Example sentences of "good [noun] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a good story but the ending is wrong , because you and I have nothing to contribute except our brokenness , our helplessness and weakness . |
| 2 | Rocky actually played ok and showed good skill but the team were missing the focal point — Batty . |
| 3 | There are a lot of enthusiasts coming up with a lot of good ideas but the information never gets out . |
| 4 | I thought driving up today would have been a good day but the reality is that it is not going to start until Easter time . |
| 5 | She was , fundamentally , a good person but the side we all saw at work was the side that could not cope with the constant expansion of the business . |
| 6 | ‘ You have got to accept it but it 's absolutely maddening that 30,000 people saw a good tackle but the referee gave a foul . |
| 7 | I did phone one company whose machine had a good write-up but the purchase price had increased by £50 and there was a five week delay . |
| 8 | J : Sounds like quite a good song but the production 's weird . |
| 9 | Extensive experience at interviewing can help the manager develop a sense for the good candidate but the danger is that the interviewer finds people whom he/she regards as sympathetic and compatible . |
| 10 | Neither my sister nor I can remember exactly what we had for dinner , but we chose not merely a good cheese but a claret of which we hoped he would approve . |