Example sentences of "and [adv] a good " in BNC.

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1 Both wet and dry deposition are implicitly included under the term ‘ acid rain' and so a better term would be ‘ acid deposition ’ .
2 It turned out there were large surpluses in the BTR pension fund and so a good chance that the transfer value , as well as the potential pension , would be increased in the not too distant future .
3 When the suit is wet , it traps a thin layer of water between the body and the suit and your body quickly warms that up to a comfortable working temperature but if you fall in when the suit is dry , the cold water can be quite a shock and so a good trick in cold weather is to put the wet suit on in a hot shower and then over the top you wear a spray suit again to keep off the wind and to protect the wetsuit .
4 " Since it matters to some extent ( and perhaps a good deal ) which rule is chosen , we do best to use convention only to protect decisions that some responsible political institution has actually taken on the merits and to not include under that umbrella decisions by default , that is decisions no one has actually made .
5 The neophytes were still growing , and only a good while after they had received their final implant of all — the carapace — would they be able to jack into an armoured suit .
6 No violence , and a good understanding of the crowd , and thus a good time was had by all .
7 No violence , and a good understanding of the crowd , and thus a good time was had by all .
8 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 .
9 So it was just as well Old Red never allowed anyone on duty , including perhaps himself , to remember that he also was human — and still a good deal younger than General Francis .
10 All that lay before a young lady of breeding was duty to parents and hopefully a good marriage .
11 By Aubrey Anon HE WAS a friend of Byron at Harrow , and later a better friend of the Met , of working people in need of ‘ abundant and untaxed food ’ and of Roman Catholics , whom he had governed in Ireland under the longest Conservative administration anyone hopes to see .
12 Since foxes are basically nocturnal animals it takes a great deal of time and patience to shoot a fox , and also a good shot at close range .
13 ‘ I did have help from my cousin who 's a midwife and also a good friend .
14 Ah ah , and and also a good problem solver as well .
15 ‘ He thought that as good a case could be made for our efforts in Korea — and probably a better one — as almost anything we had done in the foreign field . ’
16 And often a good thing is sealed with a kiss , is n't it ? ’
17 Travel companies will arrange weddings which include the ceremony , the cake , flowers , buttonholes , photographer and even a best man if necessary , in places like the Seychelles or the Caribbean .
18 He did the same as me ; gave a poor reason and then a good one that was embarrassing , to stop us seeking further .
19 ‘ Give 'im plenty of warm drinks , lass , ’ instructed her father-in-law , ‘ and then a good night 's sleep should see 'im all right . ’
20 He was very different from the sort of person who gets a job and then a better job and promotion and a wife ; two children , a boy and a girl , a house , a better house , a car and all the rest of it .
21 And now those with a sense of adventure and sometimes a good pair of sea legs can join in the fun on board the former lifeboat .
22 The Wagner Report set the goal that residential care should offer a positive experience : ‘ actively aimed at providing every resident with the highest quality of life of which they are capable and indeed a better life than would be open to them in any other environment ’ ( ibid. , p. 8 ) .
23 It is still long-bodied , with a cylindrical shape on fairly short legs , but it is well muscled and potentially a good beef animal .
24 There 's something special about Grafitty ( even for the scene ! ) : they 're a Hungarian group , and quite a good one too .
25 I chose Tufa which is cheap and easily obtainable and quite a good substitute for real coral rock .
26 ‘ Actually , ’ confessed the Navigator , perking up , ‘ I composed a poem and quite a good one . ’
27 That 's why the next match is so important we 're looking for a good performance and ultimately a good result . ’
28 A ‘ good ’ book is basically and essentially a good story .
29 Sceptics might feel that they betrayed a lack of informed thought on the issue of objectives ; and certainly a good deal of the time of the economic planners , the Treasury , the Ministry and the industry over the following decades was to be devoted to the search for more meaningful objectives and standards of performance to supplement these minimal statutory requirements .
30 Went through to Russell and certainly a good overlap from Lawrence his score is eight runs , so a hundred and twenty seven for four and now describing play for the next twenty minutes we 've got John Adnew .
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