Sentence examples for equivalent of good from inspiring English sources

One orchestra trustee called the announcement the equivalent of: "Good news, you've just been mugged".

Mr. McCain was by far the frostier, offering Mr. Bush the political equivalent of "Good luck, you'll need it".

Those days are the dog-run equivalent of Good Friday, for while they're sad and dogless, they do signal a sort of rebirth.

So this evidence of increased footfall (either through more visitors or more return visits) is the equivalent of good quarterly results from a high street store.

The equivalent of good design in the animal kingdom is the fitness of an individual animal.

I could muster only the equivalent of "Good luck to her... and you".

Separating life expectancy into equivalent years of good health and years lost to sub-optimal health thus widens rather than narrows the difference in health status between the rich and the poor countries.

He refused to recognize that some inborn knack, independent of intellect, permitted him to write -- some storyteller's equivalent of a good ear in music or a good eye in the visual arts.

To be good at a profession is the equivalent of being good at a performing art.

Mr. Lazio even tried to sound like the New York equivalent of a good old boy, quoting -- that is, misquoting -- Casey Stengel.

If such talk is too populist for you, then think of it this way: that purchased ticket was the equivalent of one good review, and a million of those tickets meant a million good reviews.