Example sentences of "good [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's really good so courage yeah what else ? |
| 2 | Will I have a good enough share of time if I allow myself to listen first and tell second ? |
| 3 | We suggest , however , that the tiredness experienced by young couples in the first months of a baby 's life is not just the result of broken nights , change of role , anxiety as to the well-being of so small and vulnerable a being , and doubts about being a good enough parent , but is also related to the strain of exercising a defence against envy of the baby to whom so much care and comfort is offered . |
| 4 | More recently Bettelheim has stated that ‘ to be a good enough parent one must be able to feel secure in one 's parenthood , and one 's relation to one 's child ’ ( Bettelheim , 1988 ) . |
| 5 | The researchers ' long-term aim is to find out what being a good enough parent really means and their conclusions to this million-dollar question will be eagerly awaited . |
| 6 | Is n't that a good enough qualification ? ’ |
| 7 | We can stay at the top because we 've got a good enough squad to keep us there . |
| 8 | I think that Rocky & Deane will have a good enough rest of season to get then squad places |
| 9 | ‘ Apart from that , he 's a good enough man , a nice man to talk to . |
| 10 | The captaincy would sell for fifteen hundred pounds which was a good enough fortune for any young man contemplating marriage , but a majority would fetch two thousand six hundred pounds , and so d'Alembord , with some misgivings , but reassured by the prospects of a fine marriage portion , had agreed to Ford 's request . |
| 11 | but it 's a good enough approximation just to see what it 'll look like . |
| 12 | We disposed of the big fish first , not even so without difficulty ; for while some , like Ceylon and Jamaica , were islands , which was a good enough demarcation for rough and ready purposes , others , like the Indians or Nigerians , were not so unmistakable and quarrelled violently over who they were . |
| 13 | ‘ Gentleman ’ is not a good enough word with which to describe him . |
| 14 | In practice you will probably find the above guide will provide a good enough outline of the sort of person you are looking for in relation to the formal job description document . |
| 15 | He also refilled air-bottles for scuba divers , ran sports-fishing excursions and , despite his slow left knee , was a good enough tennis player to have been hired as a coach at some of the Lucaya hotels , though the Maggot 's career as a tennis coach had been somewhat jeopardised by his insistence on helping only the prettier guests to improve their game . |
| 16 | Yes , but the pro-active , the good news often is not a good enough hook , I mean in my experience , the local media , they do want , the hook has to be , at least in the , in the initial phase has to be bad news . |
| 17 | He turned an enquiring gaze upon her as she marched towards the house , but before following her he held out his hands to Millie as she went to jump off the last step , saying now in a low tone , ‘ It looks a good enough day ’ — he pointed to the back of the cart — ‘ what 's up ? ’ |
| 18 | Just as I am sure twenty-seven victories seemed utterly insufficient to Jackie — and had he not retired , he was certainly fit enough and a good enough driver , given the right cars , to which he would have had total access , to notch up another fifteen or twenty — I am sure that his first million seemed a trifle . |
| 19 | You may think you are a good enough driver to go over the speed limit , but you may also realise that a world in which everyone drove very fast might be a little on the dangerous side . |
| 20 | You 're a good enough driver to have made it look like an accident . ’ |
| 21 | I knew that Ben was a good enough footballer to play effectively where we wanted him . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think I 'm demanding and chauvinistic , but I 've finally got someone with a good enough sense of humour to be able to cope with that very well , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm working on instinct , ’ he said thickly , ‘ but I 'm a fast learner , and I 've a good enough idea how to keep you in line . |
| 24 | Well that 's a good enough excuse and good luck with it tomorrow . |
| 25 | Overall , though , most individuals survive with a good enough attachment pattern established in early life , and from then on attachments and separations come and go as the span of life develops . |
| 26 | Brian Chievely Phillips , M.C. , who has died aged 76 , was a well-known and popular figure on the Kentish sporting scene and beyond , a robust striker of the cricket ball and lethal coverpoint , a good enough lawn tennis player to win the Kent singles title in 1948 and , most notably , for many years a leading squash exponent who played seven years for England , in 1948 as captain , and over 20 years for Kent . |
| 27 | Often a child asked to read his work aloud will pick out his own errors as he tries to say them , because he is a good enough reader to be confused by what he wrote down . |
| 28 | As well as Sunday 's League match , there is an Italian Cup tie the following Wednesday for Gazza to prove he 's in a good enough condition to make some contribution against Norway . |
| 29 | They 've got a good enough sound , they 're competent , but where 's the imagination ? |
| 30 | There are times when this limit can be exceeded , but it is a good enough rule . |