Example sentences of "[art] good [noun] in " in BNC.
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1 | The Danish system for dealing with sexually transmitted diseases is one of the better ones in Europe , and the impetus for this is provided by the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen . |
2 | The Mexican landed the better punches in the final round , catching Hardy as he became a trifle careless . |
3 | Stoke boasted the better chances in this absorbing FA Cup first round encounter and almost sneaked a dramatic late winner . |
4 | The visitors had by far the better chances in the second period but they lacked the confidence to take them . |
5 | Leicester , one of the better teams in the division , made only one significant mistake and were mugged of the points by resourceful opponents who did not make any . |
6 | And yet , awkwardly , schizophrenically , these twisted sickos are taken up by the right-on , their cause espoused in the same breath as calls for a better world the assumption being that the better things in life — hip hop imports , clothes , socialism — would undoubtedly cohabit in utopia . |
7 | Accordingly it is interesting to speculate to what extent these attitudes have caused British businessmen to adopt short time-horizons in making decisions — with negative consequences for longer-term growth performance — because their main objective is to acquire sufficient wealth to enable them to move on to the better things in life . |
8 | We aim to guarantee every woman in employment the right to 14 weeks ' maternity leave on full pay , and to give fathers paternity leave , bringing Britain into line with the better provision in the European Community . |
9 | Milk yields , crop yields and food conversion rates were all similar to those of the better farms in Britain . |
10 | ‘ Dunfermline were hungrier , had more ideas and were the better side in tricky conditions . |
11 | It was all set up by , got the touch and gets the final touch with twenty four minutes gone and Notts deserve it , they 've been the better side in the early stages , but that will settle their nerves and give the Italians a little more to think about . |
12 | Two-thirds of our men concede that they think men get the better deal in Britain today , with 56% of them agreeing that the balance of power is still tipped too much in favour of men . |
13 | I 'm quite partial to large quantities of the black stuff and Mc Swiggans is one of the better places in the country to get it , ( Guinness that is ) |
14 | Watford were the better team in the second half they pulled level with a header from Julian Alsford and went and won it in the very last minute with a great strike from Gary Porter … |
15 | Watford were the better team in the second half they pulled level with a header from Julian Alsford and went and won it in the very last minute with a great strike from Gary Porter … |
16 | And the cost of admission for the better seats in the house — £30 and £23 . |
17 | ‘ This is one of the better days in the history of the motor dealing industry . |
18 | Because of the better opportunities in the States emigration from the West Indies was common at this time , and one can not help wondering how many more outstanding players might have graced their cricket had their parents not left . |
19 | The better practice in such cases is to attempt service even after the stated time-limit : a trial or other procedural step is unlikely to follow immediately after the expiry of the time-limit , so belated service may still give the defendant a useful opportunity to intervene ; and under Article 1591 a six-month waiting period is often imposed before proceedings can be taken to the stage of a default judgment . |
20 | Well , Oxford United have the better record in recent weeks . |
21 | Peter was a few years older and shared David 's passion for gambling and the good things in life . |
22 | It is not a bad idea to say ‘ thank you ’ every now and then for the good things in your life . |
23 | She 's quick , determined , and looks for the good things in life . |
24 | and we will not give up the good things in life for Greenpeace and for a clean environment |
25 | He shares many of her good qualities and they both deserve all the good things in life . |
26 | We do not know if the cause is genetic , the result of physical or mental antecedents such as infection or early childhood experiences or , as has been suggested by some observers , the outcome of growing up feeling disaffected and disenfranchised in a rejecting society which offers black people few prospects of work , wealth and the good things in life to which white people aspire . |
27 | The Sun enters Gemini on the 20th and highlights romance and the good things in life , but tempers could flare if you do n't settle a complex moral or financial issue . |
28 | Must like U2 and appreciate the good things in life — poetry , literature , and the pub . |
29 | A beautiful child full of wild ambitions and a passion to taste all the good things in life . |
30 | The owner of Hummingbird House might be a surprisingly artistic , cultured hedonist , but here was a man , she decided , who liked the good things in life and did n't care how he made the money to acquire them … |