Example sentences of "good [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | That was good enough for BA to launch a rights issue to raise £442m to pay for its grand ambition : to become the first and biggest global airline . |
2 | ‘ If I 'm good enough for royalty surely I 'm good enough for Mr Wilmot . ’ |
3 | We have looked at these carefully , but feel that even with careful selection and improvement in proficiency with the equipment they would still not be good enough for reproduction . |
4 | Gedge went on to regret persuading the rest of the band that it was good enough for release as a single . |
5 | But it was not good enough for Mum . |
6 | There are a large number of mistakes because the original quality was not good enough for FAXgrabber to cope with . |
7 | Very few trees in a tropical rainforest are good enough for logging — perhaps two or three in every hundred . |
8 | The backs of old envelopes may be good enough for shopping lists but scrappy notes are worse than none . |
9 | While he mulled over his future , Rudd gradually sorted out the handling so that by July 1960 the Type 48 was good enough for Hill to put in a brilliant performance in the British Grand Prix , clawing his way into the lead after losing a third of a lap through stalling on the grid . |
10 | It 's not big enough for any high speed runs , but when it 's windy , it 's good enough for training . |
11 | On tries the cherry and whites won by three to one … they looked sharp enough moving into attack … and looked good enough for victory … they even took the lead midway through the first half … with a well worked and well taken try by Tim Smith … |
12 | In Paris , Sally would insist , she 'd starve , and Walt used to claim that he 'd never be able to write anything good enough for acceptance by a commercial publisher . |
13 | He knew he was never going to be good enough for Formula One but his father would n't listen . |
14 | But there are no words good enough for perfection . |
15 | ‘ You have only expressed the shadow of your ideas , because you are n't good enough at drawing or painting , but the ideas , where did they come from ? |
16 | Regretting that these people would now ‘ experience further disadvantage , ’ Neil bravely predicted that ‘ one day our nation will get better better in spirit . ’ |
17 | Obviously we have n't been good away from home this season but I was pleased again with the attitude on Saturday . |
18 | I did not speak to Harold Wilson or to Lady Falkender about the matter , since I was sure that strenuous efforts would be made to prevent disclosure , but I was equally sure from Denis Hamilton 's attitude that this would not succeed and it was therefore better not to try . |
19 | If you 're lying in bed trying to go to sleep and you 're screwing yourself into a ball of self-disgust , you 're gon na find the sheets get colder and your limbs get stiffer , and if you do n't break the mood you 'd be better out of bed . |
20 | However , collective provision is also provided by government which may charge a zero toll and finance the good out of tax revenues . |
21 | No doubt his poem , which congressmen listened to with deepest embarrassment , sounded better late at night , after a beer or two . |
22 | ‘ Then we will take the boy 's speech and writing which is so good and subject it to careful analysis and if we teach the other boys whose writing and speech is not so good how to subject what they say and write to this kind of analysis they will realise how badly they speak and write and will promptly set about trying to improve the way they speak and write … . ’ |
23 | The subsequent reconciliation of the bourgeoisie to " the coming of democracy " owed much to the fact that these fears ( or hopes ) were not realized , or realized at best only in part . |
24 | When she saw Daniel , shedding red and white fuzz , she said palely that she was afraid now she would lose little Stephen , it was hope that killed you , was n't it , best not to hope , but what else could you do , sitting there ? |
25 | Any manager who fails to devise adequate systems for job control is at best not in control and at worst out of control . |
26 | I 'm best out of lot , lot |
27 | There was a small mirror hanging on the door in which she combed her hair ; a woman liked to look her best even at work . |
28 | The Reunion planned for 3rd , 4th and 5th April will be the best yet including wine tasting and a charity auction . |