Example sentences of "[is] [adj] good " in BNC.

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1 I wonder if the Oratory is any good ? ’
2 But his course-work ought not to be irredeemably F. If the teacher is any good , he should be teaching his pupils all the time , so as to improve their historical understanding and their powers of accurate expression , to raise them from F to E and D and beyond .
3 That Miss Bedwelty — she 's one of the green welly brigade , only think a horse is any good if it goes sideways and backwards — all that dressage lark — ’ ( Mr Bean called it ‘ Dressidge ’ . )
4 After all , if it is any good it should be able to do its job without further help .
5 Trials at least provide a statistically acceptable basis for deciding whether or not a treatment is any good . ’
6 All you have to do , with any of these research methods and findings , is to decide which answer ( if any ) tells you the most about whether the commercial is any good .
7 The camp is made of trash but none of it is any good .
8 She said : ‘ Tell me what the story is and I 'll tell you whether your contact is any good . ’
9 ‘ If that gelding of yours is any good , I 'll put my hand in my pocket for him for Dolly .
10 Number 12 , if two nights is any good to you ? ’
11 ‘ But — do n't you realise that nothing is any good unless it is shared ? ’
12 The drawing system , if it is any good , is highly structured .
13 ‘ IF the thing is any good you do n't get the credit because it is very much a director 's medium .
14 And scarcely half believe she 's any good in the kitchen .
15 If it 's any good we 'll nick it and make a fortune , and if it ai n't … we 'll call you .
16 I 've tried everything for it nothing 's any good .
17 ‘ I 'm free in the late afternoon , if that 's any good .
18 I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence .
19 They wo n't love , let's , let's , let's get it over with see what 's happening before we start jumping the gun , throws in if there 's any good we 'll have them
20 Is there anybody we know that 's any good at tuitioning ?
21 So wait and see if it 's any good , I do n't know .
22 Well if it 's any good I mean that 's not bad for the for the for , for the other room is it ?
23 You reckon he 's any good ?
24 Well , cos if it 's any good , .
25 I do n't know whether that 's any good to you Richard .
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