Example sentences of "it [be] [pron] good [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is their good fortune to have the luxury of comment without the responsibility of action that enables them to appear more in tune with public feeling than the ideologists of either side of the political spectrum . |
| 2 | The head of the Branch is the Chief Inspector , and it was my good fortune to hold that position from January 1974 until August 1981 . |
| 3 | It was my good fortune to see a lot of Emily Carr and to be counted as a friend , for she claimed she had only a few . |
| 4 | Thomas Sopwith FRS describes what one of the meetings was like : ‘ In the month of September 1856 it was my good fortune to receive an invitation from Dr John Lee . |
| 5 | John was a cardmaker , and yet it was his good fortune to have depended on parish relief rather less often than some ; he and his family needed a brief period of support in the famine period of 1801–2 , when they were allowed 2s. a week , later reduced to 1s. , until payment stopped on 9 March 1802 . |