Example sentences of "and good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Owen 's bowmen were swarming along the higher shoulders of Bryn Glas and shooting down upon them , and upon the struggling men-at-arms ; and they had the advantage of better positions and better sighting , and skill and marksmanship at least equal . |
| 2 | In contrast , the demands of the FECCAS-UTC included the key question of agrarian reform , the right to land , together with other issues such as the reduction of land rents , higher minimum wages and better credit facilities . |
| 3 | This is rarely a problem for dating an archaeological site where fragments of broken pottery tend to abound , and it is usual to date several sherds from the same context to provide an average age and better precision . |
| 4 | On the contrary , it is a consortium of humanities scholars the likes of which we need anyway to establish more and better contact with . |
| 5 | In the centres of conurbations , natural gains were already partly offset by net out-migration : higher incomes and better building regulations resolved problems of overcrowding . |
| 6 | Hersh argued that resale rights would help stabilise artists ' incomes and such stability , he maintained , ‘ would probably result in more and better art from artists freed from some of the anxiety of performing on a tightrope without a safety net ’ . |
| 7 | Government policies linked to higher educational standards and better reading attainments should be the base for representation on higher levels of book funding in schools . |
| 8 | Whether more and better schooling would in the short run produce a larger group of efficient entrepreneurs , capable of making individual businesses more competitive , is an open question . |
| 9 | Lower fares , more choice and better service would be the rewards . |
| 10 | Our energy policies have brought the consumer both lower prices and better service . |
| 11 | ‘ Right from the beginning we wanted our company to give more help and better service to women buying cosmetics , ’ says Christina Stewart . |
| 12 | Better products , better prices , better quality , better delivery schedules , better maintenance standards , better customer relations and better service all round contribute to profitability . |
| 13 | There has been yet another substantial increase in resources for the NHS , and that will enable a continuing reduction in waiting lists and better service for all those who use the NHS . |
| 14 | But even if the proposition be true , it could not be the case for more and better education because of the nature of education itself . |
| 15 | The difficulty with the argument , that more and better education leads to mobility , is that better-trained people do not , on their own , lead to an increase in the number of better-paid jobs . |
| 16 | First , the inequalities of the system lead to demands for more and better education for the majority of their peoples ; second , the authorities often regard education as a direct threat to their domination so that teachers , academics and indeed books are targets of repression and censorship . |
| 17 | Of course vaccines alone will not prevent child mortality caused by infectious diseases ; better social and economic conditions , and better education about prevention play a major part , as they did in industrialised countries about a century ago . |
| 18 | ‘ Old people get pensions now , so much pocket money in old people 's homes and better clothing . |
| 19 | Since there was a higher population and a greater surplus of output people had a higher disposable income ; this led directly to a desire for more than just food and a demand for material commodities for the household ( pottery , cutlery , more and better clothing in cotton and wool ) . |
| 20 | The great improvements in the coarser manufactures of both linen and woollen cloth furnish the labourers with cheaper and better clothing ; and those in the manufacture of the coarse metals , with cheaper and better instruments of trade , as well as with many agreeable and convenient pieces of household furniture . |
| 21 | Varied arts and entertainments , and better shopping and leisure facilities are also on the development agenda as are business , transport and housing strategies and schemes to cut crime . |
| 22 | Does the Minister agree that agriculture would be given higher priority and better consideration if it were dealt with by a Minister in this House ? |
| 23 | The model is intended to provide not only more effective quality assurance and better support and feedback to centres , but also more efficient deployment of Subject Assessors . |
| 24 | We will continue to encourage government to take positive steps to improve the situation of families in poverty , like providing better child care and better support services to families and maintaining and improving benefits at a level which actually ensure economic stability and guaranteeing that housing , safe and proper housing , is available for all children in our society . |
| 25 | Fifth I want to achieve a better delivery system — more cooperation with the tax system and better management . |
| 26 | This study compares the methods used to diagnose pyloric stenosis at Camperdown children 's hospital during two periods , 1974–7 and 1988–91 , to determine whether imaging is being used more frequently and whether it has led to earlier diagnosis and better management of pyloric stenosis . |
| 27 | Solicitors ' firms believe that the most important changes which have led to improvements in their efficiency are the introduction of new technology and better management systems |
| 28 | Meeting such targets , she said , would mean " significant adjustments to our economies — more efficient power stations , cars using less fuel , better insulated houses and better management of energy " . |
| 29 | The improved financial performance of GEMMs in 1989 and 1990 is largely the result of improvements in the efficiency of operations and better management control . |
| 30 | It is , therefore , worth calling the attention of villa excavators to these possibilities with the hope that they will eventually produce more and better evidence which will help to elucidate changes in this period . |