Example sentences of "not bad for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	That 's not bad for a nutritious , warming and satisfying meal .
2	He claims to have been paddling for 26 years , not bad for a 32 year old .
3	Not bad for a first international race and the Liphook company director never even had to change a wheel .
4	It was not bad for a first try from a scratch team , ’ added Chris .
5	Former Supreme Diana Ross posed in a skimpy T-shirt and delightedly declared : ‘ Not bad for a 49-year-old mother of five . ’
6	Completely inaccurate , of course , but not bad for a seven-year-old .
7	William Whitelaw 's brother officers in the Scots Guards included , for example , a future Archbishop of Canterbury , a future Lord Chamberlain , the man who would become Moderator of the Church of Scotland , the future chairman of United Biscuits and five lord lieutenants as well as the Home Secretary : not bad for a single officers ' mess .
8	If power is reduced below that required for level flight when the wheels are retracted the plastic wheel flashes red — not bad for a forty-year-old design .
9	Not bad for a little girl of 4 who , just over a year ago , could n't speak a word of English ( could barely speak , indeed , a word of anything ) .
10	Not bad for a rain-soaked island somewhere off the northern coast of Europe .
11	Not bad for a 8,400 guineas buy . ’
12	Not bad for a free transfer .
13	Not bad for the first day , she thought with a sense of satisfaction as she washed her hands and tucked in a few strands of escaping hair .
14	This was one of the reasons why Bethune-Baker , who thought that everything obscure was woolly , regarded him as useless if not bad for the young .
15	Not bad for an old timer !
16	Even when made up with the finest cosmetics money could buy it would never be beautiful , but still … not bad for an ugly duckling , Sally thought , smiling wryly .
17	Which is n't bad for a blinkin' instrumental …

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