Example sentences of "could be good " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could fatten on coarser feed than the Durham and was early maturing for beef , and the oxen could be good draught workers as well as slaughter beasts , though the cows were not good milkers . |
| 2 | ‘ You could be good ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The construct of authority ‘ held in the mind ’ is that it could be good but is in actuality bad , and the hope held by workers is that it [ authority ] may be all that is positive for their children . |
| 4 | The result is likely to be closer relationships between customers and suppliers , which could be good news : Japanese companies such as Honda Motor tend to choose a few preferred suppliers and stick with them , rather than playing the field , and this policy seems to have paid off handsomely . |
| 5 | ‘ Strange are the turns of fortune ’ , says Gandalf ( which could be good or bad depending on context ) , and ‘ Hope oft deceives ’ , says Éomer ( also so true as to be non-predictive ) . |
| 6 | Mmmm , could be good I think to myself . |
| 7 | The teacher in charge claimed that there were at least nine children who ‘ linguistically could be good partials ’ but not one was attaining anything like his or her true linguistic potential . |
| 8 | Of the Clinton-Gore tenure so far , he said ‘ In some ways it 's interesting to have a president interested in technology ; it could be good , and it could be bad . |
| 9 | In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation . |
| 10 | Bad news for IBM could be good news for ordinary users as it should become more attentive to their needs . |
| 11 | I sat a moment cursing the junkie builders , then suddenly the thought came : Hang on , Jimbo , this could be good news ( there 's nothing like a crack on the nut with a lead pipe to wake a body up ) , this could mean we 've got fresh water piped to the back door whenever it rains , and sucks to the waterboard . |
| 12 | That could be good . |
| 13 | ‘ Though beads could be good for business . |
| 14 | ‘ Could be good , Alex . ’ |
| 15 | It 's over hurdles as well that could be good for a laugh especially if er you do n't clear them as well as you should do . |
| 16 | ‘ Security here could be good , ’ Maxim said tentatively . |
| 17 | Good religion could be good politics , good politics could require good religion , and there can be no question that Cnut threw himself into certain aspects of his role with zest . |
| 18 | So you gon na really , you 're gon na use the quote at the front , that could be good . |
| 19 | This is where a sales idea could come in , but for the right reasons it could be good , but also , for the bad reasons , it could be totally wrong . |
| 20 | Well have some more … they could be good for you . |
| 21 | Mashair is progressing well and could be good enough to take the Listed O & K Troy Stakes . |
| 22 | so it sounds as though it could be good |
| 23 | Tell him that could be good . |
| 24 | Rather than enter this fray it could be better to wait and see what the outcome of the vote is . |
| 25 | The margin foregone for each pig not finished could be £25 and , therefore , on 350 sows this would result in a loss of £8750 and on this basis it could be better to provide the alternative housing , comments Mr Beckett . |
| 26 | Body control over crests is n't 100% though , suggesting damping could be better . |
| 27 | All these considerations apart , and what could be better than a democratic choice by a democratic sovereign , Napoleon III was in love with Eugénie . |
| 28 | But it could be better , and it was promising to be so ; and for every member in the household , God bless them , for there were never a better master nor mistress . |
| 29 | ‘ Could be better , ’ came the reply , ‘ you know what my regular trade is like , always had to rely on the trippers out here in the sticks , and who wants to come out here during a Winter like we 've just had . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What could be better than saving people 's lives ? ’ |