Example sentences of "be good [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had heard that the Feds at Lockerbie had been good as gold , working at the pace required , picking up on every small detail provided by the forensic team at Farnborough , where the 747 had been reconstructed . |
| 2 | These varieties are good if seed is what you are after . |
| 3 | Others have specialized in insuring only the more hair-raising elements of their colleagues ' risks , which is a recipe for wealth when times are good and bankruptcy at other times . |
| 4 | The King , who had not forgotten the sermons of Andrewes , told Parliament that ‘ Princes are not bound to give account of their actions but to God alone ’ and that ‘ Parliaments are altogether in my power for their calling , sitting and dissolution ; as I find the fruits of them to be good or evil they are to continue or not to be . ’ |
| 5 | It 'll be good because Daddy can live on one kidney and I 'll only have to carry on taking one drug . |
| 6 | As the election approached , perceptions about party chances of victory became more homogeneous : most voters thought Conservative chances were good and Alliance chances were poor . |
| 7 | I knew I was being bewitched , laid under a spell so intensely personal , so thrilling , I did not have the power to resist it , or to judge if it were good or evil . |
| 8 | Ceauşescu knew Lenin 's dictum , ‘ trust is good but control is better ’ , and ordered the Securitate to send in new informers and to recruit more from among the existing workforce as well . |
| 9 | It is good that information about antibiotic treatment is given in the article , I feel bound to question the reference made to feeding antibiotics to Koi as a matter of routine without first ascertaining the presence of disease and the validity of a specific antibiotic to deal with it . |
| 10 | His car is good as gold . |
| 11 | Both in the wild and in captivity , a pair of barn owls can breed all year round if the weather is good and food plentiful . |
| 12 | The weather forecast is good and rain is not expected for the next few days . |
| 13 | I would have like to see some attempt to error-trap the data input routine , but help with record location is good and editing is easy , so reliance on the good sense of the computer operator should be a feasible proposition . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's good as gold is my ole mum , but now me farvver 's gone on short-time she 's feelin' the pinch . |
| 15 | She 's good as gold she is . |
| 16 | Common sense told her to beat it while the going was good but loyalty held her , undecided . |
| 17 | I ran hard and fast along the wet sand where it was good and firm , making a jet noise with my mouth and holding my binoculars and bag down tight to my sides . |
| 18 | We took the light out , just along from the stop , so it was good and dark . |
| 19 | A fragile , breakable , disposable population , with no more than a toe-hold on life when trade was good and employment more plentiful ; flicked off life 's surface , almost without being noticed , when it was not . |
| 20 | She was good as gold ; I do n't know what he would 've done without her ! ’ |