Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] be good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having been rare for many years doubles are now much more widely available and many are proving to be good garden plants . |
| 2 | These principles are intended to be good practices that data users should comply with in order to protect the data they hold , in both their interests and those of their data subjects . |
| 3 | Claystones and siltstones containing finely dispersed coaly matter are considered to be good sources — besides many coal seams . |
| 4 | It might also provide a means of distinguishing fragments of discourse which are felt to be good , coherent , examples of English from those that are , intuitively , incoherent concatenations of sentences . |
| 5 | Moore is not denying that such elucidation is sometimes needed and possible , but bringing home to us that this is never what is going on when all things with a certain complex property are said to be good . |
| 6 | The forgeries are said to be good quality copies . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're going to be good ? ’ said Lord Henry . |
| 8 | Judges who thumb their noses at presidents are thought to be good for democracy . |
| 9 | Prospects for new work are thought to be good . |
| 10 | ‘ His last words to me were ‘ Is that all we are going to be good friends ? ’ . |
| 11 | The usual aim is to carve up a constituency in such a way that first-preferences will be spread evenly between candidates whose chances of election are judged to be good . |
| 12 | People who are used to having responsible jobs at home or in the office and who are known to be good managers and organizers can not understand why suddenly the simplest task seems to be beyond them , and this makes them feel out of control and very unsafe . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | As long as Man 's intentions can be made to be good … |
| 15 | How can God be seen to be good when one considers what history has been , and what it has meant for women that God has been conceived in primarily male terms ? |
| 16 | That is , what must be done in certain circumstances can not be said to be good without qualification and might involve evil and suffering . |
| 17 | ‘ It must proclaim , too , that responsibilities are as important as rights ; that there are no excuses for crime ; and that even those who have turned out to be bad can be helped to be good . ’ |
| 18 | Whether human , environmental or financial risks are involved , prevention strategies are being shown to be good business . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Who is to say that the poorer countries of Europe are to be happy with a dominant Germany just because it is said to be good for ‘ Europe ’ ? |
| 21 | Like most boys he 's full of sin but he 's promised to be good . |
| 22 | At Orbec , twenty kilometres from Lisieux , is the Caneton , a restaurant which you know is going to be good as soon as you enter its doors — the smell is so appetizing — but it is small and not exactly unknown , so it is prudent to telephone for a table in advance . |
| 23 | Oh Marilla , I think life is going to be good for all of us ! |
| 24 | I can see already that she is going to be good . |
| 25 | What is going to be good at solving their problem ? |
| 26 | I 'm sure that the Army coming in , with about the same sort of strength as the RAF , is going to be good for the community and local economy . |
| 27 | ‘ I think a lot of Canadians have been waiting with baited breath for several months wondering whether he will stay or go and I think the fact he 's leaving is going to be good for the country , ’ the deputy Liberal leader , Sheila Copps , said . |
| 28 | It was fun , and I think I actually played some great shit , and if it gets on the radio it 's going to be good for all jazz guys , because there are some pretty hip notes in there … ! ’ |
| 29 | When you 're giving feedback to people , yes , there were going to bad things about what they 've done , yes , there 's going to be good things , but if you can catch the bad things between two good things , even if the good things are just saying thank you , they 're going to go away with a bigger smile on their face , and probably feel more motivated for the next time they do that task . |
| 30 | It 's bound to be good . |