Example sentences of "good [noun sg] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Genetic , sex , and environmental effects are eliminated in each within-twins difference and the mean of the these differences is a good measure of the X-effect even if the average response varies greatly over the twin pairs . |
| 2 | It just happens that published Welsh Office data on migration across the border is a good measure of the flight from cities as it affects Wales . |
| 3 | They include better co-ordination of the budgets to ensure appropriate priority determination of National PHC and manpower plans . |
| 4 | Any such translocations will depend on adequate population data to ensure that the removal of rhinos will not endanger the Ujung Kulon population , and also on good protection of the potential receiving sites . |
| 5 | There could hardly be a better instance of the primacy of the written word compared with the spoken , of knowledge compared with skill . |
| 6 | A good part of the difficulty is derived directly from the structure of social and cultural values discussed earlier in this book . |
| 7 | A healthy rise of pressure over the UK on the 30th and 31st heralded a complete change of weather type and the resultant anticyclone of 1040 millibars central pressure gave over six hours of bright sunshine and calm conditions over a good part of the mainland . |
| 8 | In fact a good part of the success of ‘ Made in Italy ’ — shoes , clothes , and knitwear — depends on women working at home without benefits and welded into their place by marital , familial and community ties . |
| 9 | Much contention surrounded this one measure in evidence submitted to the House of Lords Select Committee and a good part of the discussion centred on the meaning of specific handicap ’ and ‘ to ensure the conservation of the environment . ’ |
| 10 | Formally , B is A 's subordinate but informally a good part of the organisation centres upon B with little reference to A. |
| 11 | A good part of the wit of these two fabliaux lies in the incongruous mixture of the urbane and sophisticated amusement they have to offer with the notionally rude and crude character of the churls ' minds . |
| 12 | He was tumultuously cheered in the House of Commons that afternoon , although a good part of the enthusiasm came from the Labour benches . |
| 13 | It also encourages the community to anticipate such changes and so achieves a good part of the benefit of change without the waste of litigation , or the expensive , uncertain , and awkward process of legislation . |
| 14 | ASK native Californians the best thing about their state and the chances are they will reply that for a good part of the year it is possible to spend the mornings on the beach getting a suntan and the afternoons in the mountains skiing . |
| 15 | Our office is indeed the Great Outdoors for a good part of the year . |
| 16 | Scott inherited the family estate in 1596 , but from 1612 until towards the end of his life he lived for a good part of the year in Canterbury . |
| 17 | And he had to spend a good part of the campaign explaining that it meant caution and not complacency . |
| 18 | Very good part of the investigation . |
| 19 | ‘ Clearly there is an opportunity for us to grow in Europe as more and more of the automobile is made from plastic and we can pick up a fairly good part of the business ’ , Hobor said . |
| 20 | A good part of the meaning of this expression is accessible via normal metaphorical interpretation — it may be inferred that some opinion has been communicated . |
| 21 | However she indicated that she still felt guilty a good part of the time . |
| 22 | A good part of the time you spend airborne is devoted to mastering that seemingly magic characteristic . |
| 23 | But narrow-minded people are a good part of the reason for ‘ Killing Time ’ 's existence . |
| 24 | In this way , a good part of the form of the entire piece is well determined . |
| 25 | ‘ Why , that 's no great problem while we remain at the abbot 's lodging , since half of Shrewsbury and a good part of the shire goes in and out freely at the abbey , and you may ask an audience whenever you will , and always find yourself one of three or four , various enough to keep any man in countenance . |
| 26 | ‘ We showed her that videofit you issued , she said it was him , and she gave a good description of the lorry . |
| 27 | However , what the singularity theorems really indicate is that the gravitational field becomes so strong that quantum gravitational effects become important : classical theory is no longer a good description of the universe . |
| 28 | When the curvature of space-time becomes large , quantum gravitational effects will become important and the classical theory will cease to be a good description of the universe . |
| 29 | This measure gives a good index of the tonic level of muscular relaxation In light sleep , in identifying periods of movement which may contribute to outside interference in the EEG and EOG channels , and is crucial in determining the presence of REM ( rapid eye movement ) sleep , when there is little or no EMG activity . |
| 30 | Popular magazines aimed at specific microcomputer users such as Acorn User , professional journals such as Educational Computing and the Journal of Computer Aided Learning , daily newspapers e.g. Computer Guardian and electronic sources such as Prestel , all provide good coverage of the subject . |