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

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1 He taught me a lot and was also a good type of person for whom I always have had a very high regard .
2 At Aonach Mor there is a small dam which provides all the fresh water for the day lodge facilities and which will give a good head of pressure for the cannon at night .
3 well there 's a good , a good bit of scope for eh , playing do n't you ?
4 Although the Minister 's welcome acceptance of my invitation will bring confidence to the people of Southend that their serious problems with the Fenchurch street line are not being ignored , can he give some information soon about the replacement of the rolling stock , following his welcome assurance that we will have a good bit of money for the replacement of the signalling ?
5 Perhaps all this was going to push Quigley towards Catholicism — often , so my dad used to say , a good port of call for those on the way to a nervous breakdown .
6 You will also need a good selection of cloths for cleaning the pictures — pieces of linen work well , as do old T-shirts .
7 Unless you are lucky enough to live somewhere that 's warm in the winter , you could find it difficult to choose a good selection of flowers for this particular design .
8 A good selection of fish for this tank would be :
9 A good selection of fish for a similar tank , but with airpowered filtration could include :
10 I kept Joanna in commission , her food locker in the small cuddy where I both cooked and slept well stocked with keeping-stores , and she had a good reserve of fuel for the outboard .
11 Bell 2 : 341 , 1877 ) Miller sent cantaloupe seeds from Armenia , in his opinion the best , and advised using dung rather than tanners bark for the hotbed , with a good depth of loam for rooting .
12 The trade should provide a good variety of output for all tastes , from cheap classics to ‘ trash ’ , and in variety of outlets — ‘ B&Q should be seen as a place to buy books .
13 the lack of professional consensus and theoretical knowledge about development in old age , and consequent lack of clarity about what constitutes a good quality of life for older people ( Hughes , 1990 ) ;
14 Because you 're not carrying the weight of your body on your feet , it 's a good form of exercise for people with painful feet , bad backs , or arthritis .
15 There is nobody in a stronger position than someone who is doing a good job of work for nothing , especially when his employer is stingy and congenitally idle .
16 Cornelisssen keep a good stock of parchment for drawing , which is prepared for drawing by rubbing the surface with pulverised gum sandarac .
17 Erm , and we , we find although Amnesty does run er door to door collection which we are always encouraged to join in which we never have , which is I think always in June , in June now , it 's good time , it 's a good time of year for it , but that means going round putting envelopes in doors , going back and collecting them , the arguments on the doorstep about Amnesty , er going back again if people are not in and we , we as a , relatively small group covering a very big area we , we have n't felt able to do that , and we actually find that by standing in the street with each person having a tin for one or two hours , we can do quite well that way and er , that 's , that 's .
18 It 's a good time of year for Arizona . ’
19 Bradley Bone has started well for the 1993 season by winning the first club match with a good bag of eels for 9lb 8oz .
20 A subject which , I thought drily , afforded a good deal of scope for liars .
21 However , this still leaves the court a good deal of scope for readjusting the express rules .
22 They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game .
23 A good deal of credit for the organisation must go to Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber , the French politician and publicist , who established the centre with extraordinary speed .
24 Before going into the meeting the Irish team spoke of a good deal of hope for peace and the Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew said all options remained open .
25 The weather forecast for Nottinghamshire all parts will stay dry today and although there 'll still be a good deal of cloud for much of the time some bright or perhaps sunny intervals are possible .
26 All parts will stay dry today and although they 'll still be a good deal of cloud for much of the time some bright or perhaps sunny intervals are possible .
27 It took a good deal of time for me and it to get together .
28 There is little public interest in the business of politics and a good deal of contempt for the political process and the political class .
29 Is it possible that ‘ secular ’ Protestants have a good deal of respect for evangelical beliefs and values even though they do not share them ?
30 It was built relatively late , between 1844 and 1845 , and destined for a relatively short working life , but it did provide a good deal of employment for several decades .
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