Example sentences of "[be] [adv] good a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's very good to us , her elderly parents , even though I have n't always been as good a father as I should have been . |
| 2 | Many old people are as good a set of consumers as anyone else , but the very old and frail are at risk . |
| 3 | My father taught me that there is only one thing more boring in life than listening to other people 's dreams and that is listening to stories about their operations ; and I only tell mine now because those I had during the early 1980s are as good an example as any of how modern medicine has helped to prolong life ; without them it is unlikely that I would be sitting here writing this . |
| 4 | His final , understated comments on the worthwhile qualities of a career in politics are as good an apologia for a much-derided trade as I have read recently . |
| 5 | I 've known for years that I 'm as good a guest at a dinner party as I am a lousy host . |
| 6 | Which would be as good a way as any for me to get Rainbow off the premises , before those inhibitions of hers — which I 've left bound and gagged at the back of her wardrobe — work their knots out and come riding to the rescue . |
| 7 | Radio operator Paul , who is serving with the Second Battalion Royal Irish Regiment , said : ‘ Gillian is the perfect bride I only hope I can be as good a husband . ’ |
| 8 | She thought , since Naylor now knew that she was n't the one responsible for ‘ advertising ’ their ‘ engagement ’ — which had clearly been the reason for his ‘ My office — now ! ’ command — that now might be as good a moment as any to leave . |
| 9 | ‘ Thought it might be as good a time as any to chew the fat , talk over the current status of Cuckoo , ’ Hayman started , casually enough . |
| 10 | St James 's Park , famous for its bird-life , would be as good a place as any . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought that would be as good a place to start as any . |
| 12 | If she was to indulge in escapism , surely here would be as good a place as any ? |
| 13 | I promised them I 'll be as good a manager as I 've ever been . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ However , his most remarkable acquirement — I speak of before 1914 — was the then almost unknown one of being as good a harpsichordist as a pianist . |
| 15 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |
| 16 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |
| 17 | An illusory feeling , admittedly , but illusions were as good a currency as any in the City . |
| 18 | Neither the seamen nor their leaders , Shinwell admitted , had heard of the Queensberry rules ; " they had one common characteristic , a belief that toughness and a bellicose attitude were as good a rule of life as any and while many seamen were of a friendly disposition and hated trouble , some would attack from the rear and use a razor or a broken bottle " . |
| 19 | A crook and a bastard Short might be , but it would be surprising if he were that good an actor . |
| 20 | The preparations for the centenary were too good an opportunity to miss . |
| 21 | The rather dissimilar , and much later , pyramids of South America were probably largely religious in origin ; if one wants to build a pretty impressive temple to one 's gods , the pyramid is as good a shape as any to choose . |
| 22 | This is Red Rock West ( QFT ) , a beguiling and modest little thriller which delves into the dark and murky emotions lurking underneath the sleepy face of a tiny American town — and it is as good a film noir as has been on show this year . |
| 23 | David Evans , the stand-off who plays centre for Wales , and Andrew Booth , his scrum-half partner , virtually sealed the result in the second half simply by appreciating what the Newport pair , David Phillips and Nigel Callard , had failed to grasp in the first — that kicking downwind is as good a way as any of gaining huge chunks of ground to keep the pressure on . |
| 24 | It is as good a way as any to the beginnings of an understanding and appreciation of any French province , to see the local markets in action , to watch the produce unloaded from the carts and vans , to hear the talk of the farmers and buyers in the cafés after the main business has been transacted . |
| 25 | ‘ This is as good a way to get to know each other of any I can think of . ’ |
| 26 | In terms of sheer craft , Conrad is as good a writer of prose as Patrick White , which is saying a great deal . |
| 27 | People who have intelligence and a conscience wrestle with these problems and we 've come to a conclusion which is as good a deal as we think we can get , with the people of the area and with the Labour party and I think he said that if people in this authority are sufficiently obstructive for a sufficiently long time then people will change their minds . |
| 28 | Mazur 's story , which will undoubtedly feature one day on the silver screen , is as good a tale of derring-do as one could ever wish for . |
| 29 | We shall start our study of these with the Shipman 's Tale , as that tale forms a good bridge between the non-Chaucerian fabliaux and Chaucer 's other examples of this genre in certain ways , and it is as good a starting point as any for a discussion of Chaucer 's complex response to the norms of fabliau tradition within the Canterbury Tales . |
| 30 | The Whips ' office is as good a place as any to examine the new complexion of the party . |