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Example sentences of "not a good " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	What results is not a better deal for victims , but a widening of the gulf between the ethnic minorities and the police .
2	But the point remains : retail ownership is often a move in a worse direction , not a better one .
3	The laird was startled to learn , however , that the lieutenancy of Marines would cost £300 , and shrewdly wondered if there was not a better opportunity afforded by the expansion of the army and the removal from the infantry regiments of many subalterns to fill captaincies in the Marines .
4	Not a better job , but certainly a very good job .
5	Its just a pity there s not a better song to really get at the SCUM supporters , that does nt perhaps offend the older generation who WERE alive at the time .
6	‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month .
7	‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month .
8	Yeah , exactly cos there 's not a better way of doing as far as I 'm concerned .
9	‘ But this is not a best house , is it ? ’ said Dr Neil with a grin .
10	‘ Not a good audience , ’ she declared from behind the screen as Jessie helped her out of her dress , ‘ Typical matinee .
11	But do n't add any fertiliser ; these plants will have to stand through the winter , so it 's not a good idea to encourage too much soft growth .
12	Messy cow , bloody garlic all over clothes , not a good idea .
13	It 's not a good idea . ’
14	‘ What he actually says is a very proper reminder that you can do more good with wealth in the nation , in the community and in the family , but wealth for its own sake is not a good thing . ’
15	Their condemnation of the award is not a good omen .
16	By and large , he was saying what most ordinary people think : that it is not a good idea for very young girls to embark on motherhood , especially if they are poor or a bit dim .
17	He was not a good fielder at cricket .
18	Hoskyns was not a good lecturer .
19	If the students of Lincoln were right in thinking that he was not a good administrator , this church had less administration than any church in the land .
20	It is certainly not a good idea to arrive hoping to fill a basket , or even a hand ( unless you know an employee ) with greenhouse fruit .
21	When your dogs are eating it is not a good idea to pat them ; if they think you are trying to take their food they will defend it with your life .
22	When I came home late after working overtime they 'd say , ‘ she is not a good woman we must not keep her in our house . ’
23	It is not a good age to assess people or things .
24	It is not a good idea to sit in front of a warm fire and relax while having a quiet read as this may cause drowsiness .
25	‘ You 're not a good liar , Hans .
26	It was not a good day for the more established pairings .
27	It was not a good day for the more established pairings .
28	He got big , so the legend goes , while good King Richard I was off crusading , leaving King John ( not a good man ) and the villainous Sheriff to take care of business .
29	‘ It 's not a good sign that the new government does n't have enough confidence to emerge from protective custody , ’ Mr Roberts said .
30	He did n't want to exacerbate what he saw as an existing weakness of his own in that respect , and although he was not censorious of other people , I think he was genuinely quite frightened of it , and at one point in the Arts Lab , when there was quite a lot of speed pills , amphetamines , going around amongst the young people there , he did speak out very strongly one evening against it , saying that he personally did not want anything like that around anything he was closely involved with because he felt that it was not a good thing for people to be speeding and it created the sort of vibes that might end up causing problems .