Example sentences of "not bad for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not bad for a car which weighs as much as a Range Rover . |
| 2 | The rest of the name was quite straightforward Pistols was a strong , hard word , not bad for a band 's name . |
| 3 | Sears ' Discover card is accepted by 1.2m ; not bad for a network built from scratch since 1985 , but clearly still short of critical mass . |
| 4 | The hero next day was Russell , defending for over five hours without giving a chance ; not bad for a man whose entry into the Test team was delayed because he supposedly could not bat . |
| 5 | ‘ Not bad for a townie , ’ Jos said , casting his expert eye over the results . |
| 6 | William Whitelaw 's brother officers in the Scots Guards included , for example , a future Archbishop of Canterbury , a future Lord Chamberlain , the man who would become Moderator of the Church of Scotland , the future chairman of United Biscuits and five lord lieutenants as well as the Home Secretary : not bad for a single officers ' mess . |
| 7 | Arkwright bought the manor of Cromford , was subsequently knighted , and became High Sheriff of Derbyshire — not bad for a barber 's apprentice . |
| 8 | ‘ Not bad for a cider house , eh ? ’ he said proudly . |
| 9 | He claims to have been paddling for 26 years , not bad for a 32 year old . |
| 10 | Not bad for a girl who had grown up on a council estate . |
| 11 | Not bad for the son of a penniless illegal immigrant , he thought then , not bad for a boy raised on the wrong side of town . |
| 12 | Not bad for a first international race and the Liphook company director never even had to change a wheel . |
| 13 | By some freak of natural injustice my five tickets won me no fewer than three prizes ; not bad for a stake of 50p . |
| 14 | When Ojomoh boards that plane on December 31 he steps into a new world , the elite strata of an elite sport — not bad for a lad who never saw a rugby ball until he was 13 , ca n't get a first team game and came close to being escorted to a plane by police . |
| 15 | Not bad for a company that did n't exist four years ago . |
| 16 | That 's not bad for a nutritious , warming and satisfying meal . |
| 17 | Former Supreme Diana Ross posed in a skimpy T-shirt and delightedly declared : ‘ Not bad for a 49-year-old mother of five . ’ |
| 18 | That 's not bad for a midfield player . ’ |
| 19 | Completely inaccurate , of course , but not bad for a seven-year-old . |
| 20 | The only person to flash the sustained F7c was Lancashire 's Ian Vicers — not bad for a sprog of only 17 . |
| 21 | Not bad for a graduate in literature and one who normally took evasive action at the sight of a screwdriver . |
| 22 | Not bad for a rain-soaked island somewhere off the northern coast of Europe . |
| 23 | If power is reduced below that required for level flight when the wheels are retracted the plastic wheel flashes red — not bad for a forty-year-old design . |
| 24 | Not bad for a little girl of 4 who , just over a year ago , could n't speak a word of English ( could barely speak , indeed , a word of anything ) . |
| 25 | Not bad for a mulatto , an albino and a mosquito . |
| 26 | Sixty-eight bottles of malt and brandy on a Welsh dresser — not bad for a man who hardly drinks . |
| 27 | Not bad for a day 's work , eh ? ’ |
| 28 | Not bad for a company that five years ago was worth $100 billion less than Big Blue . |
| 29 | Not bad for a group constantly condemned as a novelty . |
| 30 | It was not bad for a first try from a scratch team , ’ added Chris . |