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

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1 This means that there is a good absorption of PABA from the colon .
2 One day there will be a serious industrial accident ; there are occasional near misses and worse ; but it usually takes a good measure of folly , inattention and misfortune to overwhelm good plant and a safe system .
3 As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 .
4 But there is , as part of our common culture , a good measure of agreement between any two people on many , though frequently not the same , points .
5 It is not surprising that gonococcal eye infection in newborn babies , a good measure of undiagnosed infection in a community , is extremely prevalent .
6 Because a standard IQ score is usually a good measure of g it efficiently tells us something important .
7 In the wild this may allow them to escape as the predator may lose interest in them , but in the laboratory the length of time they remain in this state before righting themselves is a good measure of their fear level .
8 The barrel stood beside the cauldron — a good measure of its fiery contents had already disappeared into the seething pot together with some peppermint herbs , firebalm , and certain other ingredients gathered by Gambo early that morning ( a good cook has his secrets , and Gambo had more than most ) .
9 The ratio of cards sent to cards received is a good measure of " contact capability " .
10 You are writing a detective novel : you have pledged to your readers that there will be a good measure of detection still .
11 It just happens that published Welsh Office data on migration across the border is a good measure of the flight from cities as it affects Wales .
12 It was with a good measure of personal interest that I read a British Medical Journal article on the study of ‘ psychological consequences of road traffic accidents ’ .
13 Fisher 's study also suggested that recall was not a good measure of whether a road sign had been heeded .
14 Standing in the background is Aristotle , with a good measure of Derrida and Barthes .
15 So what you 're doing is making assumptions about the population from which your samples were drawn , so therefore this is known as a parametric technique Nearly there Now , another interpretation of Pearson 's R , or the correlation coefficient generally , is variants If you square the correlation coefficient it equally the proportion of variants in X accounted for by Y. Now that is actually a very good measure of how good a correlation is .
16 ‘ Preliminary discussions show a good measure of support in the trade , ’ said Cleveland Police .
17 ‘ We would also like to record publicly our overwhelming sense of gratitude to all the hospital staff who did so much to save Jo 's life , skilfully repair the dreadful injuries and to effect a good measure of rehabilitation .
18 He poured the coffee , adding a good measure of brandy to each mug .
19 Genetic , sex , and environmental effects are eliminated in each within-twins difference and the mean of the these differences is a good measure of the X-effect even if the average response varies greatly over the twin pairs .
20 But to benefit from its more esoteric features you certainly need a good comprehension of the underlying processes .
21 On many other routes , trolleys have provided an ideal lowcost solution and today 's timetable shows a good variety of trains , including many of Provincial 's Sprinter expresses .
22 The swimming pool , garden terraces and poolside bar are the daytime focus of attention for those who want to lie back and soak up the Mediterranean sun , and the restaurant and caféteria serve a good variety of snacks throughout the day .
23 The Samba boasts a good range of facilities , including a lounge with pool table , TV room , table tennis and a snack bar serving a good variety of food and drink .
24 The Nitsa has its own snackbar and there 's an excellent bar just opposite called Tropicana which is a favourite with Club 18–30 holidaymakers serving a great English breakfast and a good variety of snacks all day .
25 Between them , though , these hoofed herbivores ( ungulates ) demonstrate how efficiently vegetation can be divided up and utilized , if nature is given time enough for evolution to work , and a good variety of genes to work upon .
26 The numerous gravel pits near Chichester support a good variety of breeding species , notably Great Crested Grebes for which this is the most important area in Sussex , as well as passage migrants and wintering wildfowl ( for numbers , see Systematic List ) .
27 By ensuring that a good variety of the right kind of materials are available , such as cotton reels or cheese boxes for wheels , she can enable any child to pursue a particular interest .
28 There is no need to become over-anxious about the subject of diet for the elderly.We simply need to keep a careful eye on things , to see that they are eating a good variety of food which includes plenty of protein , dairy products and fresh fruit and vegetables , together with some roughage , which is often best taken in the form of a bran cereal , and which will , in many cases , completely eliminate the problem of constipation and ease that of piles .
29 The A4 contains a good variety of usable sounds in both user and preset modes , and with the A4 plugged into a Boogie combo and using an Aria ‘ Mad Axe ’ I could 've headed straight to the gig .
30 There is a very good variety of rolling stock , particularly in the freight scene , while the majority of passenger stock is of the Mark I design .
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