Example sentences of "good [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , she missed her family , but her father 's promotion to foreign correspondent had been too good a chance for him to miss . |
| 2 | ‘ Wolves ! ’ shouted Giles drunkenly , ‘ wolves , that 's what they are , the pack of them , they 're traitors to the human race , scavengers , look at them , look at them , wolves is too good a word for them , jackals , hyenas , that 's what they are , hyenas ! ’ |
| 3 | Who dare offer anything to her in such an orderly and wellgoverned house as yours , and under a master of so good a character for virtue and honour ? |
| 4 | exceed all the others in Europe for wholesome produce and a variety of Herbs are those at the Neat-Houses near Tuttle-fields , Westminster , which abound in Salads , early Cucumbers , Colliflowers , Melons , Winter Asparagus and almost every Herb fitting the Table ; and I think there is no where so good a school for a Kitchen Gardener as this place : tho' Battersea affords the largest natural Asparagus and the earliest Cabbages . |
| 5 | If she told them what she was doing they would probably support her , probably do as good a job for her as they did for Nina . |
| 6 | The political turmoil in England following the deposition of Edward II was too good an opportunity for Bruce to miss , even though the truce of 1323 still had nine years to run . |
| 7 | A golf tournament with royal patronage was too good an opportunity for a publicity-minded company to miss . |
| 8 | ‘ This is too good an event for Scotland to lose , ’ Mr Wilson said . |
| 9 | But it is seldom given as good an excuse for playing rough as it was this week by the blunder of the guerrilla force that has been fighting it for 23 years in Namibia and by the embarrassing unreadiness of the United Nations peacekeeping force to do its job of supervising the Namibian peace settlement . |
| 10 | His final , understated comments on the worthwhile qualities of a career in politics are as good an apologia for a much-derided trade as I have read recently . |
| 11 | He was as good an advertisement for vegetables as I 'd ever come across . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm much too good an actress for that . |
| 13 | Europe 's best no match for Robert DUNLOP HITS GLORY TRAIL |
| 14 | Europe 's best no match for Robert |