Example sentences of "be good for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old man will never be good for much now . ’ |
| 2 | The ‘ trade union question ’ would cease to haunt the Labour Party and while that might upset some Conservatives it would be good for the country . |
| 3 | ‘ This will be good for the Montenegrin economy too . ’ |
| 4 | But it wo n't be good for the party . ’ |
| 5 | Yesterday 's denoument will also turn out to be good for Edwards , who will be able to sell his stake for a good deal more than the £10m on offer . |
| 6 | The obvious disadvantage here is the possibility of cold spots along the stitching and such bags tend only to be good for one or two season use . |
| 7 | You could get out more , it would be good for you , darling . ’ |
| 8 | The desire to create a pseudo-history of the movement 's afterlife may be good for business , and may have provided extra material for the book ( I refer to the Boston text , see pp. 10–13 ) but it is not in keeping with the purer aims of the Situationists outlined elsewhere in these and other texts . |
| 9 | ‘ February is only a short month , so it is not going to have a devastating effect on figures , and there are now signs that the recession is bottoming out , which has to be good for the industry , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 10 | ‘ Piss is supposed to be good for warts , ’ Arty said . |
| 11 | It would be good for the Hong Kong citizens , and it would be inconsistent for Thatcher not to do this , since she has said , for the Falklands , that a people should be able to choose their own government , and we should n't give in to dictatorships . |
| 12 | He wants a girl friend and I want a boy friend , and as I like him ( or at least what I know of him ) and I think he likes me , I think it would be good for both of us if we could be friends . |
| 13 | Its true reasoning was that doubled car consumption would be good for General Motors and what was good for General Motors , as its president , Charles E. Wilson , memorably announced as his political philosophy , was good for the country . |
| 14 | But in Britain , television , like the cod-liver oil forced down the gagging throats of Welfare-State children , was supposed to be good for you . |
| 15 | How something that is good for the company will be good for them . |
| 16 | She wrote , with an unaccustomed fluency , which made her sister wonder if the words had been thought up by her alone , that : — it would not be good for Oreste to leave here at this moment since he has been ill and though he is making a good recovery the doctor who you can be sure I was quick to call and no expense being spared but your money put to good use has said it would injure his general well-being to travel in his weakened state . |
| 17 | Whatever the reasons , the nostalgia should be good for business . |
| 18 | Science : When suicide can be good for your long-term healthRoger Highfield discusses new insights into the body 's ways of controlling its own development |
| 19 | What 's good for showbusiness and for running and jumping must be good for the United Kingdom , and therefore this lot deserves my vote . |
| 20 | Haldane also saw that there must be evolutionary conflicts between different levels of selection , that what was good for the individual might not be good for the species , what was good for a male might not be good for a female , and , above all , what was good for a gene might not be good for an individual . |
| 21 | Haldane also saw that there must be evolutionary conflicts between different levels of selection , that what was good for the individual might not be good for the species , what was good for a male might not be good for a female , and , above all , what was good for a gene might not be good for an individual . |
| 22 | Haldane also saw that there must be evolutionary conflicts between different levels of selection , that what was good for the individual might not be good for the species , what was good for a male might not be good for a female , and , above all , what was good for a gene might not be good for an individual . |
| 23 | It 's probably unnecessary attention at this point in my career but it would be good for the sport in this country . |
| 24 | IT WAS sweet news for the sweet of tooth when a respected dental research centre in America announced that eating chocolate can be good for your teeth . |
| 25 | You 're the only one in the world I need , I 'd be good for you . |
| 26 | Clinging to the US axis might be good for morale but did nothing for Britain 's environmental reputation . |
| 27 | Banks which are responsive to their customers will be good for the economy . |
| 28 | ‘ Because it would be good for some of us to see the first moments of your great fame . ’ |
| 29 | Who is to say that the poorer countries of Europe are to be happy with a dominant Germany just because it is said to be good for ‘ Europe ’ ? |
| 30 | It must be good for the soul . ’ |