Example sentences of "good [noun sg] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luxury sorbet with strawberry coulis Blend together strawberries with a little icing sugar in a good processor until it forms a smooth purée . |
| 2 | This is not good practice as it leads to confusion amongst users with an increased possibility of errors that may lead to the very problem the procedure was trying to avoid . |
| 3 | Davies adds : ‘ One function of our research will be to highlight good practice where it exists . |
| 4 | The Northern Ireland public knows a good deal when it sees one . |
| 5 | Saying ‘ this ’ or ‘ they ’ ‘ red ’ is better practice because it entails use of pronouns which ‘ symbolise what concrete objects belong to the category ’ . |
| 6 | That 'll be a good dictionary when it comes out . |
| 7 | It could have been a much , much better album if it had received better technical production , ’ he says . |
| 8 | Ironically , during the war years , the pitch was in better condition than it had ever been , as it was given over to the growing of carrots and potatoes . |
| 9 | ‘ It should deliver a better stream than it does . |
| 10 | A product well worth noting that definitely is n't a page makeup package in the terms described here but which does a better job when it comes to producing newsletter pages and so on is Newswriter . |
| 11 | It was a good picture before it became a bad picture . |
| 12 | Outside , the Chelsea Pensioner pub would have have been doing good business if it had any drinks to sell , but it was purely decorative ; part of garden by Hereford Wyevale Garden Centre called the outer sanctum which won a silver-gilt medal . |
| 13 | An example is the Avocet Avsim321 TM32010 simulator — a good product as it gives instant visual access to all registers of the processor so users can monitor progress of the program , line by line if required . |
| 14 | Since the customer was therefore stopped from asserting his ownership , the finance company obtained good title when it bought the van from the dealer . |
| 15 | ‘ The old man was a damn good listener when it suited him and he knew the right questions . |
| 16 | Sandalwood is the base note regarded by many perfumers as a good fixative because it harmonises well as a background to a wide variety of blends . |
| 17 | This is a good argument as it stands but one can well imagine that it would have been pressed in terms of these hopefuls having a right to be paid if they succeeded . |
| 18 | In addition , though wheat and triticale both contain around 13 per cent protein , that of triticale is better quality as it contains a larger share of lysine , an amino-acid that is relatively deficient in most cereal proteins . |
| 19 | An announcement that a firm is increasing its dividends is a good signal because it suggests that the managers believe that future earnings will be sufficient to sustain the higher level of dividends . |
| 20 | Hm But it 's quite good paper because it 's got all the colours in it so you could put any thing with it ca n't you ? |
| 21 | If it turns out that this is not the case , if it is discovered that the prohibition denies the would-be rapists more of a chance to pursue the good life than it gives their possible victims , then one may have to adjust other features of the political framework to make sure that this does not result in inequality of ability to pursue one 's conception of the good . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it 's a good word because it describes what it is . |
| 23 | I know you enjoy your own company and that 's a good thing 'cause it looks like it 's the only kind you 'll ever get . |
| 24 | A good thing while it lasted |
| 25 | It is sometimes suggested not only that postmodernism scarcely exists in Britain , but that it would not be a good thing if it did : like structuralism , it is seen as a form of literary rabies , to be confined to the Continent for as long as possible . |
| 26 | In the old , inherited sense fundamentalism is a good thing because it alleviates pain and suffering . |
| 27 | If the incipient spin has progressed for more than about half a turn because the pilot has kept the stick back , applying the full opposite rudder must be a good thing because it helps to stop the rotation and to even up the stalling of the wings . |
| 28 | ‘ We 've been completely ignored for a long time , which has been a pretty good thing because it 's given us time to develop , ’ beams Brett . |
| 29 | Was the government-supported Remploy , for instance , a good thing because it provided sheltered employment for disabled people , or a bad thing because it ghettoised them ? |
| 30 | A PWR was economic , displacing old plant ; it was a good thing because it used other fuel than coal , or , rather , it was in line with the |