Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] a good " in BNC.

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1 If the BRAC workers had collaborated more closely with the village practitioners , then the lobon-gur solution would probably have been placed on a better footing in the Bangladeshi villages .
2 Foreigners , since the earliest times , have been required to live in special residential areas and have been treated with a good deal of suspicion and hostility by ordinary Russians as well as by government officials .
3 If the fit is not good then the parameters of the model are adjusted until a good match between real and simulated observations is found .
4 Since the enactment of s 459 1985 , it has been regarded as a better remedy for a minority affected by prejudice in a company to ask for a share purchase order under s 461 rather than to seek a return of share capital through a winding-up petition which results in the liquidation of a solvent company ( a member can not petition under s 122(1) ( g ) if the company is insolvent because he has no interest ) .
5 Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team …
6 Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team …
7 All rotation rates have been corrected for the Earth 's rotation and orbital motion , and are referred to a best fit for rotation rate and its first derivative made over 400 days immediately preceding the glitch .
8 The covers were very worn , as if it had been travelled about a good deal , and on the fly leaf was written ‘ Journal 1841 ’ and then , in a different coloured ink , ‘ And 1842 ’ and then , below that , carefully , ‘ Emily Brent ’ .
9 The struggle to decipher has been presented as a good thing in itself , though construing sentences is not the same thing as achieving intellectual understanding .
10 Linguists may be found working in a range of national and international organizations where foreign language skills and knowledge of other cultures are seen as a good foundation for a career .
11 Australia will be favourites , but at least we are prepared for a good old battle . ’
12 And once homeothermy had been accepted as a good working hypothesis , then other arguments relating to non-metabolic methods of heat control began to have more relevance .
13 In fact , the day before the I Love Lucy St Patrick 's Day , she 'd been told of a good job with the British Council in the Gilbert Islands .
14 In recent years , every new development and anniversary has been used as a good publicity platform for the Town and its tramway .
15 Babies are born with a good supply of chromium , but the level tends to fall as we get older .
16 But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her .
17 Evaporation losses can be topped up with tapwater that has been dechlorinated with a good quality conditioner such as TetraPond AquaFin .
18 Through the service of humanity , and by action in the cause of brotherhood , we are brought to a better understanding of Truth .
19 The Thatcher record since 1979 has been accompanied by a good deal of inflationary rhetoric from both supporters and critics .
20 Several of the calculations which produced low success rates could probably be undertaken with a good deal more success in the actual context concerned .
21 Repairs can be undertaken by a good skilled boot repairer , but if you have difficulty finding someone locally you can send your boots or shoes to Shoecare at Preston .
22 Wild fish can reach a length of 25cm but 15cm would be regarded as a good size in aquarium-raised fish .
23 Give-aways such as book matches , note pads , pens , pencils , diaries , calendars and stationery , can be regarded as a good investment if they promote the good image of the establishment .
24 When one recollects that bequests were made in the hope of securing the prayers of beneficiaries for the donor 's soul , it may be assumed that bridges , and also roads , were in sufficient use for such gifts to be regarded as a good piece of spiritual investment .
25 Until I hear from Bessie , or see for myself , that you are really trying to behave better , you can not be treated as a good , happy child , like my children . ’
26 Traditionally tanned leathers will need to be treated with a good wax proofing agent to make them water resistant , although some leathers are now treated at the tanneries with special waterproof finishes .
27 For this reason , the band intensity should be considered as a good approximation of relative occupancy as long as the accumulative mole fraction of blocked transcripts is less than approximately 50% , otherwise sites further downstream are underestimated ( 10 ) .
28 So pragmatism can be rescued as a good explanation for our cross-section picture of adjudication only by procrustean machinery that seems wildly inappropriate .
29 At this stage in the fire 's development , sideways spread is not a problem and can easily be constrained by a good protective system .
30 Once the approximate solution has been found then it is no longer a problem situation but a design situation : how can the solution be designed in a better way ?
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