Example sentences of "was [art] good [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Language work can also be covered through drama or role-play ( a speech by a Roman general encouraging the troops , an argument between a Celt and a Roman over whether the conquest of Britain was a good or a bad thing ) . |
| 2 | In dress he was no better than a brickwork tramp , though , in fairness , he wore a tie . |
| 3 | Thereafter each quite expensive ball-cum-transmitter was no better than a simple ball . |
| 4 | An unsuccessful artist was no better than a lunatic in the eyes of these people . |
| 5 | There was Mrs Moore , the dentist 's wife , mother of his friend who had committed suicide because life did not seem worth living ; and there was Mary Johnson 's mother looking as prim as a prune , not knowing that her daughter was no better than a streetwalker . |
| 6 | Equally , a feminist who left a meeting , went home and jumped into bed with hubbie or boyfriend , was no better than a member of the fifth column . |
| 7 | Her mother said that what he was doing was no better than a husband who runs off with another woman . |