Example sentences of "[noun] can [prep] good [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , one can point to notable successes such as the investigations of the intelligence agencies ( see above ) , but the sheer size of the federal bureaucracy means that oversight can at best be random and episodic . |
| 2 | The issue is far from simple , particularly as that phrase can at best be only a convenient label for the resultant of many political pressures and influences . |
| 3 | The actual products are not necessarily in any way lesser — or for that matter , better — than their commercial counterparts ( although , in truth , a number of programs released as shareware can at best be described as ‘ limited ’ from a commercial viewpoint ) . |
| 4 | Attempts to examine survival and replacement rates in rural society and in towns other than London have made it clear that conclusions can at best be tentative . |
| 5 | Flanked by two enormous screens which depict various hazy hallucinatory effects , they easy their way in gradually , seemingly unperturbed by the presence of MC Wayne , whose contribution to the evening 's entertainment can at best be described as ‘ minimal ’ . |
| 6 | Flanked by two enormous screens which depict various hazy hallucinatory effects , they easy their way in gradually , seemingly unperturbed by the presence of MC Wayne , whose contribution to the evening 's entertainment can at best be described as ‘ minimal ’ . |