Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] be [vb pp] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | A letter of instruction , for example , by one of the parties to his Notary to prepare the conveyance will be considered good evidence of the existence of such verbal contract . |
| 2 | The Conservatives ' strategy of holding back the state pension on the ground that the deficit could be made good by additional private sector pensions has been blown out of the water , not least by the vulnerability of occupational pensions which we have witnessed recently and by the under-performance and the milking of private pension schemes themselves . |
| 3 | 5.8.1.3 to give to the Tenant ( or leave upon the Premises ) a notice specifying any repairs cleaning maintenance or painting that the Tenant has failed to execute in breach of the terms of this Lease and to request the Tenant immediately to execute the same including the making good of such opening-up ( if any ) provided that any such opening-up shall be made good by and at the cost of the Landlord where such opening up reveals no breaches of the terms of this Lease |
| 4 | Their plans were strategic in the sense that an idealized future ( say 20 years hence ) was projected which would accommodate all assumptions as to likely change : there would be no great population growth ( why should there be ? — the 1930s had been a decade of population stagnation , if not decline ) ; inter-war regional drift would be halted ; the housing shortage would be made good ; the necessary population redistributions would be implemented , so reducing densities to an acceptable level in the inner districts ; areas for suburban expansion would be identified and selected against a background of open space and protected countryside ; lines for improved road communication would be safeguarded and the commercial areas , particularly town centres , would be better defined and made architectural show-pieces . |
| 5 | Manipulation can be considered good or bad depending on the context in which it is used . |
| 6 | This is the relatively cheerful theory , because the damage done by unkind history can be made good when history turns kind again . |
| 7 | England is ideally suited to uncovered pitches , where time lost to the weather can be made good by allowing the bowler a natural means of compensation . |