Example sentences of "[was/were] as good [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without being in the least conceited about it , I soon was able to judge whether my cricket square was as good as some county grounds , whether my soccer and rugby pitches compared to professional clubs , and whether my tennis courts were as good as the big venues seen on TV . |
| 2 | For someone over seventy her descent of that great staircase was as good as a frolic ; her satchel swung wildly round merrily bumping her large bottom , her sensible suede shoes skippetty-hopped like the finest quality glass slippers , while her honest tweed skirt flirted up her legs in order to give her long beige knickers their first sight of the sunshine in quarter of a century . |
| 3 | The boy was as good as a murderer . |
| 4 | And then laughing , he looked at her and said , ‘ That was as good as a play . ’ |
| 5 | He was as good as a real daddy . |
| 6 | It was as good as a caress and Violet could only squirm . |
| 7 | It was as good as a holiday . |
| 8 | A nod was as good as a wink . |
| 9 | The funeral service was nothing at all in the way of a ceremony , because Harry refused to allow his family to attend , let alone contribute to the cost , and Martha was as good as a pauper . |
| 10 | It was as good as a ballet to watch Finn eat but Francie mopped gravy with bread and chewed bones from his fingers . |
| 11 | He had not deliberately marked it but to his eyes the pattern of tiny scratches on the handle was as good as a signature . |
| 12 | Readers can be expected to spot which of these quotations are forgeries , and they must also have doubted in their time whether this writer was as good as the early tributes made out . |
| 13 | I just could n't take a journey in a confined space with a man who pronounced Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe as Sisty Dub and did n't think it was as good as the Lake District . |
| 14 | A 67 in those conditions was as good as the famous Henry Cotton 65 . |
| 15 | In November 1981 , Fidelity Electronics produced , and rapidly sold out , a limited run of a machine that was as good as the best 10 per cent . |
| 16 | The saga began with a desire for Argentina to prove that it was as good as the major technological powers . |
| 17 | Well , the top one never was as good as the bottom one . |
| 18 | I did n't like it at first cos all the animation was all too fuzzy and wobbly and everything I can remember cos I did n't think it was as good as the Magic Roundabout but then yeah I love it now . |
| 19 | ‘ He was as good as an extra maid , ’ said Minto . |