Example sentences of "[adv] good as it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food never tastes so good as it does after a long day 's hike . |
| 2 | But having rejected a compromise which , for boxing , was about as good as it gets , he ca n't continue claiming innocence if it leads to the heavyweight division again disintegrating into chaos . |
| 3 | Todd was 75th on Tour in driving distance , and that 's about as good as it gets . |
| 4 | Right , that 's as good as it gets I 'm afraid . |
| 5 | The game looks as good as it plays too . |
| 6 | This one from Panasonic looks as good as it sounds . |
| 7 | Capitalism is not as good as it claims . |
| 8 | When you plan a display , include scented flowers , either shop-bought or home-grown , so that your arrangement smells as good as it looks . |
| 9 | It tastes as good as it looks , too — a rich , moist fruit cake , full of all kinds of mouth-watering goodies like currants , sultanas and cherries and almonds , and generously laced with Grand Marnier to give it even more flavour . |
| 10 | All too often , low-price guitars which look good are severely let down by their tone , but the Mad Axe sounds as good as it looks . |
| 11 | The South Bank Show is as good as it has ever been — serious , humane and unstuffy — though its theme tune now sounds is beginning to sound jolly dated . |
| 12 | Under recreation Noel Ernest Ackroyd Moore lists ‘ pricing books for the local Oxfam shop ’ ; Natalie Wheen ‘ windsurfing , women 's issues , whisky , laughter , anarchy ’ ; Joanna Trollope ‘ very long baths ’ ; Anthony Wright ‘ attempting to make coffee that tastes as good as it smells ’ . |
| 13 | A spiritual void needs to be satisfied , so what is offered as serious and sacrosanct must be as good as it pretends . |
| 14 | PRINCE 'S new £50 million record contract is not as good as it seems . |
| 15 | Mr Gates would be happy to get his financial information from the quarterly report to shareholders — so long as he can be confident that the news will be as consistently good as it has been during Mr Shirley 's seven years in charge . |