Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as the effects on trade union activity , a further implication of cross-national bargaining structures which has received a good deal of attention concerns their economic consequences . |
| 2 | Liberal Democrat Candidate Suzanne Fletcher has received a good luck card from Essex , from a direct descendant of the area 's Liberal MP between 1918 and 1920 . |
| 3 | He is still one of the most deadly aerial players in front of goal and has formed a good combination with Robert Fleck . |
| 4 | The ES has earned a good reputation in responding to new opportunities . |
| 5 | The ES has earned a good reputation in responding to new opportunities . |
| 6 | A conference on AIDS has attracted a good response from businessmen in the Alton area . |
| 7 | The presence of Asian women advice workers has attracted a good response from the Asian community and the informality is attracting more family and personal enquiries of the sort that people may have felt uncomfortable about bringing previously . |
| 8 | However , its involvement in the conflict in Nicaragua , acting as the main host country to the Contras , has attracted a good deal of US aid and military personnel and has led to the increasing militarization of society . |
| 9 | It is an excellent establishment and has attracted a good deal of support and resources from the private sector . |
| 10 | The case of Nigeria has attracted a good deal of scholarly attention in this respect and is worth looking at more closely . |
| 11 | Batleys , the Huddersfield-based cash and carry wholesaler , whose controlling family shareholders are considering whether to buy out minority holders after about 17 years on the stock market , has reported a good interim profit . |
| 12 | Today he has shed a good deal of that ideology — his speech yesterday was social democratic through and through — but he remains devoid of the work experience relevant to his next task which is to convince the country that he , and Labour , are qualified to form the next government . |
| 13 | But there are exceptions and one is Leslie Waddington who has enjoyed a good volume of business at ARCO where he will be exhibiting for the third successive year . |
| 14 | This early framework for sensory physiology — of a piece with the Hobbesian idea of ‘ the organ proper to each sense ’ — has undergone a good deal of refinement . |
| 15 | The aromatic strength of the leaves has ensured a good deal of domestic and perfumery use , and it is also decorative , its pale blue flowers lasting many weeks and being much visited by bees . |
| 16 | And marvel ( if Channel 4 has secured a good print ) at nephew Claude Renoir 's colour photography — assertively scarlet and cobalt for the players , decoratively pastel for the court . |
| 17 | If the vendor is to feel that he has secured a good deal , then he , like the buyer , must feel that he has won some concessions . |
| 18 | He has built a good team and has a wonderful opportunity and the will to see it through . |
| 19 | Anyone who bought before the 1988 boom has seen a good return on their investment . |
| 20 | Finally , that a poet has written a good poem does not mean he or she is always capable of another , and to read Duck 's career as an arrested development may be sentimental . |
| 21 | Whereupon Johnson observed that it did not necessarily follow ‘ that a man who has written a good poem on an art , has practised it ’ , citing excellently instructive verses on cider by a man never known to have made any . |
| 22 | In fact as you know the world has moved a good deal faster than any of us expected . |
| 23 | According to Peter Sommer , a computer forensics expert , the commission has done a good job in proposing new legislation which is workable and fits well with other parts of the law . |
| 24 | To its credit , Fimbra has done a good job weeding out some of the black sheep . |
| 25 | So far the Finance Ministry has done a good job by letting off steam in a controlled and orderly way , but it is hard to stop the process of deflation once it has gained momentum . |
| 26 | Stephenson said that ‘ the government has done a good job in policy development , without burdening business but with sufficient controls ’ . |
| 27 | Geoff has done a good job on it . |
| 28 | The practical question which this paper also addresses is ‘ how can one tell when and whether a lawyer has done a good job ? ’ . |
| 29 | Someone who says he 's ‘ held one in his hand ’ , thinks that Intel has done a good job hyping up the industry over the P5 without having much chance of delivering its promises for some time to come . |
| 30 | It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements . |