Example sentences of "[verb] is good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Walking is good for everyone whatever their age or level of fitness , ’ said Frank Kelly , the Health Promotion Agency 's physical activity programme manager . |
| 2 | Walking is good for the soul , it 's . |
| 3 | Libraries in general have an image of unparticularized worthiness and sobriety , and many young librarians have an admirable messianic zeal about them , a firm belief that what their library has is good for people and that membership lists and issue figures must be pushed up for their own sake . |
| 4 | By and large , these and other regional officers ' reports from the second wave of evacuation did not indicate that the outcry of September 1939 was justified ; typical of them was the verdict of one officer in October 1940 that ‘ the general standard of those evacuated is good and 80% of them should offer no difficulty at all in billeting ’ . |
| 5 | Happen to know is good , thought Coffin . |
| 6 | How else is the good reader to learn the difference between what others — critics for example — say is good , and what is personally judged to be good ? |
| 7 | ‘ Since I met Dorian Gray , the work that I 've done is good , the best work of my life . |
| 8 | There are nt that many midfielders higher than speed/macca — and basically midfield only score point for goals/assists … so strach is good value , macca is good value , speed is about right . |
| 9 | Pam Royle , Tyne Tees presenter : ‘ My first reaction is that the two companies merged is good news in terms of what will be seen on the screen . |
| 10 | Modularising is good if it allows greater choice for students , and allows them to specialise in certain parts of a rather falsely unified subject . |
| 11 | In my opinion , working to ensure that your family is well fed is good religion but I remember how careful Dad was about his Good Friday movements . |
| 12 | An imaginary example can be so described that I am willing to say that the action it recounts is good . |
| 13 | ‘ Obviously the return we get is good in public relations terms , but what I 'm searching for is a better quality of recruit . ’ |
| 14 | But we do agree , I , it 's silly not to support money in the , the work they 're doing is good , certainly the er , the Bridgenorth , in the tourist areas did n't look really well into making enquir to promote those . |
| 15 | ‘ And she thinks the leaking vessels are in the same places as before , which I suppose is good news . |
| 16 | Which we believe is good for our customers . |
| 17 | So times multiplication is the fancy word for it but times is good enough . |
| 18 | Despite the layers of guitar feedback and pure white noise that swathe the haunting sound of Curve , both guitarists believe what they 're making is good pop music . |
| 19 | It turns out that the public has a right to know only what those who control the media think is good for them . |
| 20 | Look at the window displays and select two each ( you might like to choose one you think is good and one you think is bad ) . |
| 21 | Do n't be too embarrassed or shy actually to write down what you think is good about yourself . |
| 22 | ‘ It makes me feel good to know that people want to hear my kind of music , the type of music I think is good . |
| 23 | Sweden 's National team is here as well as the champions of six other European countries , and from halfway across the world comes a young Maori whom some critics think is good enough to take the trophy back to New Zealand . |
| 24 | Armiger flopped in the Great Voltigeur at York behind Bob 's Return who is on course for the St Leger and this winner of the Sandown Classic Trial in April would be my choice in the absence of Royal Ballerina , whom I still think is good enough to win a Classic for the likeable Kauntze . |
| 25 | Armiger flopped in the Great Voltigeur at York behind Bob 's Return who is on course for the St Leger and this winner of the Sandown Classic Trial in April would be my choice in the absence of Royal Ballerina , whom I still think is good enough to win a Classic for the likeable Kauntze . |
| 26 | patient what I think is good nursing care might not be what you think is good nursing care . |
| 27 | patient what I think is good nursing care might not be what you think is good nursing care . |
| 28 | The cost of educating our children is below the national recoupment figure , and that I think is good , right and proper and it reflects the many years of excellent Conservative administration that Oxfordshire has enjoyed . |
| 29 | What do they think is good about our brand ? |
| 30 | This practice , which is much more common in the United States , has acquired its own descriptive term , ‘ defensive medicine ’ , a term suggestive of the notion that an unnecessary and destructive tension exists between what the doctor thinks is good medicine and what the law requires of him . |