Example sentences of "be [adv] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not a good hand stitcher . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I am not a good watcher . |
| 3 | The most perplexing thing is that the evidence shows that many bids are not a good idea . |
| 4 | Similarly , bathrooms that can only be reached through a bedroom are not a good idea if you have guests in the bedroom which does not adjoin the bathroom . |
| 5 | Fitted carpets , though warm , are not a good idea for the bathroom and lavatory of an elderly person who may have minor ‘ mishaps ’ and spillages which they can not easily deal with as they advance into old age . |
| 6 | Other fish with the fry are not a good idea , there is a danger of predation , and they would increase the level of metabolic wastes . |
| 7 | Now what if I support in the main the aims of the Act , there are one or two areas I think that some things are not a good idea . |
| 8 | If you work you feel you are not a good wife because you 're tired in the evenings . |
| 9 | I still do n't like regulars any more than I ever did ; the officers are not too bad , but the men are not a good type , and the ex-ranker officer is a strain to live with . |
| 10 | The reason there is not a report is that Coun Terrans 's jump was called off for a day , perhaps because parchute jumps and mid-air collisions , even of a mock variety , are not a good match . |
| 11 | CD-ROMs are not a good model to use because their appeal so far is more specialised than the popular multimedia that will characterise consumer market products . |
| 12 | transition to turbulence is often inherently different from transition to chaos in simple systems ( i.e. systems with few degrees of freedom are not a good guide to those with very many ) |
| 13 | Gascoigne , though , does have a problem — his Lazio team are not a good side . |
| 14 | SIR — Capt Courage 's actions in fulfilling his ‘ life-long ambition ’ to make a so-called citizen 's arrest ( letter , April 7 ) are not a good example to his fellow citizens . |
| 15 | There is a considerable and divided literature about the private benefits accruing to a household with a small family ( Ohlin 1969 , saying that children are not a good investment , Caldwell 1978 and White 1976 , suggesting a positive asset value for children ) . |
| 16 | They have spent £35 million on players but they are not a good team . |
| 17 | Unhappy clients are not a good advertisement for the firm . |
| 18 | Written exchanges with source markers omitted are thus a good example of the way in which the disembedded nature of all texts converts what might be an easy comprehension task into a difficult one . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're not a good liar , Hans . |
| 20 | ‘ IF people like to rock and roll and they want an enjoyable energetic night out — we 're definitely a good bet . ’ |
| 21 | Room-size roll ends are always a good buy . |
| 22 | Are always a good idea . |
| 23 | Floating plants are always a good addition to any aquarium that contains Gouramis . |
| 24 | Taxi drivers are always a good source of copy . |
| 25 | There are usually a good blend of visual and written material . |
| 26 | It 's seems to be that Leeds are still a good bet to finish second at 4/1+ . |
| 27 | More so if your hard disk is yesterday 's technology ( there are still a good number of 65 millisecond access Seagates and Miniscribes in use ) , as the difference between memory and disk read rates is astonishing . |
| 28 | Spears are probably a good buy , the extra fighting rank helps to stiffen the Goblins a little bit , and shields are well worthwhile too . |
| 29 | Small containers are best for small flowers , but are also a good way to display blooms with short or broken stems . |
| 30 | They are also a good hedge against all the political and economic uncertainties raging in Britain this Guy Fawkes week . |