StringNet search result

Example sentences of "good an " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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 .