Example sentences of "[art] good [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money Danica gave my mother was not enough to buy one of the better sorts of bicycle , but it was no good buying a cheap one as it would have to last me for years . |
| 2 | It 's no good sending a press release which is couched in the language of The Times , to your local newspaper , or The Sun , or something like that . |
| 3 | It is no good advocating a more participative style of leadership if the organisation is dominated by a bureaucratic structure . |
| 4 | Some players also seem to be worried about how to identify which string is which and I can understand that , because it 's no good breaking a string during a gig and not knowing which spare to grab . |
| 5 | They need to blend as well ; it is no good using a herb whose taste contradicts that of the dish to which it is being added . |
| 6 | It is no good defining a chronostratigraphical boundary between , say , the Machiavellian and the Bacchanalian at the lithological junction of the Elgin Marbles and the George Sand . |
| 7 | They are also very sensitive to light , so it is no good shining a torch on them unless the beam is shielded by red plastic . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's no good having a protected market , ’ insists Hirel . |
| 9 | ‘ For management data it 's no good having a five , six or even a 20 dimensional database , ’ he says , ‘ because that 's not the way data works . |
| 10 | It would be no good having a receptionist blacking out every time they jacked in . |
| 11 | I mean it 's no good having a your own identity number and then telling everybody what it is , because that 'll just never raised its head anyway that much did it ? |
| 12 | Finally , some sites may experience problems if they are restricting the use of the available units to specific operation types — it is no good having a TK50 available for a Primary copy if the only unit available is either not a TK50 drive , or is set to Secondary copies only ! |
| 13 | Finally , some sites may experience problems if they are restricting the use of the available units to specific operation types — it is no good having a TK50 available for a Primary copy if the only unit available is either not a TK50 drive , or is set to Secondary copies only ! |
| 14 | It is no good having a playing field three miles out of town , we have to be where the general public is . ’ |
| 15 | When something goes wrong , the slogan ‘ Have machine , will travel ’ has a depressing ring of truth , especially disastrous in the winter season , since it is no good excavating a channel in midwinter if the ecologists working with the engineers on a scheme have not had the opportunity during the previous summer growing season to identify the existing aquatic habitat affected . |
| 16 | Later a woman brought him a plate of bacon and eggs and a cup of tea , but said it was no good making a fuss now , it was too late . |
| 17 | It is no good putting a closure vote by ninety nine to one or even ninety nine to nought . |