Example sentences of "good an " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ We thought it was as good an excuse as any and we were all able to get away at the same time . |
3 | Sloane himself reckoned that such an opportunity to travel and at the same time pursue the practice of physic was too good an opportunity to miss . |
4 | An experience of tragedy might convince them that God is not good An argument about theism might convince them that God does not exist . |
5 | The non-turbo 2.5 diesel is as good an engine as any for your IIA , fits relatively easily and is a cost-effective conversion . |
6 | Probably as good an index of success as any . |
7 | This was too good an opportunity to miss because Alan had fished Hope for many years and knew every inch , intimately . |
8 | He was as good an advertisement for vegetables as I 'd ever come across . |
9 | Retirement was n't as good an idea as he thought it was going to be . |
10 | It was put repeatedly to the psychologist witnesses called by the defence that whatever the tests might say those present could form as good an impression of Mr X 's intelligence from observing his behaviour in the witness box . |
11 | A crook and a bastard Short might be , but it would be surprising if he were that good an actor . |
12 | It was too good an opportunity to miss . |
13 | ‘ I 'm much too good an actress for that . |
14 | Anyway , the sound of the three Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II pickups is as good an incentive as any to get used to this guitar . |
15 | Miss Thorne did n't think this was too good an idea but time was precious , so she agreed . |
16 | It was just too good an opportunity to miss . ’ |
17 | Legend has it that Nigel Rudd was watching Magic Roundabout with his four year old son when he finally decided that the recession was too good an opportunity to miss . |
18 | Legend has it that Nigel Rudd was watching Magic Roundabout with his four year old son when he finally decided that the recession was too good an opportunity to miss |
19 | If you start getting twitchy towards the end , and develop a migraine the day you get back , that 's probably as good an indicator as any that your stress level is affecting your health . |
20 | My father taught me that there is only one thing more boring in life than listening to other people 's dreams and that is listening to stories about their operations ; and I only tell mine now because those I had during the early 1980s are as good an example as any of how modern medicine has helped to prolong life ; without them it is unlikely that I would be sitting here writing this . |
21 | Except for the ansaphone buzzing , and the vibration on the floor of his assailant moving rapidly towards the french windows , to make good an escape down the back way . |
22 | This was too good an option to miss and in April 1989 the building was ordered . |
23 | Well Shanice , that 's about as good an idea as covering your arse in petrol and striking a match on your trousers , is n't it ? |
24 | We consider that a child in care has a right to at least as good an education as any other child . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | Just the business How good an all-purpose touring aircraft is the TB20 ? |
27 | ‘ Wasserflut ’ is as good an example as any of her new-found power , with the weight of phrase and the sustained legato exemplary , rising to a shattering climax in the last line . |
28 | ‘ I know Alf 's a figure of fun but people do n't know how good an actor Bryan is . |
29 | Do tell me , believe me that in me you have the best audience of your life , you will never find as good an audience as me . " |
30 | This does happen occasionally and when all else fails it is as good an excuse as any , since it puts the blame firmly where it belongs , on the fish 's shoulders not the fishkeepers . |