Example sentences of "a [adv] good [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've had a right good chat to David . |
| 2 | We stood there with nothing in our bags we went for my fruit and veg and er , sto there , met this couple who we know we had a right good talk to them about , it were half an hour were n't we ? |
| 3 | As soon as he confessed what he knew , fumbling the hideous admission as they came out of a rather good film about love that he had hardly been able to stand , she managed to make it seem that it was he , not she , who was the disturber of their lives . |
| 4 | I killed a rather good bottle of Fleurie , as I remember it . |
| 5 | Erm it does have a rather good section on the congress system . |
| 6 | It also seems to provide a rather better description of how to create and modify patterns that the original Illustrator 88 manual — or perhaps that 's just because the subject is being tackled in context rather than as an academic exercise . |
| 7 | And they both er wave to the crowds , both sets of players and taken a round of applause as the two captains are out there , and there are plenty of cameras , including video cameras er almost obstructing my view and er I hope that gentleman is er going to take up a rather better position from my point of view because we want to see the er performances of the two teams . |
| 8 | The first is that amid all the uncertainties of the employment situation , there are several beacons of excellence that cast a rather better light on the situation . |
| 9 | If whatever happened to Summerchild had n't happened , I think , once again , then … then Timmy and I might have had a rather better quality of life . |
| 10 | She proved to be a remarkably good co-ordinator in uniting the different societies in their drive to improve conditions and by touring the country , set up local Old People 's Welfare groups to promote homes , clubs , visiting and other services . |
| 11 | In subjects carrying the various gene combinations estimated enzyme activity showed a remarkably good correlation with previously determined measures of biochemical severity ( diagnostic phenylalanine concentrations , phenylalanine tolerance during treatment , and response to a standard protein load ) . |
| 12 | Equals something that 's incredibly expensive and it 's a jolly good idea for other people . |
| 13 | I think they had a jolly good time at the taxpayer 's expense , I but I wo n't be |
| 14 | He went on : ‘ We 're going to have a jolly good time after waiting so long for this . ’ |
| 15 | It is noted for its high proportion of ex-civil servants : ‘ They are young chaps who by and large have contacts in the Civil Service and have a jolly good grounding of how the system works , ’ he says . |
| 16 | As I told you , I have a jolly good tuck-in at the school lunch . ’ |
| 17 | I ca n't barn dance but I can have a jolly good bash at it . |
| 18 | And she made a jolly good job of it . ’ |
| 19 | With Digital Equipment Corp closing its proprietary VAX manufacturing plant in Galway , Sun Microsystems Inc 's SunSoft unit will today bring a little good news to the Republic of Ireland , when it announces the establishment of a software development centre outside Dublin . |
| 20 | With Digital Equipment Corp closing its proprietary VAX manufacturing plant in Galway — see page three — Unix supplier Sun Microsystems Inc 's SunSoft satellite will this week bring a little good news to the Republic of Ireland , when it announces on Tuesday the establishment of a software development centre outside Dublin . |
| 21 | Those teachers who have served as foreign-language assistants will start out from a much better knowledge of British schools than those who have not . |
| 22 | Decent people who are sick and tired of the criminal activities of the few deserve a much better portrayal by the national media and more support from Government . |
| 23 | The first phase of the restoration works will allow BRPS and its charitable operating company , Caledonian Railway ( Brechin ) Ltd , to offer visitors a much better experience within the historic buildings , which are leased from ADC . |
| 24 | The first is a much better range of objective factual information about the performance of schools for the parents and local public in the communities that the schools serve . |
| 25 | By combining these two exercises , teachers are in a much better position to be able to say to the demanders , whether parents , government or somewhere in between : ‘ Given the resources of time , material , support and expertise , we are able to do A , B and C or C , D and E , but not A , B and E , let alone all five . |
| 26 | By understanding the way the Greeks separated various facets of love we have a much better idea of where God places his emphasis . |
| 27 | ‘ If the public saw this film they would get a much better idea of what it is like to be disabled , ’ he said . |
| 28 | er , if the , if the , er service charge costs had gone up in the meantime , obviously after you reached the end of the first accounting period you have some accounts to go on and you have a much better idea of what the costs are actually going to be |
| 29 | IMHO it is a much better idea in the long run to post the material to an anonymous FTP location rather than wasting valuable Internet bandwidth E-Mailing the material around the list ! |
| 30 | On inquiring about the matter , I was told that the health common services authority had decided to move to the bay because it had been told by an independent property consultancy that it was a much better choice of location than anywhere else . |