Example sentences of "good [noun] of [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 .
2 Standing in the background is Aristotle , with a good measure of Derrida and Barthes .
3 In this worthwhile presentation they have given the steam enthusiast a good variety of shots and locations which keep the interest for the full extent of the film .
4 Good variety of whiskies and a fine choice of beers .
5 The Samba boasts a good range of facilities , including a lounge with pool table , TV room , table tennis and a snack bar serving a good variety of food and drink .
6 On his orders the tapster broached a good cask of wine and brought across a bowl of water .
7 They co-ordinate beautifully while giving good change of form and texture — ideal for cutting material .
8 Easily Accessible : Bridgnorth is a pretty and ancient town , dating back to the 10th century , with a good level of conservation and with the unusual feature of being divided by a river — the Severn .
9 He had an archbishop , Fisher , with a good judgement of men and with a lot of information about them .
10 More conventional thinkers in the Labour leadership saw discretion as the better part of valour and held their fire .
11 But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges .
12 The generous cut under the sleeves allows good freedom of movement and the cuffs come with small Velcro adjusters .
13 A good deal of money and effort is therefore going into study of the human factor , which should ultimately lead to further reduction of accidents and risk .
14 Someone must be doing their housekeeping rather better at those hospitals , especially when one thinks of the help the Memorial Hospital gets from the WRVS and the Friends of the Hospital who raise a good deal of money and have done so for many years .
15 Nobody can seriously suggest that we turn back the clock entirely and return to the world of Constable 's Haywain , where there was a good deal of misery and hunger amidst all that beauty .
16 The face that confronted her with so much earnest goodwill and innocence , and with , she felt mistrustfully , such incalculable thoughts behind it , was square and brown , with a good deal of chin and nose to it , and an odd mouth with one corner higher than the other .
17 Joanne and the other members of the team of teachers working with the intake year embarked on the new curriculum with a good deal of enthusiasm and more than a little apprehension .
18 You may have a good deal of ups and downs and hard work ahead of you , but sweating on a ridge is , in my opinion , far preferable to plodding up a hillside or toiling along a zig-zag path to a top .
19 Although homosexuality is no longer against the law , homosexuals still face a good deal of criticism and stigma .
20 We all know that what he terms his ’ meandering ’ round private Bills has been responsible for a good deal of heartache and not a little management time in British Rail spent trying to meet some of his objections .
21 Underneath these myths of management , both as giving a sense of status and defining process , we noted that there was a good deal of depression and despair .
22 Recent years have seen a good deal of change and instability in energy markets and the aim of the study is to investigate how these have influenced , or have been influenced by , the form of contractual behaviour in the markets .
23 It is an excellent establishment and has attracted a good deal of support and resources from the private sector .
24 This had led in a good deal of theology and piety to a concentration of attention on a vaguely unitarian ‘ God ’ , loosely identified with the Father , and to increasing difficulties in connecting that up in any coherent way with either the Trinity or the incarnation .
25 The old have to accept changes in patterns of living and cultural standards that they can not understand , and cope with rejection by the younger generations , as well as a good deal of sentimentality and shallow stereotyping in private and public references to themselves .
26 The popular saying that ‘ Finding is keeping ’ is a dangerous half-truth , which needs a good deal of expansion and qualification to make it square with the law .
27 His own companions were still coming out of the entrance burrow one by one and there was a good deal of scrabbling and shuffling .
28 The collapse of the command economy has given way to a good deal of racketeering and corruption .
29 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 .
30 Now that will be hard , that needs a good deal of thought and it 'll take a long time .
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