Example sentences of "[be] good for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they 're good for dry throats are n't they ? |
| 2 | And some of the authoritarian oligarchies had been good for economic growth — as in Brazil in the 1970s , or Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew — while others , like the Greek colonels , had not . |
| 3 | Incandescent strip lights ( as opposed to fluorescent tubes ) are good for concealed lighting behind pelmets or baffles , or down the sides of cupboards . |
| 4 | The longer variety is ideal for reaching neglected areas like backs , and the short ones or ‘ mitts ’ are good for underwater massage on flabby areas like the tops of the legs and upper arms . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They are good for conditioning skin that is prone to roughness on elbows , knees and on upper arms . |
| 7 | Heavy rain succeeded by dry and sunless weather are good for near objects ‘ but there will be little beauty in the distances . ’ |
| 8 | THE omens are good for Lucky Parkes in the Hopton Conditions Stakes at Yarmouth tomorrow . |
| 9 | THE omens are good for Lucky Parkes in the Hopton Conditions Stakes at Yarmouth tomorrow . |
| 10 | Flats are suitable for larger strokes , holding a good charge of pigment and are good for hard edges . |
| 11 | Expensive gestures may be good for political show ; they will also mean more waste dumped in the wrong places . |
| 12 | There is a certain medicinal thinking behind the labelling , a feeling that a book that is difficult to read and difficult to obtain meaning and enjoyment from , must be good for young people in some way . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | On this line of reasoning , two humans mentioned separately might be good for plural reference , while a human and an animal will be less good ( although plural reference is by no means ruled out in many cases ) . |
| 15 | ‘ What we saw this evening has to be good for British tennis . ’ |
| 16 | They must be good for manual dexterity and keeping children occupied . ’ |
| 17 | Although one can not believe that times were good for immigrant artists in the 1950s , a quantity of painting seems to belong to the period , though done a decade or more later . |
| 18 | It is good for developing fluency and for practising naturalness in connected speech . |
| 19 | ‘ It is good for young men to come to places like this when they start , ’ said Mahmoud . |
| 20 | There are clearly going to be conflicts between what is good for individual animals and what is good for a population , species or ecosystem . |
| 21 | I do n't think that is good for police-public relations . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Stefan is a fine fellow and his move to 250s is good for German motorsport , but it does n't mean anything to me personally . |
| 25 | 24-valve straight-six is good for low-end potency ; seats are better and interior more roomy than American 's ; digital facia is awful |
| 26 | The Osprey is well made and packs down small and so is good for all-season backpacking . |
| 27 | It 's long and spacious too , which is good for extra-tall campers . |
| 28 | Tri-axial blade positioning is good for tight corners . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The Baldry Restaurant serves good food at a reasonable price and the Rowan Tree is good for vegetarian food . |