Example sentences of "was [art] good [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An unsuccessful artist was no better than a lunatic in the eyes of these people . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There was Mrs Moore , the dentist 's wife , mother of his friend who had committed suicide because life did not seem worth living ; and there was Mary Johnson 's mother looking as prim as a prune , not knowing that her daughter was no better than a streetwalker . |
| 4 | In dress he was no better than a brickwork tramp , though , in fairness , he wore a tie . |
| 5 | Her mother said that what he was doing was no better than a husband who runs off with another woman . |
| 6 | Let his colleagues con themselves if they wished but he knew that Tech-Green , for all its grand , humane claims , was no better than the monetarist governments who 'd reigned and toppled before them . |
| 7 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |