Example sentences of "a good [noun] of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose 't is because I am the elder and have a better knowledge of such things , ’ Anne replied in a superior tone . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd have thought you 'd be a better judge of that than me . ’ |
| 3 | There were no overtones of distress , and none even of weariness , although she was a better judge of these things than most people . |
| 4 | But is it the case that western women , living today in the United States , let alone in secular modern Europe , live in societies so dominated by the Christian myth , so ready to point to the place of women within the biblical tradition , that the best that women can do is to try to give a better reading of that past ? |
| 5 | To get a better idea of all the options you take a look at a few good catalogues , such as tat from Bressingham Gardens , Diss , Norfolk IP22 2AB . |
| 6 | What we need now , to have a better grasp of these connections , is a better grasp of the two kinds of statements . |
| 7 | But it w which will give you a better picture of this graph , but we gon na have to get a chunk on this . |
| 8 | Whatever the right labels , the attitudinist agrees that no properly ethical expression can be adequately defined in purely naturalistic or even metaphysical terms but offers what he thinks a better explanation of this fact than the invocation of non-natural properties , namely that such definitions ignore valuational or emotive meaning . |
| 9 | To give the engineers a better appreciation of this aspect I encouraged them to learn to fly up to private pilot standard and I am happy to say this was approached by many of them with considerable enthusiasm . |
| 10 | Looking back at the crowd at the foot of the great stone double staircase , she suddenly caught sight of the familiar blonde head of her daughter and called the nursemaid , who was holding her up to get a better view of all the excitement , to bring her over . |
| 11 | Tempest or not , I was in a constant state of ecstasy , huddled in the back seat between the sleeping-bags and wellingtons , pressing my nose against the steamy window to get a better view of these monsters that disappeared into the mist above us , as we drove to our moist destination . |
| 12 | Nothing provides a better demonstration of this than the continued usage of the administrative-judicial dichotomy as a basis for determining the applicability of natural justice . |
| 13 | The gains would come not only in quality assurance and morale , but also in a better understanding of each other . |
| 14 | ‘ Staff in charge of establishments where violence is a problem , to the extent that the police are likely to be called upon to assist from time to time , should establish a relationship with the police which will lead to a better understanding of each other 's problems and responsibilities . |
| 15 | A list of deadlines and responsibilities was drawn up and agreed between the two departments and this has led to a better understanding of each others tasks and the benefits of compliance . |
| 16 | and he does have a better understanding of that person 's role , even though |
| 17 | The purpose of this text is to help students of hotel and catering management and people working within the catering professions towards a better understanding of those principles of English law which closely affect them in their day-to-day work in the hotel and catering industry . |
| 18 | The Amarant Trust is a charity which promotes a better understanding of these problems , including an awareness of HRT . |
| 19 | Further studies with a defined glucose polymer where electrolyte composition is constant but osmolality and substrate concentration is varied with a range of monomer and polymer concentrations may lead to be a better understanding of these phenomena . |
| 20 | I place my chair to the left of the swim so that I am hidden behind the wall of rushes and have a good viewpoint of both rods . |
| 21 | My aim was to secure a good head of each species and , in consequence , except when I shot for meat , I shot selectively and seldom . |
| 22 | At home , in the privacy of his room , he went straight to his mirror to see if he looked normal , but he realised he might not be a good judge of that . |
| 23 | ‘ I expect you would be a good judge of that , ’ she snapped , hating the fact that she felt less annoyed at finding him in the room than at the thought of all the other women he was comparing her to . |
| 24 | Perhaps all that 's needed to be a good judge of another person is the art of listening , not only with our ears but with our whole attention . |
| 25 | Although he spent a good part of each year in England , he ruled in the personal manner of his father and great-uncle . |
| 26 | Yes er he eventually er I in fact spoke to a Detective Inspector er at the police station er he informed me that er Detective Constable had a good knowledge of these persons and I therefore instructed that er D C make contact with me which he did a short time later that evening . |
| 27 | Sheffield has a very active Natural History Society , which has accumulated a good knowledge of this city 's fauna . |
| 28 | I caught and examined a good sample of these . |
| 29 | It therefore makes sense to have a good range of such tools in a manufacturer 's catalogue . |
| 30 | That way we shall have a good idea of all the different kinds of rose , where to look to find the right variety to suit a particular purpose , and more importantly , where not to look , and what to leave alone . |