Example sentences of "good and [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I called in on Ruth at lunchtime today and found her sitting up in her wheelchair looking out at the garden and seeming much better and as bright as usual — a nice nurse in attendance . |
| 2 | A better and more accurate method is to set the edit-in point on the source-tape early by the amount of the backspace , so that the true edit-in point reaches the playback head just as the record-machine completes the backspace and starts to record . |
| 3 | STRIVING to be better and more distinctive is not confined to the workplace for Francisco Fabrö Riera . |
| 4 | In fourteenth-century Norwich , the normal assembly was not democratic , but was limited to the ‘ better and more discreet ’ of the city . |
| 5 | In his opinion , insider dealing provides a better and more efficient mechanism for channelling information into the market . |
| 6 | Future funding from the Board to law centres would be for cases done under the green forms and legal aid schemes , including any new arrangements that might be developed , ‘ and possibly grants for specific types of work where the law centres could demonstrate that they would provide a better and more efficient service in ways that did not lend themselves to payment on a case by case basis . ’ |
| 7 | The experience here suggests that a publicly owned operator can provide a better and more efficient service than private enterprise , given the right conditions . |
| 8 | The first dog will establish the ground rules for the second dog and invariably , a better and more consistent relationship is established between the two dogs — quite often the second dog forms a far greater bond with the other dog than it does with the owners . |
| 9 | Which means more directed research to solve real problems ; more scientific conservation , distinguishable from what has gone before ; a better and more professional attitude towards animal welfare and conservation , and a greater willingness by academics and others to get involved professionally ; a greater realisation by charities and other funders , even research councils , that research in conservation and welfare is vital and is often good , original research — without it no advances in society 's legislation are possible . |
| 10 | This is shown in the way that he keeps comparing himself to Caesar , saying how much better and more deserving he is than Caesar . |
| 11 | That would be even better and more useful to poor women than the vote , desirable though that might be . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Who knows , Diana may well want to move on to bigger and faster racing cars as she gets better and more confident . ’ |
| 13 | Sadler had articulated the political sentiment in his Manchester inquiry when he remarked on how education was but one aspect of ‘ a many sided problem ’ , and as such it necessitated both the development of individuality and personal conviction and ‘ a sense of national duty and obligation towards the State ’ , which could only come through ‘ better and more systematic training for the duties of citizenship and for home-making and family claims ’ . |
| 14 | The most positive view comes from the United States : ‘ The fact that much is being done , and that there are few areas of stagnation , makes one believe that better and more fruitful days are ahead ’ . |
| 15 | The G-MEX venue of the 1992 Exhibition is a better and more accessible venue , with all the exhibitors being in one giant hall , rather than being spread between two small halls as has been the case in previous years . |
| 16 | As he grinned and pulled her towards him , kissing her in a gentle , careful , comradely fashion on the forehead to seal their agreement , she knew that her crush on Dr Tom Russell was over , and something else — something better and more real , she hoped — had taken its place . |
| 17 | Yet I did not want to leave things alone entirely , without making an effort , but it is restricted to the expression of two things — the cypresses — the olive trees — let others who are better and more powerful than I reveal their symbolic language … |
| 18 | It is abundantly clear that Mr Radice has two main objectives — to ensure that the Department of Health is required to give its reasons why a product licence for a medicine is granted , revoked , or suspended , and to ensure that patients are provided with better and more comprehensive information about the risks and benefits of the medicines that are prescribed for them . |
| 19 | One simple example generalises life-style in terms of four categories , thus : i ) upwardly mobile , ambitious : seeking a better and more affluent life-style , principally through better paid and more interesting work , and a higher material standard of living . |
| 20 | However , even if one takes the view that King 's Cross is essential , there are better and more appropriate ways of building and developing a new station at King 's Cross than the one that British Rail has effectively forced upon us . |
| 21 | ‘ Look — we 've just got to gain people 's confidence and prove that we 're better and more caring than those two wretched men . ’ |
| 22 | Indeed its user interface is judged by some to be better and more logical than AutoCAD 's . |
| 23 | Of an evening , you might find yourself subjected to an ‘ American Food Promotion ’ and a honky-tonk Filipino band , but the food is better and more varied than anywhere else on the island and a dependable supply of cold beer is essential . |
| 24 | The better and more diverse they were , then the greater the area of influence which could be ‘ captured ’ , and correspondingly the more important a site in the economic and urban hierarchy . |
| 25 | Out of our argument , a better and more workable curriculum could emerge . |
| 26 | The fact that he demonstrated his interest in those eight cases , emphasised them and talked so wildly about them , shows that his concern is not with the genuine asylum seeker , but with diminishing the respect that this country should hold for people who are in desperate trouble and whom , in better and more self-confident days , hon. Members of all parties would have been in favour of helping . |
| 27 | I would hope that the hon. Gentleman would agree that many people of all political persuasions in Lanarkshire are working together extremely hard to build a better and more prosperous future for the area . |
| 28 | The revolutions in eastern Europe and the fall of communism in Russia presented the west with a rare historical opportunity to build a better and more prosperous world . |
| 29 | All this , of course , means that the end user gets better and more functional applications , as exemplified by DesignWorks 1.2 , the most recent upgrade to GST 's vector graphics application . |
| 30 | On Saturday , 3 December , Mozart seemed better and more cheerful . |