Example sentences of "[art] good [conj] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rita speaks of her life in Canada matter-of-factly , accepting both the good and the bad with equanimity . |
| 2 | I would love to have a friend of around my own age to share outings , coffee and a chat and generally the good and the bad of bringing up children . |
| 3 | ‘ The question is whether machines strengthen the good or the evil in man 's nature . |
| 4 | Dr Mann 's central theme was the ability of humanity to use scientific knowledge for the good or the bad of his fellow man . |
| 5 | Just as surely the sponsors will only want to pay the best and the number of highly paid players may fall . |
| 6 | Their father died when George was three years old , and the strongest influence on him , until she died when he was thirty-four , was his mother Magdalene , the patroness of John Donne , who wrote a well-known poem to her : Donne , in preaching her funeral sermon , described how , ‘ as her house was a court in the conversation of the best and an almshouse in feeding the poore , so it was also a hospital in ministering relief to the sick . |
| 7 | An unsuccessful artist was no better than a lunatic in the eyes of these people . |
| 8 | Equally , a feminist who left a meeting , went home and jumped into bed with hubbie or boyfriend , was no better than a member of the fifth column . |
| 9 | Begging your pardon , Sir , but some of those alleged artists that get feted on BBC Two could paint no better than a monkey in the zoo . |
| 10 | ‘ For goodness ’ sake , Shae , ’ she muttered into the darkness , ‘ you 're no better than the rest of them — you 're being betrayed by a longing that 's nothing more than physical . ’ |
| 11 | The Canadian provisions would seem to be no better than the English in this respect . |
| 12 | Whatever the poets might say , no children could ‘ run to lisp their sire 's return ’ and climb his knee in a hovel , measuring 7 feet by 12 feet , housing five people , the bed 's end within a foot of the fire and the floor no better than the pavement of a street . |