Example sentences of "a good [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investment in training has increased and our respondents believe that the quality of their audits has significantly improved by a better focusing of audit effort and improved recording of audit evidence . |
| 2 | The move to 3.9 litres means more power , a better spread of torque and a more sympathetic match for the ZF four-speed automatic transmission . |
| 3 | A better type of soakaway can be constructed by making a chamber with open-jointed walling , a concrete base and an inspection cover . |
| 4 | Following township rumours that the Mandelas had been living apart for some weeks , the Sowetan newspaper said Mrs Mandela continued to live in the mansion she had built in a better part of Soweto but Mr Mandela had moved into a well-guarded home in Johannesburg 's affluent northern suburbs . |
| 5 | So it came to pass that somewhere , possibly among the lofty pastures of the mountain herdsmen of Mesopotamia , a better breed of beer was born . |
| 6 | Grass-letting can be done at auction , by tender , or by private treaty ; the last two giving you a better choice of tenant . |
| 7 | Strong foliage echoes the pattern at ground level ; a better choice of vine would be the superb Vitis coignetiae . |
| 8 | ‘ Sealink shares the view that scope for higher fares may now be greater but the economies of pooling would enable the ferries to offer a superior , uniform product and have a better chance of survival if the tunnel competition proves to be severe . ’ |
| 9 | These were located mainly in rural areas and in smaller market towns where conservative practices inherited from the past stood a better chance of survival . |
| 10 | By this time they are more able to fend for themselves , and have a better chance of survival . |
| 11 | Telling MPs why he was off to the ‘ icy wastes ’ of the backbenches , the ex-Fun Minister said he felt like Captain Oates — the member of Scott 's Antarctic expedition who walked out into the snow to die to give his companions a better chance of survival . |
| 12 | If , by mating with more than one male , the female could persuade the males to help rear the young , then she would ensure a better chance of survival for her offspring than if she had only one helper or none at all . |
| 13 | In other words , by staying away he gives his offspring a better chance of survival . |
| 14 | If that happens as normal , then the puffins have a better chance of survival . |
| 15 | A female , instead of manufacturing the maximum number of eggs that can be created from her bodily reserves , may produce rather fewer but give each one a better chance of survival by supplying it with food in some way , so that it is sustained during its first difficult days . |
| 16 | Even those near the edge stand a better chance of survival than if they had been in a solitary nest far away in a place where local foxes can consume everything that is available . |
| 17 | It might have a better chance of survival at home with me . |
| 18 | I came to the project from a background in and around off-site education , convinced that while removing a disaffected minority from the mainstream might give those pupils a better chance of survival and their teachers relief from extreme disruption , it did nothing to change the factors which produced that disaffection . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the recipient of this altruism stands a better chance of survival and , more importantly , its genes stand improved possibilities for replication and expansion . |
| 20 | HEART attack victims stand a better chance of survival if they have a good network of friends and neighbours , researchers announced today . |
| 21 | FORMER CBI chief Sir Terence Beckett claims North-East small businesses have a better chance of survival than their counterparts elsewhere in the country . |
| 22 | The trial is of national importance if it can be proved that seriously injured patients taken directly to a trauma unit have a better chance of survival , the policy is likely to be adopted in other parts of the country . |
| 23 | The 32-year-old Londoner , second behind the brilliant street-driving genius of Ayrton Senna in Monaco , knows he has a better chance of glory in Montreal . |
| 24 | The 32-year-old , second behind Ayrton Senna in Monaco , knows he has a better chance of glory in Montreal . |
| 25 | Short letters stand a better chance of publication . |
| 26 | British Telecom says that selling a service in which the equipment is in the company 's own offices stands a better chance of success . |
| 27 | Similarly , although they show remarkable powers of regeneration in the aquarium , there is a better chance of success if the animal is undamaged when purchased , so it 's wise to look for cuts and splits of any kind , and reject animals that show them . |
| 28 | A WOMAN who marries at the age of 42 has a better chance of success than when she was 23 . |
| 29 | ‘ So , ’ Luke 's voice overrode her own , ‘ I 'm sure I need n't tell you that the evening has a better chance of success with four of us rather than three . ’ |
| 30 | A well planned acquisition has a better chance of success . |