Example sentences of "good [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 This means that there is a good absorption of PABA from the colon .
2 ‘ Preliminary discussions show a good measure of support in the trade , ’ said Cleveland Police .
3 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 .
4 When Twoflower said they 'd got better kind of magic in the Empire I thought — I thought … ’
5 Cricket now , and a bumper crowd has been watching Gloucestershire put up a good fight against Essex in the quarter finals of the Nat West trophy .
6 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 ?
7 ‘ There 's a good bit of banter at the post office on pension days .
8 The person taking the goods must have taken them in good faith without notice of the agent 's lack of authority .
9 Enid 's response to the ‘ Coping with Depression ’ article was very positive , and this is usually predictive of a good response to counselling in the long term ( Fennell and Teasdale , 1987 ) .
10 A conference on AIDS has attracted a good response from businessmen in the Alton area .
11 Dawn Roberts , tourism officer , said : ‘ It applies to all businesses throughout the borough , not just those in tourism , but all those who wish to maintain a good level of service to the customer .
12 A SURVEY carried out for the Regional Council by System 3 Scotland shows that the public has a good level of understanding of the services that Lothian 's employees provide .
13 His brother Dmitrii had been making a good case for emancipation at the War Ministry , but his own importance , in the long run , was to be greater .
14 Good play from Wilson at the 15 and a birdie 3 at the 16 brought the match all square once again .
15 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 .
16 This re-coalification , along with the good seal by evaporites of the Zechstein and Bunter Formations , seems to be the reason for the development of numerous gas fields on the South Oldenburg Ridge which , moreover , is characterised by a flat doming of the Upper Carboniferous and therewith by good conditions for gas accumulation .
17 They have learnt a good deal about nature from the aquarium and its inhabitants which was the general purpose of the aquarium .
18 Should the discussion stray just once from generic to specific advice , however casually ( ‘ the Borsetshire Union has quite a good deal on offer at the moment ’ ) , investment business has been carried out .
19 There was a severe , worn pressure of thought about his temples , a fire in his eye ( as if he saw something in objects more than outward appearance ) , an intense , high , narrow forehead , a Roman nose , cheeks furrowed by a strong purpose , and a convulsive inclination to laughter about the mouth , a good deal at variance with the solemn , stately expression of
20 By 1980 the succession of troubles along the Iran-Iraq border , combined with uncertainty as to the international behaviour to be expected of post-revolutionary Iran , was provoking a good deal of disquiet in the outside world , particularly among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) states .
21 There was usually a good deal of flexibility in the organisation of these political departments : their number and scope altered easily and often to meet changing demands .
22 This may cost more at the time but could save a good deal of money in the long run .
23 The problems noted above are intensified for the management of stock revision programmes ; these are carried out by staff who are either subject specialists or who have in the course of the stock revision acquired a good deal of knowledge about the subject literature — certainly more than the line manager .
24 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 .
25 Mecir , whose world ranking has dropped to 26 chiefly as a result of back injuries , ought to add a good deal of craft to the Silk Cut Championships at Wembley next month .
26 It thus differs from business education whose concern is more broadly based in terms of areas of knowledge and the techniques relevant to business operations , though , of course , there is a good deal of overlap between the two subject areas .
27 Midianite : the inter-change of terms sound confused , but from late patriarchal times on , there was in fact a good deal of overlap in the use of the terms " Midianite " , " Ishmaelite " , " Medanite " , " Moabite " .
28 To someone accustomed by the existing advanced accounting courses , with no involvement in the National Certificate , the proposals seemed somewhat revolutionary and the document generated a good deal of discussion over the following few weeks on the relative merits of the B1 and B2 models etc .
29 A good deal of discussion towards the end of the meeting turned around the University 's interest in setting up an alumni society .
30 This arrangement was made more systematic in 1688 ; and after 1719 there was a good deal of discussion of the status and powers of secretaries of this kind .
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