Example sentences of "[pron] be good for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's long and spacious too , which is good for extra-tall campers . |
| 2 | They are good for conditioning skin that is prone to roughness on elbows , knees and on upper arms . |
| 3 | Well they 're good for dry throats are n't they ? |
| 4 | As long as Gloucester was the loyal servant of the crown , what was good for him was good for royal authority , and Edward 's acceptance of that fact enormously strengthened the duke 's hand . |
| 5 | As long as Gloucester was the loyal servant of the crown , what was good for him was good for royal authority , and Edward 's acceptance of that fact enormously strengthened the duke 's hand . |
| 6 | ‘ It is good for young men to come to places like this when they start , ’ said Mahmoud . |
| 7 | It is good for developing fluency and for practising naturalness in connected speech . |
| 8 | It is good for old men to talk straight ; talk straight on both sides and take care of one another . |
| 9 | It is good for vegetarian recipes , too , and the pudding collection is inspiring — try the first gooseberries of the year with a saffron honey custard , for instance . |
| 10 | Words Children want to use , by Amy Brown , John Downing and John Sceats , which is worth reading , and the dictionaries themselves are good for primary schools . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm talking about what 's good for British politics . ’ |
| 12 | There are clearly going to be conflicts between what is good for individual animals and what is good for a population , species or ecosystem . |
| 13 | The debate on commercial television remains one of the clearest examples of the Establishment in action in defence of one of its dearest illusions , namely , that it knows best what is good for other people . |
| 14 | Indeed , even in the as yet relatively non-totalitarian welfare states of the West some have already discerned the same paternalistic and enslaving trend : ‘ government 's role is to serve as a parent charged with the duty of coercing some to aid others , ’ while government-funded welfare programmes ‘ put some people in a position to decide what is good for other people . |
| 15 | 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 . |