Example sentences of "good for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 2 | However true this may be for the economic development of the United States — and even there such contentious hypotheticals are highly dubious — it certainly can not hold good for European expansion and supremacy in the later nineteenth century . |
| 3 | I do n't think that is good for police-public relations . ’ |
| 4 | Well they 're good for dry throats are n't they ? |
| 5 | Expensive gestures may be good for political show ; they will also mean more waste dumped in the wrong places . |
| 6 | Though intended primarily for adults , the advice held good for young refugees . |
| 7 | ‘ It is good for young men to come to places like this when they start , ’ said Mahmoud . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Because we had a very dry summer and that 's not , as far as I understand , very good for young trees . |
| 10 | The Department of Energy is looking into the possibilities of growing trees specifically for fuel purposes on land that is no good for agricultural crops . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | So National Savings , that 's not a bad decision , cos I mean National Savings are absolutely secure , and the other thing is that you do n't need to put twenty five thousand pounds in to get the highest rate , you 'll get the highest rate from two thousand pounds upwards , so it 's very good for small amounts . |
| 13 | Although I thought the Callanetics course was very good for small groups , it was unsuitable for my ladies as I have members of all shapes and sizes , whose ages range from 14–83 . |
| 14 | Yes it 's quite good for long distance . |
| 15 | The weight is good too at 8lb 10oz , 3.92kg , which makes it good for long trips . |
| 16 | Why not see if ATBs were any good for real wilderness touring ? |
| 17 | Very vigorous , but good for poor soils . |
| 18 | Good for exposed positions . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | To sum up , the Peugeot is a lightweight , 1.9kg , line trimmer , that will but swathes of around 250mm diameter , making it good for average garden use . |
| 22 | Famous Greek location with morning winds for novices and afternoon winds for experts , therefore very good for mixed ability groups and families . |
| 23 | This portable burglar alarm will give off a loud shriek when it detects movement — good for unattended tents , caravans or boats , or just for extra security at night |
| 24 | The news may not be quite as good for female graduates either . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | However , testing memory for a specific item like a road sign does not tell the researcher about overall levels of memory which may have been quite good for other details . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | But it 's not good for new readers . |
| 30 | They are good for conditioning skin that is prone to roughness on elbows , knees and on upper arms . |