Example sentences of "have not [been] a good " in BNC.

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1 Thompson 's career — the Daley record 1976 Olympic Games ( Montreal ) 18th 1977 European Juniors , 1st 1978 Commonwealth Games ( Edmonton ) lst European Championships ( Prague ) 2nd 1980 Olympic Games ( Moscow ) 1st World record ( Gotzis ) 8,648 pts 1982 World record ( Gotzis ) 8,730 pts European Championships ( Athens ) lst World record 8,774 Commonwealth Games , Brisbane , lst 1983 World Championships ( Helsinki ) lst 1984 Olympic Games ( Los Angeles ) lst World record 8,847 1986 Commonwealth Games ( Edinburgh ) lst European Championships ( Stuttgart ) lst 1987 World Championships ( Rome ) 9th 1988 Olympic Games ( Seoul ) 4th It has not been a good year for the class of ‘ 76 .
2 Today has not been a good day .
3 This has n't been a good case for me . ’
4 ‘ It has n't been a good start , has it ? ’
5 Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance
6 Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance
7 The H registration year has n't been a good one so far for the car industry , but you have some successes .
8 The year 1962 had not been a good one for Macmillan : his domestic policies had started to go awry ; the application to join the EEC was unpopular ; his showing in the opinion polls had slumped to 36 per cent ; in July he had sacked one-third of his cabinet , fearing a revolt against his leadership ; in October he was seen to play little part in the Cuban missile crisis , in which Kennedy alone took the decisions that could have drawn Britain , whether she liked it or not , into nuclear war between the superpowers ; and in December it was becoming clear that de Gaulle was blocking the EEC entry negotiations .
9 It had not been a good day for liberal ideals .
10 It had not been a good day for the Magistrate .
11 No you 've not been a good boy ?
12 My first experience of airsports had n't been a good one .
13 Perhaps it had n't been a good idea after all to come on this trip together .
14 If she had n't been a good actress I would n't have hired her . ’
15 Her looks and her vibrant personality had always won the day for her — but perhaps in the long run that had n't been a good thing , because now those weapons had failed her she was floundering , rudderless .
16 ‘ That 's because it 's not been a good year , due to fluctuating temperatures . ’
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