Example sentences of "good as it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good as it 'll ever be . |
| 2 | I 'm not saying the defence was crap , just not as good as it might have looked at first glance . |
| 3 | The view is never as good as it ought to be . |
| 4 | The music is still as good as it used to be . |
| 5 | The view that the concern about the declining calibre of councillors has much in common with the opinion that Punch is not as good as it used to be , and the well-known response that it never was , can be supported from the details given in Table 7. 1 . |
| 6 | I 've noticed that most people over the age of forty whinge like a chainsaw about their memory not being as good as it used to be , or not being as good as they wish it were . |
| 7 | I can see , well that meat was n't as good as it used to usually get |
| 8 | A lack of isobars however was not necessarily good as it could indicate an area of high pressure , and in winter this usually meant fog . |
| 9 | There is no doubt that performance can be improved in many cases , but the fundamental question has to be asked whether such foliar feeding or boosting is merely making up and filling a gap left by normal cultivation that is not as good as it could be . |
| 10 | about how stuffy it is , and the like when we agreed that is was erm not as good as it could be , may I just say erm , but we have n't got any , if you like , er statistical measurement , and one of the actual points that were starting to do now is we 're actually going to start reporting tu , temperature and humidity on the first , second , and third floors within G P House . |
| 11 | ‘ We all had a good view of you , yesterday , ’ said Ron , ‘ but not as good as it could be . ’ |
| 12 | We all know that there 's a fundamental divide within the Conservative party which no amount of packaging can camouflage , although the packing last time round perhaps er was n't quite as good as it could have been . |
| 13 | His job is to look after us both as regards our work at the Institute as well as on recreational trips , and he does his best , although his English is perhaps not as good as it could be ( at least he sometimes does n't seem to understand what we say ) . |
| 14 | Now we do n't have huge , we we .. we 've turned down our thing so that we do n't get the kitchen sink , which is also off the mains , brrrr splattering everywhere , so that could explain why mine is n't as good as it could be , yes you 're right . |
| 15 | I 've been told it 's about as good as it will gfet for the time being . |
| 16 | We try and make everything as good as it can be and I write guitar lines that will be heard . |
| 17 | Is the recording quality as good as it can be ? |
| 18 | In particular the fitting of trim around the doors and working lights was not as good as it should be . |
| 19 | ‘ They still knock the ball about very well but like ourselves they do n't score as many goals as they should and their defence is n't as good as it should be either . |
| 20 | The correct naming of herbs is a third aspect which unfortunately is not yet as good as it should be . |
| 21 | The actual quality in the , in the er print the sharpness , er that sort of thing , is perhaps not quite as good as it should be but I still , an eight for that one . |
| 22 | Without that , public confidence in my opinion is not as good as it should be . |