Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] a good [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always been a d-i-y enthusiast , but it 's been more through lack of funds than genuine enthusiasm — not exactly a good basis for totally renovating a derelict house . |
| 2 | Photography is a highly specialised business and apart from the odd record shot it is not usually a good idea for the PRO to take his or her own photographs . |
| 3 | A further problem of the street quota system is that people on the busiest streets are not always a good sample of the general population . |
| 4 | This was not always a good thing for Virgin . |
| 5 | It is also important to recognise that , for many of those with disabilities , performance in one situation , such as school , is not always a good guide to performance in real living and working situations . |
| 6 | Is there not now a good case for strengthening the frontier wire , as a matter of urgency ? |
| 7 | The most easily quantifiable , if however the most elusive , value in these factors is money , and so not surprisingly a good deal of attention has been paid to this variable . |
| 8 | For eighteenth-century England there is no good history of sex , none of prostitution ; not even a good history of attitudes to women . |
| 9 | " But wonderful times are n't always a good basis for marriage , " Sara suggested gently . |