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

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1 The hangers could in fact go , go in there because that looked to be rather a good hanger , frankly .
2 On the corner I think would be perhaps a good idea , do you think ?
3 If Gay came , she would be indoors a good deal , and would be company for Susan while Breeze the Breadwinner was out .
4 ‘ Michel wrote to me sometime ago — not from Paris– that they would be away a good deal longer than they originally planned , complications having arisen .
5 If he had had his way , he would have stayed in Wilson 's house all day long and as it was managed to be there a good half of it .
6 ‘ It does n't seem to occur to anyone that all these people going on about UFOs and the general hilarity they cause would be quite a good disguise for the government if it did want to cover up weapons testing . ’
7 To this end it can be quite a good idea to sit down and make a list of all the social activities you would like to enjoy if you were free to do so -such as visiting and entertaining friends , going to the theatre , cinema , concerts , evening classes , study groups , church activities and special interest clubs , as well as the occasional holiday .
8 If you were to consult fibre charts , you would see that watercress ( 33 per cent fibre ) appears to be quite a good source .
9 Memory is an inadequate guide to advertising effectiveness though , other things being equal , there seems to be quite a good a priori case in favour of memorability .
10 After having hear his discourse on the wonders of interchangeable brain chips and the lunar landscape just above the ceiling border in thirty Road , I think he would probably be quite a good candidate .
11 Erm so they that might be quite a good area .
12 Erm if you have a look at the the Stephen , we 'll go over I think the Stephen first martyr because without that really I think that 'd be quite a good focus of of er for the talking about the gifts .
13 ‘ You 'll be quite a good sort of person by the time you return from the Future , supposing you do return , of course , because I did n't like the sound of that spell , did you ?
14 It was turning out to be quite a good day .
15 I think that would be quite a good subject .
16 The old direct questions seemed to be quite a good technique .
17 Er with reference to the great pestilence er makes me think of the original great pestilence , the Black Death and of course er contaminated individuals be put in a pest house far away from places of habitation but they can contaminate others which one ca n't help thinking that it would be quite a good policy has commissioned .
18 That , that could be quite a good opportunity actually actually , could n't it .
19 It could be quite a good er model .
20 So in some states it 's sixteen , in some states it 's eighteen , in some states twenty one er and Reagan thought it would be quite a good idea if they had uniformity across America er in which , you know , that they would raise the drinking age to twenty one er and this would then er reduce the incidence of teenage drunk driving and if you 've ever been in an American bar you will know you 're very often funnily enough they do n't ask me so much these days but you 're very often asked to prove your age , you know , er and you have to produce your driver 's licence and all the rest of it erm and so he increasing
21 Well , should be quite a good do .
22 I think that that would probably be quite a good idea would n't it , really ?
23 Friends family and stuff , day sort of thing , that 'll be quite a good idea .
24 Well it could be quite a good story .
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