The phrase "create a good impression" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it whenever you want to express the idea that you wish to make a favorable impression on someone or on a group of people. For example, you could say: "I want to create a good impression on my new boss, so I'm going to dress professionally and arrive early on my first day."
Her single friends too strive to create a good impression for the benefit of potential partners, their parents and relatives.
However, the Chinese government is anxious to create a good impression and has drawn up a blacklist of citizens who behave badly abroad.
"Every time I get involved, I make friends, create a good impression, some of my advice is taken, some is not, and then I have to start all over again," he said.
Our Supreme Court cannot legitimately adjudicate based upon "inspiration" from other countries, or borrow from them to create a "good impression," as suggested by people quoted in the article.
The "Black and White Army" know how to create a good impression: they are waiving their share of the match receipts and are encouraging their fans to travel by providing free entry to the Viking Stronghold – that's the Widnes members club, not a terrifying clan of helmeted thugs.
While they're obviously very different, in both personal and professional relationships one aspires to identify the right person, create a good impression and begin to build a relationship.
Kim Philby was employed to cover the Middle East because "he seems an extremely reliable chap and he has created a good impression", Astor said.
Innovation workshops are not forums for creating a good impression but processes that require good planning (about what happens before and after the workshop as well as during), a careful selection of ideas (through a jointly agreed process), management of intellectual property, and sound decisions about resource allocation and governance for the parties involved.
