Example sentences of "[vb base] it is good " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some say it is good for the Prime Minister to mix with the crowd and others that for a Prime Minister it is less than dignified . |
| 2 | For one thing , the attitudinist view escapes an objection to subjectivism made by Moore that if when I say an action is bad I report my negative feelings towards it , and when you say it is good you report your positive feelings towards it , then there is no disagreement between us ( since we will probably both agree that the other has the feelings he reports ) which Moore thought an absurdity . |
| 3 | They say it is good news and they will shop where its cheaper . |
| 4 | People in a bombed-out residential quarter by the Karun river say it is better than living under canvas , although the nearest tap is 500 metres away . |
| 5 | With shorter battens that only go partly across the width of the sail it is best to insert them before the outhaul is tensioned . |
| 6 | From experience , I know it is better to walk the hundred yards or so to the rank outside Westminster Abbey . ’ |
| 7 | This would avoid civil actions , which are often defeated because individual victims , even when they decide to act co-operatively , are rarely a match for corporations who decide it is better to be prudent than just . |
| 8 | People see the educated man living in poverty and realize that learning is useless ; they decide it is better to remain ignorant . |
| 9 | We believe it is better to use the alternatives listed above . |
| 10 | We realise they are complex and detailed , but we believe it is better to give maximum information at the start of the new system of teaching , and modify them as our needs dictate . |
| 11 | But I believe it is better to call a halt now at a point when the option to renew contracts has arisen . |
| 12 | But I believe it is better to call a halt now at a point when the option to renew contracts has arisen . |
| 13 | ‘ I believe it is good for artists to teach students . |
| 14 | Complete removal of weeds , including all the roots , is important , preferably by hand or while digging ; incidentally , do remember that some of them may be the very plants you are intending to grow , though if the area contains horsetail it is better not to try growing perennial plants in it until you have been clearing out this weed for some years . |
| 15 | You are not obliged to tell anyone at school of your child 's HIV status , but you may choose to do so if you feel it is best for your child to have a trusted adult who knows the situation . |
| 16 | However , I feel it is better to dominate all dogs equally and make them come to a submissive position in front of the owner , preferably the down position . |
| 17 | Many transracially adopted children are aware that the darker their skin colour the more undesirable they are to white society ; and many feel it is better to be white than black . |
| 18 | Well erm it , oh well I mean it is better in as much as it was sticking out like that |
| 19 | I mean it is good to see the similarities between petrol and diesel first . |
| 20 | There are several ways to save for school fees but whichever method you choose it is best to start eight to 10 years before the first child enters school . |
| 21 | I think it is best to suck it off with one of those tiny battery-powered vacuum cleaners you can get for about a tenner these days , as I did in this case . |
| 22 | If they think it is good , it is produced and paid for in proportion to its success with the public . |
| 23 | Er i this is why it 's important that you mix with people , that you get out and about , because if you find that everybody else is , is getting up the hill faster than you and everybody else is crossing the roads quicker than you and all the rest of it , it should tell you something , now I mean I do n't even want to go into competition but I think it is good occasionally to see if you can walk as fast as that eighteen year old in front of you . |
| 24 | That is why I think it is good for me to go back to Scotland to remember that there is a world outside London and television . |
| 25 | Major roles for older women are not so common in Shakespeare , but I think it is better not to choose a character such as Queen Katherine from Henry VIII , who needs a richness of seniority to convey the dramatic interest . |
| 26 | And when the tears come like that I think it is better to retreat , to go home , to go to sleep , to leave wherever you are and try to just sleep . |
| 27 | Given the very real threat of political vetting , many in the community think it is better to say nothing than risk the wrath of government . |
| 28 | Because they think it is better . |
| 29 | ‘ I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break . |
| 30 | While it is not necessary to prove the employer knew of any defect it is good evidence for the prosecution if he admits he did . |