Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | So often in conditions races we see just a handful of runners competing for good prizemoney , a situation which has prompted a reduction in Pattern races from 139 to 101 in the 1990-91 season . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you think that she 'll let me stay for good ? |
| 3 | ‘ The idea is that he 's stopped for good . ’ |
| 4 | Psychotropic drugs should only be prescribed for good reasons . |
| 5 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 6 | The NIMBY ( not in my back yard ) attitude , whether at home or abroad , does not make for good environmental policy . |
| 7 | Of course , only the bad stories are told ; obviously , the good ones do n't make for good copy . |
| 8 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |
| 9 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |
| 10 | When it was first mooted that maybe a team of Tropical Plants staff would make for good television on Busman 's Holiday , several folk were keen to take part . |
| 11 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 12 | Exit trainee thespian to toilet for good cry for no obvious reason . |
| 13 | This ‘ step ’ is mirrored at the tip of the asymmetric headstock , and at the recess in the base of the body , with two straplock buttons either side of the base allowing for good free-standing stability . |
| 14 | By AD 70 , that fateful year of Roman conquest and banishment , the temple had fallen for good , and the classic priestly ritual was no more . |
| 15 | John Lydon — the punk nomenclature had been banished for good — remained contracted to Virgin with his new group , Public Image Ltd ( PIL ) , as did Paul Cook and Steve Jones , who recorded briefly under the name the Bollock Brothers . |
| 16 | Let this woman divorce and disappear for good . |
| 17 | When that forest goes , it goes for good , and it 's going fast . |
| 18 | It follows that , except in a case where either the common law or statute allows instant dismissal ( e.g. , for gross misconduct ) , a lecturer can only be dismissed for good cause after being given three months ' notice ( though the lecturer can terminate the agreement on three months ' notice without any reason being assigned ) . |
| 19 | Primary elections are very popular with the television industry ; they make for good visuals , and they allow producers to focus ad infinitum on personalities rather than getting bogged down in the boring complexities of issues . |
| 20 | ‘ The government also believes , ’ said the Minister , that ‘ where farmers restrict their activities beyond the degree which could be regarded as good agricultural practice , they should be compensated . ’ |
| 21 | Nowadays it is merely regarded as good luck . |
| 22 | If they are mentioned , it is because they have been recommended and are generally regarded as good courses . |
| 23 | The company reserves the right to veto or restrict the provision of additional facilities such as juke-boxes , fruit machines , pool tables , etc. , but does not specify from whom these must be hired or demand a proportion of the takings ( this attitude is in contrast to most of the national brewery companies and does something to explain why Palatine are regarded as good employers/landlords by their licensees ) . |
| 24 | The mastery of a new urban idiom or style was more important than the specific content of any one film , and , as we have seen , anything that departed too far from tradition was not regarded as good box-office . |
| 25 | This can not be regarded as good practice . |
| 26 | I have always thought that a promise to perform an existing duty , or the performance of it , should be regarded as good consideration , because it is a benefit to the person to whom it is given . |
| 27 | People hooked on horoscopes sometimes refuse to try for good jobs because the signs are against them . |
| 28 | We provide a substantial amount of aid , and £1 million of our aid money is committed for good government projects . |
| 29 | In Beowulf the matter is then dropped for good , but it leaves behind the implication that there are powers at work in the world , possibly beneficent ones , which human beings are not equipped to understand . |
| 30 | But you must wait for good weather to appreciate the mighty Picos de Europa range of mountains , just follow the river Deva through the dramatic La Hermida Defile ravine to the pretty Alpinesque town of Potes and on the Fuente Dé , where a cable car ascends the last 800 metres up to the sheer rock face . |