Example sentences of "be good [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Stasi , Honecker 's secret police , have been good Sturmabteilungen for us . |
| 2 | This has all been good training for his new post . |
| 3 | The fishermen are good men for their comforts , and then they do patronise the bar . |
| 4 | Leather shoes and bags , although not cheap , are good value for their quality . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mind fighting her because it will be good experience for me . |
| 6 | There may be good reasons for it being as it is , but it could be different , and is different in other countries . |
| 7 | The keeper said resignedly , " Anyway it will be good practice for your casting . " |
| 8 | The risk of losing what little bust they might have is enough to discourage many an overweight lady from commencing to diet , so this diet must therefore be good news for them . |
| 9 | But for our present purpose , Parsons ' young friends will be good witnesses for us . |
| 10 | There were good reasons for his decision , not least of which was the stability that the old man 's presence would bring to the Security forces . |
| 11 | Headington Amateurs were good value for their two nil victory over Thame at Barton , which now sets up a quarter final tie at Witney . |
| 12 | That is a benefit to him which is good consideration for his promise to pay maintenance . |
| 13 | I am a keen fan of Eldorado , I am house bound , so TV is good company for me . |
| 14 | Neues Deutschland , the GDR party daily , displayed a declaration by Erich Honecker , the country 's leader , that ‘ the existence of the Socialist German Democratic Republic is good fortune for our people , and for the peoples of Europe ’ . |
| 15 | Abe Nathan , Middle East peace campaigner , jailed for six months in Israel for meeting Yasser Arafat The existence of the Socialist German Democratic Republic is good fortune for our people , and for the peoples of Europe . |
| 16 | Handling apparatus is good fun for them — unusual apparatus , doing the experiments , taking readings , plotting graphs is fun . |
| 17 | She feels it is good experience for her children too . |
| 18 | I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me . |
| 19 | The possible re-establishment of the black-footed ferret is good news for everyone except prairie dogs . |
| 20 | These have improved in recent years , both in the air and on the sea , and that is good news for everyone here . |
| 21 | Which is good news for me ! ’ |
| 22 | Over 300 BA members are now also members of the scheme , and this is good news for them . ’ |
| 23 | It is good news for his firm , Chemical Discoveries ; ‘ But perhaps more importantly it will enhance our ambitions for innovating large-scale land reclamation projects to benefit underdeveloped countries . |
| 24 | It is good news for our workforce , clients and sub-contractors . ’ |
| 25 | Moving to a healthier diet is good news for you , your partner and your children . |
| 26 | This , in one way , is good news for us in that it means that there will be less and less arkies needed . |
| 27 | There is good reason for its common name ; the bruised foliage , whose odour has mint-like associations , induces cats to roll all over the plant , eventually ruining it , but it is said that plants grown from seed will be safe until dying down , or withering for some reason . |
| 28 | This shoaling in like sizes is established at a very early age , and there is good reason for it . |
| 29 | Erm and the fact that we 're making over sixty per cent margin i is good business for us in such Okay it 's only twenty K , but potentially longer term when the recovery comes , they 're gon na be |
| 30 | Fundamentally , the reason why it is good policy for us to try to explain biological phenomena in terms of gene advantage is that genes are replicators . |