Example sentences of "say [prep] [be] a good " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The case may be said to be a good example of the stringency with which the courts scrutinise transactions of guarantee entered into at the instance of a debtor who is likely to be in a position to exert influence on the surety and in circumstances in which the surety can derive no conceivable benefit from the transaction .
2 The Prince of Wales could hardly be said to be a good luck symbol at the moment .
3 This artist 's impression is said to be a good likeness of the attacker who 's thought to be in his late 30s and has a pot belly .
4 Less ten less ten percent he said for being a good customer .
5 Franca , said to be a good cook , was not a good cook , just an ingenious cook .
6 fresh flowerheads or petals , for healing wounds , and to treat conjunctivitis ; leaves said to be a good remedy for the pain of a bee or wasp sting
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