Example sentences of "than a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The side kick delivered from the back foot is comparatively slow and does no more than a good front kick . |
| 2 | The identification of lust with ‘ brown girls ’ probably had no racial connotations in that innocently discriminatory age ; but the scenes towards the end where the Witch tries to capture John with her wiles do leave the disconcerting impression that Lewis thought of Christianity as little more than a good ‘ cure ’ for lust . |
| 3 | One gets the feeling from Warnie 's diary , for example , that it was better to be a good Inkling than a good poet , or even a good man . |
| 4 | He enjoys the company of others , likes nothing better than a good dinner surrounded by friends , and large noisy get-togethers with his family . |
| 5 | ‘ The party invitation offered these youngsters a ‘ good trip ’ rather than a good time . |
| 6 | He wanted to be a winner rather than a good loser . |
| 7 | This was reflected in the prices paid for the average in-calf and maiden heifer , which at times made no more than a good commercial first-calver at Carlisle . |
| 8 | A good course programme but with a poor instructor led to more trainee dissatisfaction than a good instructor with a moderate programme . |
| 9 | A worn engine will use more fuel than a good one . |
| 10 | more than a GOOD soap — a good habit because it 's an extra health protection |
| 11 | I dare say I 've been luckier than a good many . |
| 12 | Women are less likely to examine data , whereas analysing somebody else 's balance sheet and profit and loss account is better than a good whodunit as far as top businessmen are concerned . |
| 13 | After all , there is nothing that the press like more than a good fairy-tale ! |
| 14 | What could be more restful than a good night 's sleep ? |
| 15 | And we do not charge the earth — in fact no more than a good quality single or double ‘ standard ’ bed . |
| 16 | Well , I do play some , but I 'm not like ‘ the solo guy ’ because I think a good song is much harder to come by than a good solo . |
| 17 | At the seaward end , it is no more than a good stone 's throw from the Atlantic beach but at a higher level , its issuing stream descending through a short wooded ravine to join the waters of the ocean . |
| 18 | Children love nothing more than a good story . |
| 19 | Lady Thatcher liked nothing better than a good old ding-dong , whether her opponent was François Mitterrand or Mikhail Gorbachev or King Kong . |
| 20 | It is more important to achieve a difficult target on a bad day than a good one because it will increase your confidence still further . |
| 21 | Comparisons between the rugs of certain groups are more difficult because they are produced in such a diverse range of qualities that the gulf between the best and worst pieces may be greater than that between the groups themselves : e.g. , the lowest grade of workshop Kerman may cost slightly less than a good quality Russian Shirvan , but the finest workshop Kermans can be over five times the price . |
| 22 | ‘ On snow , nothing can go faster than a good man on skis . ’ |
| 23 | I tried thinking of others , more as a device than a good , and clenched my thigh muscles for a start , to give half an inch more room to the neighbors . |
| 24 | People agreed with Lord Henry , who once said , in his amusing way , that a good dinner was more important than a good life . |
| 25 | There was nothing he liked better than a good puzzle . |
| 26 | ‘ Even 500 metres distance is no more than a good shot , it is n't marksman or sniper qualification . ’ |
| 27 | Then suddenly , and sweetly , she began to realise that , since Travis was no more to her than a good friend , and she was still going to have her job at the end of all this , when it finally did end , it was going to be she who had the last laugh — and not N. Massingham Esquire . |