Example sentences of "good for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Expensive gestures may be good for political show ; they will also mean more waste dumped in the wrong places . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Yes it 's quite good for long distance . |
| 5 | Why not see if ATBs were any good for real wilderness touring ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Famous Greek location with morning winds for novices and afternoon winds for experts , therefore very good for mixed ability groups and families . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They are good for conditioning skin that is prone to roughness on elbows , knees and on upper arms . |
| 10 | Most people have , perhaps unwittingly , made forward contracts — for example when ordering some good for future delivery , with an immediate down payment of a non-refundable deposit and payment of the balance by cash on delivery . |
| 11 | ‘ In the meantime the system will be applied only to the EFA , but it will also be suitable for tanks and helicopters as well as other aircraft so it will be very good for future business . ’ |
| 12 | Chairs should look just as good for occasional seating as for dining . |
| 13 | Incandescent strip lights ( as opposed to fluorescent tubes ) are good for concealed lighting behind pelmets or baffles , or down the sides of cupboards . |
| 14 | It is good for developing fluency and for practising naturalness in connected speech . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Both these publications cover much more than just books and the International Bibliography is very good for foreign language journal literature . |
| 18 | Europe now produces more food than she needs and has for some years been supporting a section of industry that provides employment for less than 1% of our National workforce ; good for British agriculture , but how much better if the support had gone to those industries that took up a greater proportion of the work force , i.e. the engineers with 10% . |
| 19 | ‘ What we saw this evening has to be good for British tennis . ’ |
| 20 | It is often said that Britain 's membership of the Community is good for British business , and attention is drawn to the volume of our trade with the Community . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm talking about what 's good for British politics . ’ |
| 22 | But one must still be wary the fact that although we 've got this nice electric gadget , that we drop the probe into a bucket of water and it gives us er a salinity it is still entirely dependent on this ratio and this ratio is based on the constancy of composition which is very good for open ocean waters but breaks down in coastal waters where erosional processes , where fresh water additions and the sediment loads of the rivers may actually alter this ratio , okay ? |
| 23 | In any case , 100 Welsh players having the opportunity to take on the world champions and learn from them will do a lot of good for Welsh rugby . ’ |
| 24 | They must be good for manual dexterity and keeping children occupied . ’ |
| 25 | As long as Gloucester was the loyal servant of the crown , what was good for him was good for royal authority , and Edward 's acceptance of that fact enormously strengthened the duke 's hand . |
| 26 | It forms an appropriate conclusion , not only in its scale , but in its embodiment of the principle that what was good for Gloucester was good for royal authority . |
| 27 | As long as Gloucester was the loyal servant of the crown , what was good for him was good for royal authority , and Edward 's acceptance of that fact enormously strengthened the duke 's hand . |
| 28 | It forms an appropriate conclusion , not only in its scale , but in its embodiment of the principle that what was good for Gloucester was good for royal authority . |
| 29 | The star of the show for the Saltburn trainer was Firm Price , who proved too good for Dari Sound in the handicap hurdle . |
| 30 | The Baldry Restaurant serves good food at a reasonable price and the Rowan Tree is good for vegetarian food . |