Example sentences of "a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Simply because a variable can be constructed that has a good correlation with experimental results does not make that variable per se a causal entity .
2 A good correlation can be seen between the occurrence of an ice age and various other geographical/geological phenomena :
3 In general there 's a good correlation between a substance 's residence time and its concentration .
4 First , a return to viewing the landscape in totality , rather than the sum of its component parts , and second , a much greater emphasis on the preferences of the general public , rather than professional people , even though some studies have shown quite a good correlation between the two ( Preece , 1980 ) .
5 There was a good correlation between individual triglyceride concentrations measured preprandially and at bedtime ( r =0.84 , p<0.001 ) .
6 The crystallographic results show a good correlation which the modelling results , both for the extreme B I and B II states and for the intermediate transition region , although there is a bigger scatter of ε values in the B II zone than the modelling would suggest .
7 For PGE 2 ( Fig 2 ) and TXB 2 ( Fig 3 ) , there was a good correlation for both radioimmunoassays : PGE 2 ( r=0.944 , p=0.001 ) and TXB 2 ( r=0.736 , p= 0.037 ) .
8 Intraoperative studies by Ahn et al showed a good correlation between laser Doppler flowmetry recordings and measurements of total venous outflow in the feline and human small bowel , and provided direct evidence that the measurements reflected blood flow throughout the full thickness of the bowel wall in both species .
9 Overall when bicarbonate or alkali outputs from the oesophagus were determined after deductions for contaminating saliva and gastric fluid , there was a good correlation between the two methods .
10 Experiments with exogenous compounds showed a good correlation between amounts added and amounts measured .
11 Particular attention may be needed in ensuring a good correlation with related records stored on other media .
12 ‘ They are not found in equal amounts throughout the brain and there is a good correlation between where they are found and the effects which we know cannabis has . ’
13 The summary may be retained , since headings of the lesson plan usually make a good outline for students ’ notes .
14 Unlike both his younger brother and sister , who clearly suffered from an inability to form stable ties with other people and seemed to depend on the bottle to bolster their self-assurance , Valentin 's reputation was almost that of a good prince in a fairy-tale .
15 For instance , it 's easy to plug in , set up a good tone and say , ‘ There you go — a great amp ! ’
16 ‘ And if your singing went with her through the dark , she had a good passage .
17 What the public wanted was a good rail service and not surprisingly successive generations of British Rail managers put their major effort into achieving that .
18 When I was at the Transport Department , my aim was a good rail service for the public and as efficient a service as possible .
19 Erm the fact it 's now burning Australian coal does tend to undermine the arguments er but nevertheless it does have a good rail connection down to the coast , the p ports on the south coast where it can , can er take the stuff in from the er from the ports .
20 It 's a good rail service .
21 By the time the General Election arrived eighteen months later , there was a good candidate ( Malcolm Thornton , now MP ) , a renewed constituency organisation and time for the people of Crosby to realise that they 'd done in that panicky moment when they were looking for a familiar face as their Member of Parliament .
22 Mr Bob Williams , another of the original ‘ gang of eight ’ who opposed his selection , said : ‘ John Taylor is a good candidate but not for Cheltenham .
23 Much more and you are well on your way to back-ache and a good candidate for lumbago , not to mention being downright uncomfortable , and your fishing will suffer as a consequence .
24 The client concerned wanted both a finance director and a managing director ; the headhunter had found a good candidate with an accountancy background to be MD , before deciding that the same man would be better in the finance director position .
25 After having hear his discourse on the wonders of interchangeable brain chips and the lunar landscape just above the ceiling border in thirty Road , I think he would probably be quite a good candidate .
26 Quantitative hepatitis C virus RNA assay , however , may have a role in selecting and monitoring patients for antiviral therapy ; the recently developed quantitative bDNA by Chiron Corporation is a good candidate .
27 For my first as I put down in my erm blurb before , will be to meet you in small or large groups throughout the Euro constituency , and see what you can do to help me and to convince you erm that I will be a a good campaign leader , a good candidate .
28 The hypothesis that can explain bat navigation is a good candidate for explaining anything in the world of life , and if Paley 's explanation for any one of his examples was wrong we ca n't make it right by multiplying up examples .
29 So I mean y'know j it may help you get a first class mark if you 're a good candidate by writing lots , but generally writing lots does n't ensure that you get a good mark .
30 ‘ The sergeant-major has had his eye on you for several weeks , ’ Trentham continued , ‘ and feels you 'd be a good candidate for promotion to lance-corporal .
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