Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contract may be good or the cheque generous , but it lacks the binding authorization of a signature . |
| 2 | Some of these rules may be good in other situations , and deserve high weights . |
| 3 | No change must be good . |
| 4 | The main cloud base should be at least 2000 feet above the highest ground in the region , the freezing level must be high and the visibility should be good . |
| 5 | ‘ Johnston Press has started 1993 encouragingly and the prospects of further progress must be good , ’ he added . |
| 6 | Resale values should be good , too . |
| 7 | FASTER , quieter aircraft may be good for people — but not for the world 's natural fliers . |
| 8 | But if one rids oneself of the idea that there need be any thing in common to good things , other than that they are good , one will be ready to recognize that there may be other good things which do not involve pleasure , that some things which involve pleasure may be good rather than bad , and that relative goodness need not be proportional to relative pleasurableness . |
| 9 | ‘ What 's good enough for a retired archaeologist should be good enough for a Greek cryptologist , ’ Hawkins said . |
| 10 | He accounted for Robin Smith , David Gower and Malcolm Marshall , the kind of trio whose dismissals must be good for any young bowler 's morale . |
| 11 | Good religion could be good politics , good politics could require good religion , and there can be no question that Cnut threw himself into certain aspects of his role with zest . |
| 12 | Gordon Brown also promised Labour would be good news for big employers … like the nearby Rover plant in Cowley . |
| 13 | Increasingly , corporations are questioning whether the costs of resourcing remote centralised units — of which environmental scanning units and competitor intelligence units would be good examples — produce comparable benefits . |
| 14 | A win for United would give them a good chance ; a draw would be tantamoumt to playing Russian Roulette and defeat would be good night . |
| 15 | Neither side was prepared to comment on the suggestion , but given IBM 's surplus manufacturing capacity , such a deal would be good sense . |
| 16 | Neither side was prepared to comment on the suggestion , but given IBM 's surplus manufacturing capacity , such a deal would be good sense . |
| 17 | The departure of sweatshops to China , Vietnam or Indonesia will be good news for Thailand only if better jobs replace them . |
| 18 | The mountains will always be there , the seasons will come and go , the snow will be good again and it will be bad again . |
| 19 | Until there are more planners than required , training and job opportunities will be good . |
| 20 | Otherwise one might make a statistical correction or even hope that its effect is small , i.e. discrimination might be good enough even when light is lost due to blocking . |
| 21 | Fibre from cereals such as wheat bran or wholemeal bread may be good for constipation , but the fibre from fruit and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of appendicitis and coronary heart disease . |
| 22 | The proliferation of glossy reports , brochures and prospectuses may be good for the designers and a printing company or two , but our impression is that this is more about the marketing of the British government than about marketing West Belfast , and we wonder what it achieves in terms of breaking down outsiders ' negative stereotypes of the area and of the people who live here . |
| 23 | On the one hand , many pagan religious and philosophical moralists frowned on sexual activity as carnal and obstructive to the higher aspirations of the soul ; yet the reproductive impulse ensures the survival of human society and its exercise must be good when directed to procreation rather than pleasure . |
| 24 | For other conditions such as retinal disease and macular degeneration , illumination must be good but without glare . |
| 25 | Bad news for IBM could be good news for ordinary users as it should become more attentive to their needs . |
| 26 | Some 85 per cent of respondents also reckoned such companies would be good to work for . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | A girl would be good . ’ |
| 29 | February will be good , we should it before March . |
| 30 | Women also created important opportunities for the many tasks of childcare to be handled through routines ( see page 36 ) , another example where what is good for the child can be good for the parent . |