Example sentences of "good [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apply foundation over your lips and then powder to give a good base for your lipstick . |
| 2 | First they happen in June that 's that 's a good starter for one , and they 're really not that big a problem and I guess people in London would just laugh at the prospect of the noise which which May Balls cause and not worry about it in one way and would not have telephone calls to the local council and lots of stories in my newspaper every year . |
| 3 | The tutors contacted felt that the Access students compared favourably to other groups of students and believed that the Access courses were a good preparation for their course . |
| 4 | However the Guide also provides good preparation for anyone involved in National Certificate work , either as an administrator or as a teacher or lecturer . |
| 5 | It was good preparation for our match at Torquay following our home defeat by Huddersfield . ’ |
| 6 | His quiet rage about the papers , and the idiots who paid good money for them , grew more intense as he began to grind away in a job as a research assistant at the Financial Times . |
| 7 | They did n't know by people were paying good money for them as er the farmers were moving out and it was er a good copper bed . |
| 8 | ‘ Mrs Richards , God bless her , put down good money for them . |
| 9 | I 'll need a survey , but I 'm not going to pay good money for it unless they bring the price down . ’ |
| 10 | So I must say I entirely agree with Heather on this , it seems to me inevitable logic of Freud 's theory and erm my own view is that group psychoanalysis is a contradiction in terms , you can not do psychoanalysis in a group of this and those who say they can I think have n never understood what psychoanalysis is all about and are misleading the public and people pay good money for it . |
| 11 | Perhaps , pay good money for it ! |
| 12 | There is no justification at all if you are asking for advice , arranging a loan , seeking help and advice from a doctor or paying a lawyer good money for his or her time . |
| 13 | The professional may make more effort , knowing that the client is paying good money for his or her services , in a society that values things that are paid for and tends to devalue those that are not . |
| 14 | Some occupations are a better preparation for it than others , and journalism , fortunately , is a job that gets you used to taking what comes . |
| 15 | ‘ Frankly , Nicola Schreider needs a shrink if she does n't put up a good fight for him . |
| 16 | Plugging the cables in is the easy bit ; the hard bit is choosing a good route for them to follow . |
| 17 | The 22-year-old Norwich forward is now aiming to keep his place in the side for the game in West Germany on 15 November : ‘ It was a good experience for myself and Iwan Roberts last night . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't mind fighting her because it will be good experience for me . |
| 19 | I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me . |
| 20 | With the first Dalek one , for example , I let Richard Martin , again a new Director , do a few episodes but under the wings of Christopher who set up the serial and so , kind of , held his hand while he eased himself into the role of Director , which was good experience for him . |
| 21 | She feels it is good experience for her children too . |
| 22 | Just a good experience for her for time , you know . |
| 23 | I mean you have to watch things a bit , but you know basically it 's a good experience for them . |
| 24 | It has been very good experience for my future career . ’ |
| 25 | It is a good contract for us . |
| 26 | Hunt , who broke an ankle at the start of this season , said : ‘ This is a good opportunity for me to show what I can do after a bit of a difficult time . ’ |
| 27 | It shocked my manager a lot too and he 's going to be concentrating on a big relaunch of Suzanne over the next while so I think it 's a good opportunity for me to take my career more into my own hands . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ A lot of people feel shy about going into a Tax Office , so this is a good opportunity for them to get any help they need , ’ explained Peter Guy , the Inland Revenue 's Customer Service Manager in the province . |
| 29 | ‘ It was a good opportunity for us to develop the application as part of the contract . ’ |
| 30 | The technique of getting them to supply the missing dialogue after a silent viewing of a scene provides a good opportunity for you and them to find out what language they have at their command and how flexibly they can use it . |