Example sentences of "of good [noun] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 While the Americans had not entirely despaired of better relations with Nasser , they looked to the US 6th Fleet to remind possible trouble-makers of the power which the United States could immediately bring to bear against them in a crisis .
2 Russia has plainly concluded that continuing the proxy war , in which Russia supports Vietnam and China finances the Khmers Rouges , is hurting the Soviet Union too much both in its pocket and in its big Asian aim of better relations with China .
3 Gets a bit of sea-gusting somewhat but a lot of good land on Holland .
4 An unexpected message of good luck from Phillip Schofield , star of the London production , spurred on the cast to give their all .
5 ‘ Lots of good players like Bernhard Langer , Fred Couples and Tom Kite use this method but it does n't feel right .
6 They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word .
7 The 18-year-old took advantage of good work by Alan Steele to score the fifth with just 10 minutes gone , and notched the other three early goals unassisted .
8 The carrot-shaped Attic peninsula dangles into the Aegean towards the Cyclades islands ; there are more than a hundred miles of hospitable Attic coastline , with plenty of good harbours from Skala Oropou in the north-east , past Laurion , just mentioned , round Sounion with its dockyards .
9 Well , there are strange little bits of old-fashioned good Englishness about , dating perhaps from the late forties , when city streets were safe and when people of good will in England were happy and even proud to see the end of Empire .
10 There were a couple of good wins for Bert Harrington in Jaywick D's 7–3 against Post Office C , whose points came from Alan Rolfe and two from Phil Lambert .
11 In the League , Thorpe A finally relinquished their grip on Division One status after being whitewashed by St Andrews A and beaten 8–2 by Windsor Buzzards , despite a couple of good wins from Dave Austin .
12 Having made all kinds of good resolutions after Ladakh , he fell out of them as soon as he returned to his usual academic haunts in Oxford and New York ; painfully , he tried again .
13 The ill wind that blew one of the pre-tournament favourites out of the Selborne Salver sent a breath of good fortune over Mark Treleaven at a sun-drenched Blackmoor Golf Club on Saturday .
14 At present it is mainly Ariens born between March 21 and 26 who have the best of this good luck , but those of you born in April will experience a surge of good fortune from June 1993 onwards .
15 It was an ancient and rather solemn ritual , the admitting of young men of good family into Ireland 's small and carefully chosen band of warriors .
16 This meant the maintenance of good relations with Russia and Austria-Hungary , who might again come into conflict in the Balkans .
17 The first of his " Historico-Political Letters " ( December 1853 ) urged Nicholas to abandon the policy of good relations with Austria in favour of fomenting rebellion in the Balkans .
18 The dawn of good relations in Italy proved false ; under Crispi 's first ministry ( 1887–91 ) the Pope even considered leaving Rome .
19 The rest of the campaign will investigate producing practice guidelines for SSDs ; training strategies ; how elderly people disclose ( or do n't disclose ) abuse ; how assessment , and the Community Care Act in general , can take account of elder abuse ; providing support for carers ; arguments for the registration of private domiciliary care ; arguments for and against ‘ at risk registers ’ of elderly people ; models of good practice from SSDs ; and opportunities to learn from child protection legislation .
20 Any hopes of good prospects in Paris were diminishing and Leopold was anxious that his son should return to Salzburg .
21 But there was one piece of good news for Anne Henderson tonight.She 's been offered a three bedroomed home to rent … and could be ready to move in by the weekend .
22 A piece of good news for Bill Clinton in Congress was followed , in short order , by the opposite .
23 Two days later William had a piece of good news for Nellie .
24 In fact , you can expect a lot of good news from KLM as we continue to meet your expectations .
25 Now it will go on to compete for the title of best pig in Britain .
26 Gladstone is now one of 12 Supreme Champions which 'll be judged later this for the title of best pig in Britain .
27 As long as we are sitting on God knows how many million cubic yards of best gravel at Maran Hill , I think we shall have a very kindly and attentive neighbour in Lord Wyatt . ’
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