Example sentences of "[verb] be good for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which two places on map H do you think are best for new warehouses and distribution ? |
| 2 | ‘ Home knits are best for Baby and such fun to do . ’ |
| 3 | The year has been good for programme sales , particularly overseas where sales increased more than a half to £18.8m . |
| 4 | ‘ The positive image has been good for business , ’ Norton says . |
| 5 | It has been good for both business and charity : since its launch in late 1988 , more than 300,000 cardholders have been recruited , and an estimated £2 million has been donated to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund , the British Heart Foundation and Mencap . |
| 6 | Whenever Keith has been good for a day Mr Smith should watch a programme on the television with him . |
| 7 | Keith says Shaunagh has been good for him . |
| 8 | On balance , I believe that Britain 's membership of the EEC has been of some benefit in terms of the home market which she has gained and will continue to gain as and when her partners honour their commitments to complete the Single Market ; however , as should be clear from the figures quoted in Chapter 5 , the assertion that EEC membership has been good for Britain is open to question . |
| 9 | What is beyond question is that British membership has been good for the EEC ; not only do British taxpayers and consumers bear the cost of the CAP , the CFP , the Common External Tariff and the Cohesion budget , but Britain constitutes an artificial captive market for the exporters of the Eleven . |
| 10 | Furthermore , it has been good for morale to have an ongoing project , the success of which has not been tied to the everyday ups and downs in the hurly-burly of school life . |
| 11 | He said : ’ I 'm aware that what we 're saying may be used but we do believe it is the most energising thing that has happened in my 21 years as a GP It has been good for care , public health and management . ’ |
| 12 | Erm and if it 's not it 's er I 'm not going to deny the fact that some people say you know this has been good for me for the last eighteen months erm I 'm er I 'm used to being self employed I 'm going to stay that way but I 'm looking at other avenues . |
| 13 | The continuing strength of the dollar has been good for the group , as many shipbuilding and most shipping contracts are priced in dollars , and both Finland and Norway have gained a competitive edge against both the US and Germany . |
| 14 | ‘ Walking is good for everyone whatever their age or level of fitness , ’ said Frank Kelly , the Health Promotion Agency 's physical activity programme manager . |
| 15 | Walking is good for the soul , it 's . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I think he 'd been better for a long time on and off |
| 18 | With a high sense not only of justice but of dramatic effect he informed the judge that the only courses open to him were ‘ either to resign your post , or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer are good for the people ’ . |
| 19 | I have also learned to pray that God will do what he sees is best for them . |
| 20 | So if you look , and they , and they say the more mono unsaturates it 's got is better for you is n't it , rather than polyunsaturates cos it 's broken down either further is n't it ? |
| 21 | ACT is discriminatory , and it discriminates against the kind of companies that generally speaking are good for Britain |
| 22 | Do you do you not think it would be better for us both to speak to ? speak to her and say obviously you were upset about not getting the job but this non- communication thing is not really erm going to you know be good for the sales office in the long term . |
| 23 | 15 March 1986 : A Ford takeover of Austin Rover would have been good for Britain , according to a top Ford executive . |
| 24 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 25 | Decide now what you really wanted to do , and what , with hindsight , would have been good for you to do or have . |
| 26 | In the yard at the back , a slow burning bon fire added to the pong which could not have been good for those living nearby . |
| 27 | Sam could sing and play the concertina and violin , and he must have been good for the BBC to come all the way to Baldersdale to find him . |
| 28 | So I doubt if our hero would have been good for many heroics after swigging that . |
| 29 | It might have been good for the dockies , but it were n't no good for the lighterman . |
| 30 | That would have been good for Britain , for employment , for British Airways , for British Aerospace and for Rolls-Royce . |