Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] good [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six sectors down ten percent , that of course included investment banking which we have n't touched on , but er the Lazard Houses profits were down a little less than ten percent which is rather good going , given their erm heavy specialist skills in M and A which were a little bit in short supply last year . |
| 2 | In celebration of what was arguably mankind 's greatest achievement to put a man on the moon , Spaceprints is making you an offer which is too good to miss . |
| 3 | She hated the fast ground at York and she 's too good to abuse . |
| 4 | However , the jokes are a bit stale for real belly laughs , so if you 've seen him before it 's probably better to wait for the next batch . |
| 5 | As arms tire you may like to fiddle a tape around the obvious thread , though it 's probably better to continue . |
| 6 | It 's probably better to set your mind to the possibility that you may not get what you want that quickly this year — which does n't mean you wo n't get it ever . |
| 7 | I 'm an academic , but I take the view that it 's probably better to let the peak birthrate come into universities and higher education in nineteen eighty two and nineteen eighty three , rather than to cut back on universities . |
| 8 | So it 's probably better to stick to the system of A times that one , that gives us the A squared okay . |
| 9 | I suppose if you think about it his parents probably think it 's probably good to get him out of London and get him doing something . |
| 10 | It 's probably best to declare an interest . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , there 's not really anything worthy of the title ‘ stance ’ hereabouts , so unless you are running very short of gear or are totally bushed , it 's probably best to press on . |
| 12 | It 's probably best to establish the inverts before adding any fish . |
| 13 | You will have to decide whether you are happier working in metric or imperial units ; it 's probably best to have a steel rule graduated in both and the longest you can have — 5m or 16ft is a useful length . |
| 14 | A funny creation , it 's probably best to read it first before you change your life , as all it may signpost is another batch of second-rate lifestyle articles . |
| 15 | The ones I 've got at the moment are having a little difficulty in working things out , one does n't realise that it 's not best to try to head the ball back to the goalie when there 's a man breathing down the back of his neck , the other has n't been able to find his brain and the oldest one of the lot is always injured . |
| 16 | But , them , the way that it 's played now is it 's not erm , it 's not good to watch ! |
| 17 | Yeah , it 's not good to hold your breath for too long , mind . |
| 18 | Huh it 's not good helping us to do it , we need money to , to do it within schools , so we are proposing an increase in the delegated budgets of both primary and secondary schools , special educational needs |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , aye ; it 's not good to let people know about human nature , is it ? |
| 20 | it 's not good to stick one finger up ! |
| 21 | ‘ If you 're layering guitars onto a track , it 's not good to layer a Gibson through a Vox over and over again . |
| 22 | And it 's no good actually , it 's not good pulling it like that and pulling it away because it 'll still be there . |
| 23 | It 's surely better to do without milk and butter than without bread . |
| 24 | If you can afford to , it 's generally best to spread your auditions around the drama schools so that you are seen more than once . |
| 25 | that 's right , it 's , it 's pretty good going anyway |
| 26 | It 's just good to hear it said once in a while ! |
| 27 | But I still thinks it 's just best to leave that on there . |
| 28 | It 's also good to see a British company doing well abroad , with exports as far afield as Europe , USA , Australia , Japan , Taiwan and even New Zealand . |
| 29 | North Yorkshire offers excellent possibilities for challenging walking but it 's also good to know that there 's plenty to do close at hand when the weather turns moorland expeditions into exercises in masochism . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's really good to see you , Christina , ’ he said warmly . |