Example sentences of "a good [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McCoist 's effort put a better complexion on the night for Scotland though without enabling anyone to go overboard about their prospects in World Cup qualifying Group I. |
| 2 | A better memorial to him is the statue of Cardinal Wolsey over the gate to Christ Church College , Oxford , which he caused to be erected and underneath which he is named in a Latin inscription . |
| 3 | At about 0345 it was decided to try to position Locative in a better position for helicopter winching by towing her into the wind . |
| 4 | Had I met you sooner I doubt I would have entered into it , but Maud 's father is influential and I hope to gain a better position at the hospital on his recommendation . ’ |
| 5 | Labour was increasingly scarce and individuals were able to bargain a better position in many cases than the complex previous agreements we have seen . |
| 6 | The fact that an applicant seeking to enforce European law is in a better position in respect of interim relief than an applicant seeking to enforce English law has been rightly criticized , but the anomaly could only be removed by legislation which the government has little incentive to promote . |
| 7 | Section 239 gives the court a like power in respect of a transaction by a company which has put a creditor or guarantor into a better position in the event of the company going into insolvent liquidation than otherwise would have been the case . |
| 8 | Giving a ‘ preference ’ means doing anything which has the effect of putting one of the company 's creditors , or a guarantor for any of the company 's debts , into a better position in the event of the company going into liquidation than otherwise would have been the case : subsection ( 4 ) . |
| 9 | If women 's lives were often painfully limited , it was possible to find or make a better self in the mirror . |
| 10 | Formed in 1980 , it began by producing a newsletter ( Co-operative library media group newsletter ) to review programmes , list purchase details of presentations , report on trends , and emphasize the constant need for a better exchange of ideas between librarians and commercial producers , and much closer co-operation in preparation of such programmes . |
| 11 | Does that mean that a man is a better machine for running than a quail , or a chipmunk or mouse ? |
| 12 | In the absence of CRP , all polymerases bind better to the lac fragment than to the gal fragment ( Fig. 1 , lanes 7 and 9 ) ; in the presence of CRP , with the truncated polymerases , a better binding at gal is observed ( Fig. 1 , lane 10 ) consistent with the absence of cooperativity found at the lac promoter . |
| 13 | He believed that Soviet leaders in retrospect probably recognised that a genuinely non-aligned Afghanistan pursuing non-radical policies was a better guardian of Soviet security interests . |
| 14 | I think has probably got a better coverage on groups . |
| 15 | But it 's a pity she did not have a better showcase for her talents . |
| 16 | But the emergence of a strong , secular republic in the south could do much to encourage a better neighbourliness in the north . |
| 17 | ‘ I learnt a lot that night and think I 'm a better fighter for it . ’ |
| 18 | With DNAaseI ( Fig. 2 ) , one observes a better protection of the hinge region between the two proteins ( phosphodiester bonds at -46.5 on the upper strand and at -49.5 on the template strand are almost insensitive to DNAaseI attack ) , and a more extended footprint in the upstream part of the CRP site at least on the upper strand , with the protection of phosphates at -81.5 , -82.5 and the appearance of two hypersensitive bands at -84.5 and -85.5 ( Fig. 2a , lane 2 ) . |
| 19 | The driving force was the need to find a better protection against poliomyelitis ’ ( 1978 : 116 ) . |
| 20 | Most politicians , and probably most of the general public , whatever their political party , regard it as in principle a sensible innovation , certainly one that will give parents a better notion of what they ought to expect , in whatever part of the country their children may go to school . |
| 21 | From there they ought to be able to gain a better notion of Balliol 's intentions . |
| 22 | But we also want people to understand what is happening in places like Latin America so they have a better awareness of why Oxfam is trying to help . |
| 23 | You will also have a better recall of what has been said . |
| 24 | Some occupations are a better preparation for it than others , and journalism , fortunately , is a job that gets you used to taking what comes . |
| 25 | Most four-day matches have not only been a better preparation for Test cricketers but have also produced generally more interesting cricket . |
| 26 | On the other hand , a broader education may provide a better preparation for some jobs and certain kinds of research . |
| 27 | It seems clear that epidemics of the bubonic type became increasingly limited to the towns , which provided a better habitat for the plague-carrying black rat . |
| 28 | Perhaps the number of thinly-disguised character studies in modern fiction , from Molly Keane to Emma Tennant , are a better tribute to her than anything else , not all of them flattering , it must be said . |
| 29 | Whatever he wrote about Kirkwoods of past ages , no one could have written a better tribute to a family than did Thomson when he described Major Kirkwood and the rest of the present-day family . |
| 30 | These should be aimed at reducing tendencies towards social polarization and at achieving a better matching of people with appropriate jobs and local facilities , thereby increasing not only individuals ' quality of life but also the efficiency of public and private investment . |