Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The last I heard was that he was to be given a good education at the public school which Sir Philip 's son was attending . |
| 2 | Earthworms obtained in this way should be given a good rinse immediately — but use of the dilute permanganate solution does not damage the lawn and the well rinsed earthworms are perfectly safe to feed to fish . |
| 3 | ‘ He said what I needed was throwing on the floor and to be given a good seeing to , ’ she told the Norwich hearing . |
| 4 | However , the fact that the LEA has a no-redundancy policy would not , in itself , be considered a good reason for deducting the costs of dismissal from a school 's budget share . |
| 5 | The actor can play a different person each month and still be considered a good actor . |
| 6 | Athey , though having been exposed as a poor leader , could also , like Allan Lamb , be considered a good number two . |
| 7 | Tagliacozzo found that catalogue searchers were , " inclined to use proper names rather than other types of entry , even when the latter may be considered a better choice . " |
| 8 | For many there was a conviction that the post-war world must be made a better place , a view that recurred regularly over the next twenty years . |
| 9 | In general , the baby 's wishes had tended in the past to be suspect , and the mother had been expected to look for some non-permissible motive behind them , in the form either of dangerous ( probably erotic ) impulses or of a rebellious determination to dominate the mother-in either case , constant control of the child was called for , and only the baby who had submitted himself completely to the mother 's control could be called a good baby . |
| 10 | I 'm sure he 's done his England career a load of good … he 'll be concidered a good footballer now he 's at Rovers ( even though he 'll be doing eaxctly what he was at Leeds ! ! ! ! |