that you will agree with that . |
| 24 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |
| 25 | Yeah having worked in newspapers er for two or three years I n I now know that the er what you look , well I did n't look for cos I was on the business page , what people look for is a good story and it does n't |
| 26 | An announcement that a firm is increasing its dividends is a good signal because it suggests that the managers believe that future earnings will be sufficient to sustain the higher level of dividends . |
| 27 | But it is a good thing that we shall have an interval away from each other . |
| 28 | It is a good thing that I am a reasonable man . |
| 29 | The only bad thing of course , if we were to get relegated but to bring promotion and relegation into speedway is a good thing because you know , if you win the lower league , what have you won it for ? |
| 30 | In the old , inherited sense fundamentalism is a good thing because it alleviates pain and suffering . |