Example sentences of "[adv] good as [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Why are Catholic churches here not so good as Church of Ireland ones ? ’ the man asked me .
2 As good as Clarity 's base technology is , they say , the product lacks the basic features and functionality users need to solve their problems .
3 I will , see he probably has n't got as good as discount as me , so
4 Nearly as good as tomato .
5 It is certainly not as good as capacity factors as an indication of the value for money the owner gets from the plant : each kilowatt hour the reactor produces helps to pay off the capital invested in the power station .
6 When used in cattle rations , it is rolled like oats , but is not , in my opinion , as good as oats for milking cows , which need more protein and less carbohydrate .
7 From then on , Bint Pomona changed , at least in Pete 's eyes , from being ‘ the worst horse in the world ’ to ‘ one of the best ’ — because ( with help from the stallion ) each year 's foal was now as good as gold !
8 One lot are as good as gold — we 'll have them any day , but another lot are almost more than we can cope with !
9 Bryan Gould is as good as gold and Gerald Kaufman is a happy-go-lucky bachelor who 's still waiting for the right girl to come along .
10 She was as good as gold , not making a sound all the way to the dog 's home .
11 Shareholders in Unisys have been through so much misery , the fear that the IBM mainframe blight will soon infect the company is so great that no reasonable offer for the company is likely to be refused — and while the Unisys debt burden is now manageable , it is still onerous for a company of Unisys ' size , but AT&T 's credit remains almost as good as gold .
12 Do n't just prolong the issue , do n't pick on us and lock us in a room thinking that when we come out we 're going to be as good as gold , because we 're not .
13 ‘ The young are as good as gold .
14 All you have to do is be as good as gold for a week .
15 ‘ You 're as pure and as good as gold .
16 First thing Monday morning and we 'll call again ; someone will come out then as good as gold . ’
17 I think so far we ve been as good as gold , and can only maybe have offended Scum supporters … which can only be good : - ) ) ) )
18 But perhaps more importantly , other countries found dollars not just as good as gold , but better than gold , since they could earn interest on their dollar holdings .
19 Such pressure began in a mild way in 1960 after some speculative activity in the gold market occurred , based on dawning fears that the dollar might not for ever be ‘ as good as gold ’ ( i.e. fixed in terms of gold ) .
20 As soon as I found out I had to retire , they were as good as gold and granted me a testimonial straight away .
21 Well he sat there as good as gold .
22 You know she 's as good as gold and all that but I mean
23 That sat as good as gold till you got to Colin 's did n't he ?
24 so er , cos me heart was in me mouth when they come up for Christmas , and that 's the last time they were up I thought me tree 's gon na go over , you know , I thought if he pulls at me tree or anything , but , he was , he was as good as gold for not , he was n't trying to get me ornaments or anything , he was er , you know , just happy to play with his own toys , so he was n't naughty .
25 She 's as good as gold .
26 Gurder was in the grip of the kind of anger that is almost as good as armour .
27 But I shall stop to buy some of those beautiful little slate-green lentils for which the district is famous and which a greedy guest of mine recently proclaimed as good as caviare — and also to telephone to Madame Barattero at the Hotel du Midi at Lamastre to say we are coming for dinner .
28 Well , as good as — as good as Sun Park . ’
29 City : Property without solid foundations Bricks and mortar were once thought to be be as good as money in the bank .
30 Both are as good as money in the bank .
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