Example sentences of "[adv] as good [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholas was sympathetic : ‘ He is only as good as the players we give him . ’ |
| 2 | The working principle of Balcon 's life was that a ‘ film producer is only as good as the sum total of the colleagues with whom he works ’ , and he understood better than anyone else at the time how to turn the studio into a source of creative energy . |
| 3 | The solicitor 's defence is only as good as the quality of the information in the written documents . |
| 4 | Visits are only as good as the preparation made before them . |
| 5 | Man was only as good as the tools he had available to impress his will on the environment , Heinz suggested . |
| 6 | In the end , however attractive the idea of glasnost , it is only as good as the people who must make it work . |
| 7 | I suppose a guitar is only as good as the number of styles you can successfully impose upon it , and this one went through the card without a problem . |
| 8 | ‘ At the end of the day , a system is only as good as the user wants it to be , ’ says Peterborough Software 's David Laking . |
| 9 | Guarantees are , however , only as good as the people or businesses giving them . |
| 10 | Any guidebook is only as good as the input of information into it , and this is an opportunity to make sure the guide is up to date and accurate . |
| 11 | The second is that the experiments we do are only as good as the psychological theories that underlie them . |
| 12 | A phone is only as good as the system it is plugged into . |
| 13 | ACE schemes are only as good as the people who run them . |
| 14 | They are , of course , like computers , only as good as the people who program them , and do not offer miracle solutions to impossible situations . |
| 15 | We may say , in fact , that a stylo-statistician is only as good as the linguistic theory on which he relies . |
| 16 | I 've persuaded the people who matter that I 'm the best man to work with you to help us clear this up , but I 'm like a football manager , Cameron ; I can be replaced at a moment 's notice and I 'm only as good as the results I get . |
| 17 | Though I do not doubt the considerable advances made in certain ultrasound centres in Britain and the United States in the use of fetal ultrasonography as an adjunct to prenatal diagnosis of fetal trisomy 21 , the evidence in the Down 's syndrome register is only as good as the information provided to the cytogenetics centres from people requesting karyotyping . |
| 18 | There is a clear analogy to computers here which are only as good as the individuals who are responsible for their programs : An error in either case results in chaos . |
| 19 | But remember , codes have no legal status and they are only as good as the organisation 's power to enforce them . |
| 20 | The strength of your business is only as good as the strength of its suppliers and customers , and the relationship will need to be a much closer , less adversarial one . |
| 21 | The most stringent policy document advocating the best practice is only as good as the level of compliance achieved . |
| 22 | The strength of any restaurant business lies in its reputation — you are only as good as the last meal you have served — and in order to preserve the high standards that have brought this business so very far , Forte need people who can match the best in the industry : people with some supervisory level experience under their belts ; with a real commitment to customer service , lots of enthusiasm and driving ambition . |
| 23 | The indemnity is , of course , only as good as the vendor and , if appropriate , its guarantor . |
| 24 | Even then , of course , an indemnity is only as good as the persons required to give it : and if the equity partners themselves become bankrupt in the wake of the firm 's insolvency , the salaried partner is left exposed . |
| 25 | A racing driver 's only as good as the car he drives ; even when he 's the prodigious Johnny Herbert . |
| 26 | ‘ A grammar or secondary school is only as good as the quality of primary education and the girls who are coming into the school . |
| 27 | A man 's only as good as the |
| 28 | Well it 's only as good as the person putting it in . |
| 29 | This is only as good as the screws holding it in place in your front door . |
| 30 | So the wireless is not as good as a lead for that sound . ’ |