Example sentences of "[be] as good [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was therefore greatly in the masters " interests to insist that there was " no point " in the women learning the later skills ( because they were not strong enough , because they would leave the trade early , because they would " never be as good as a man " and so on ) . |
| 2 | Stained peels , when made with great care , have very high resolution and can be as good as a DPT for point counting and studies of diagenesis . |
| 3 | Because a colour system requires three dots ( one for each primary ) at each point on the screen , resolution tends not to be as good as a similarly-sized monochrome display . |
| 4 | I say new civilization , I do n't know that I care about its being so very different from the best that has been , but it must be as good as the best that has been . |
| 5 | There would be somebody saying , ‘ Well I 'm glad to see the back of last year , ’ and someone else wishing the new year to be as good as the last . |
| 6 | A century ago it was considered to be as good as the Normande , and better as a butcher 's beast , but a combination of war and frontier changes led to its deterioration ; it was crossed with Danish Red as well as Belgian Red to form the Flemish Red , which is usually whole red , though some have mottled or blazed faces . |
| 7 | He said that was fine and that he knew that the sails would be as good as the last suit that we had made for him . |
| 8 | This will be wonderful in the bookshops as she has returned to the ghost story , and although it is reputed not to be as good as The Woman in Black , its sales are going to be . |
| 9 | It will be as good as the various methods of recording data allow . |
| 10 | Having said that , in a public sector context the income figure as a measure of performance can only be as good as the competitiveness of the markets in which it is earned allows . |
| 11 | This will only be as good as the standards employed and the quality of the audit in detecting whether wasteful expenditure was incurred simply in order to meet budgets . |
| 12 | The reasons for using reprint requests rather than obtaining photocopies by using inter-library loan services relate to the much better print quality found in reprints ( they should be as good as the original printing ) ; the speed of response compared to library services ; and the establishment of personal contacts . |
| 13 | Determined to be as good as the regulars , he practised on his own at a pub in Balham . |
| 14 | Whilst the NEC was responsible it could only be as good as the tutors . |
| 15 | That the end result of the accounting process can only be as good as the inputs and in times of rising prices some of these inputs are of dubious value . |
| 16 | For such Catholic sixth forms or sixth form colleges , therefore , the challenge is not simply to be as good as the alternative but to exceed it in reputation and appeal . |
| 17 | In simple terms your expert 's report will only be as good as the questions you ask and the information you supply . |
| 18 | How can we be as good as the Germans and Italians when our players spend just an hour-and-a-half every day training and then ca n't wait to get home ? ’ |