Example sentences of "[be] [adv] good [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | punchlines are much better than sort of er . |
| 2 | Trivial names are much better as memory aids as well . |
| 3 | It is notable that students with no qualifications or who enter only on the basis of O-levels have relatively high non-completion rates , while students entering on the basis of one A-level or Access courses have completion rates which are marginally better than A-level entrants . |
| 4 | I think so far we ve been as good as gold , and can only maybe have offended Scum supporters … which can only be good : - ) ) ) ) |
| 5 | It would have been far better if majority voting had applied in that instance . |
| 6 | One lot are as good as gold — we 'll have them any day , but another lot are almost more than we can cope with ! |
| 7 | ‘ The young are as good as gold . |
| 8 | Both are as good as money in the bank . |
| 9 | Secular university choirs are said to be much better than church groups . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | All you have to do is be as good as gold for a week . |
| 12 | City : Property without solid foundations Bricks and mortar were once thought to be be as good as money in the bank . |
| 13 | Part of the difficulty with the image came from the noisy fears of the critics , especially those who insisted that comprehensive schools would , if they were to be as good as grammar schools , have to be huge . |
| 14 | In addition , Compact firms make time and people available to schools — and this can be even better than money ! |
| 15 | Willoughby et al found Ac-ASA to be significantly better than placebo when given rectally to patients with active proctitis . |
| 16 | Equally straitened is Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp , which reported plunging profits that were still better than forecast : it is cutting its bonus for executives by 20% in the year to March 31 1994 , Reuter reports from Tokyo , adding that it is also considering reducing bonuses for senior managers as well as stopping increases of wages of those above section manager ; the company sees intense competition . |
| 17 | Bankers ' deposits at the Bank of England are regarded as being as good as cash by the banks because they can be turned into cash without delay . |
| 18 | As soon as I found out I had to retire , they were as good as gold and granted me a testimonial straight away . |
| 19 | The accused later told the manager that the cheques were as good as cash , i.e. there was a fraudulent misrepresentation . |
| 20 | This method of analysis does not always work , and sometimes interpretation of such sites is little better than guesswork . |
| 21 | Expect to see a version of Norton 's Backup program — it 's much better than Backup and Restore |
| 22 | ‘ Then we will take the boy 's speech and writing which is so good and subject it to careful analysis and if we teach the other boys whose writing and speech is not so good how to subject what they say and write to this kind of analysis they will realise how badly they speak and write and will promptly set about trying to improve the way they speak and write … . ’ |
| 23 | Mother is much better but father is dead ! ’ |
| 24 | Prevention is usually better than cure , though , so keep one jump ahead of your child . |
| 25 | Money is always better than experience , is n't it ? ’ she could n't resist taunting . |
| 26 | Prevention is always better than cure . |
| 27 | Prevention is always better than cure . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I knew there was a meeting on , but your guess is as good as mine why they want to see you . ’ |
| 30 | You know she 's as good as gold and all that but I mean |