Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the above chord were required f or ff a good arrangement would be to replace the 1st trombone by a trumpet , and to lay out the chord thus : |
| 2 | But in this very satisfaction lies the difficulty that for twenty years or more a good deal of self-esteem and affirmation has depended upon the parenting role . |
| 3 | One gets the feeling from Warnie 's diary , for example , that it was better to be a good Inkling than a good poet , or even a good man . |
| 4 | During the seventies , Lord Hailsham dismissed the place as ‘ arguably less persuasive than a powerful leading article in The Times , or even a good edition of Panorama . ’ |
| 5 | Mark could n't have got something ‘ better ’ , like a Knightsbridge or South Kensington church , or even a good country living . |
| 6 | All I can say is , I think they must never have spent a night in The Bar if they think that , or never a good night . |
| 7 | It is interesting to note that detailed cross-tabulations of the main survey data ( not included in Appendix 1 ) showed that in general people who consider credit to be ‘ occasionally necessary ’ ( rather than either convenient or sensible , or never a good thing ) were more likely to say that any of the types would be difficult to arrange . |
| 8 | To compete in business you 'll need more than just a good idea — you 'll need commercial ability and experience to create that viable growing concern . |
| 9 | ‘ A real book needs more than just a good writer . |
| 10 | It 's comical to see all these people agreeing sagely with each other that users really want loads of functions rather than just a good deal , while all the time mopping their brows with relief that the price wars seemed to have petered out . |
| 11 | It was a more profound unpredictability , in spite of the fact that probably a good proportion of workers were employed for long periods of their lives by a single employer . |
| 12 | But the Japanese have become obsessed , in recent years , with improving the strain , so that now a good Goshiki has all the virtues of a Kohaku , in terms of ordered blocks of colour , with the additional bonus — shared by the Koromo fish — of additional overlaying patterns . |
| 13 | It is clear that even a good working knowledge of credit costs helps consumers only if that knowledge affects their shopping decisions . |
| 14 | Theodore 's career reveals that even a good bishop could be powerless in a city where there were too many other interests . |
| 15 | The Amstrad CPC , although quite a good micro , is also poor value now . |
| 16 | Both wet and dry deposition are implicitly included under the term ‘ acid rain' and so a better term would be ‘ acid deposition ’ . |
| 17 | It turned out there were large surpluses in the BTR pension fund and so a good chance that the transfer value , as well as the potential pension , would be increased in the not too distant future . |
| 18 | When the suit is wet , it traps a thin layer of water between the body and the suit and your body quickly warms that up to a comfortable working temperature but if you fall in when the suit is dry , the cold water can be quite a shock and so a good trick in cold weather is to put the wet suit on in a hot shower and then over the top you wear a spray suit again to keep off the wind and to protect the wetsuit . |
| 19 | " Since it matters to some extent ( and perhaps a good deal ) which rule is chosen , we do best to use convention only to protect decisions that some responsible political institution has actually taken on the merits and to not include under that umbrella decisions by default , that is decisions no one has actually made . |
| 20 | The neophytes were still growing , and only a good while after they had received their final implant of all — the carapace — would they be able to jack into an armoured suit . |
| 21 | No violence , and a good understanding of the crowd , and thus a good time was had by all . |
| 22 | No violence , and a good understanding of the crowd , and thus a good time was had by all . |
| 23 | Working with children , I often find myself thinking that their young minds have been deprived of innocence , and usually a good deal of fun and happiness along with it . |
| 24 | So it was just as well Old Red never allowed anyone on duty , including perhaps himself , to remember that he also was human — and still a good deal younger than General Francis . |
| 25 | All that lay before a young lady of breeding was duty to parents and hopefully a good marriage . |
| 26 | By Aubrey Anon HE WAS a friend of Byron at Harrow , and later a better friend of the Met , of working people in need of ‘ abundant and untaxed food ’ and of Roman Catholics , whom he had governed in Ireland under the longest Conservative administration anyone hopes to see . |
| 27 | Since foxes are basically nocturnal animals it takes a great deal of time and patience to shoot a fox , and also a good shot at close range . |
| 28 | ‘ I did have help from my cousin who 's a midwife and also a good friend . |
| 29 | Ah ah , and and also a good problem solver as well . |
| 30 | ‘ He thought that as good a case could be made for our efforts in Korea — and probably a better one — as almost anything we had done in the foreign field . ’ |