Example sentences of "[verb] to be good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What do I need to be good in the morning for , Mom ? |
| 2 | So many graduates appear to be good ideas people , but he relates exceptionally well . |
| 3 | For TV , he or she will have to analyse the scheduled programmes both of ITV and BBC to determine which ITV programmes appear to be good buys , and which will be poor ones , in relation to the rate card . |
| 4 | They both appear to be good coming forward , but neither has pace and both look clumsy , exaggerated when playing together . |
| 5 | Priced at £4.95 a bottle which when diluted equals 82p per usable litre , AirX is claimed to be good value , say the manufacturers , when compared to spending money on products that only mask smells . |
| 6 | ‘ February is only a short month , so it is not going to have a devastating effect on figures , and there are now signs that the recession is bottoming out , which has to be good for the industry , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 7 | In some areas numbers have , in fact , returned to pest proportions — which has to be good news for the sportsman . |
| 8 | There always has to be good reason ( which is not defined , but is a sort of distilled wisdom ) for undertaking a statutory enquiry ; it ca n't just be a fishing expedition . |
| 9 | And that has to be good news for backpackers keen to shave pounds off the weight in their rucksacks . |
| 10 | ‘ What we saw this evening has to be good for British tennis . ’ |
| 11 | That has to be good news ! |
| 12 | But plenty of the money spent by the parties in those frantic few weeks of the election itself , particularly on newspaper advertisements , will be fresh funds — which has to be good news for the media and agencies . |
| 13 | Forty minutes of temptation was as long as I could last out in the cold , biting wind but an invigorating walk in such conditions has to be good for you . |
| 14 | Women drop in unexpectedly to see how your Plava compares with theirs — it has to be good , your reputation rests on the Pesach ( Passover ) Plava . |
| 15 | Buffeted by a year recession , wars , hurricanes , currency fluctuations and more , the travel trade is nevertheless optimistic about 1993 , which has to be good for sales of maps and guide books . |
| 16 | There has to be good coal pillar support on either side and there has to be a competent roof . |
| 17 | The river and the meadows are really one ecological unit though so the announcement of SSSI status has to be good |
| 18 | There are developers for whom a building is not just another source of profit and who want to be good patrons . |
| 19 | I mean most women just want to be good at something , they 've got good-at minds , and they mean deftness and a flair and good taste and what-not . |
| 20 | I want to be good , and I 'm going to be happy . |
| 21 | South Africa opened an " interests office " in Windhoek on Dec. 13 , 1989 , offering a full range of consular services , including issue of passports and visas ; the deputy head of the office said : " South Africa demonstrates by this that we want to be good neighbours and hope it will be possible to retain normal and friendly relations with the neighbouring state . " |
| 22 | The Saturday Review said that there were only four entries that it deemed to be good enough to be designated Gothic , but Clarke 's catalogue listed a further fourteen Gothic schemes . |
| 23 | Claystones and siltstones containing finely dispersed coaly matter are considered to be good sources — besides many coal seams . |
| 24 | He believes ‘ That all individuals should be considered to be good , worthwhile and honest until he or she proves to the contrary ’ , It is a sentiment that still today remains his guiding light , and he would add that ‘ All things are possible through God ’ . |
| 25 | State 6 to State 4 — usually after a faulty item has been checked ( eg. cleaned ) and found to be good , but it is decided that no further data should be added to the item . |
| 26 | State 6 to state 4 — usually after a faulty item has been checked ( eg. cleaned ) and found to be good , but it is decided that no further data should be added to the item |
| 27 | Trading was reported to be good , if not euphoric , with every gallery selling and some moving as many as twenty works , mostly in a FFr 12,000 ( £1,200 ; $2,000 ) -FFr 100,000 ( £10,300 ; $18,000 ) price range . |
| 28 | On the same evening he had been admitted to hospital with heart trouble , but although his condition was reported to be good the next day , he did not withdraw his candidacy . |
| 29 | Nowadays a chief executive has to have a strong understanding of finance , he needs to be good at public relations , he must understand technology , he must be able to cope with labour problems and he must ( as always ) be a good selector of people . |
| 30 | " Because spinach happens to be good for her and because I say so . " |