Example sentences of "[det] be good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is good country , with good villages in it , giving you a full exposure to the dark green or red-brown paint , on window shutters or exposed timbers , that creates such a decorative unity among Basque houses — so much so that I recall a feeling of outrage along this road , when I passed one traditionally built house whose paint work was the vilest turquoise . |
| 2 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 3 | ‘ This is good meat , Lorna . |
| 4 | This is good meat ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Ooh , this is good gin , ’ groaned Biff . |
| 6 | This is good advice because even franchises are no guarantee of success . |
| 7 | Seek simplicity and mistrust it — this is good advice . |
| 8 | Even though it comes from Gollum , this is good advice . |
| 9 | This is good advice , but , again , not essential . |
| 10 | ‘ This is good coffee . |
| 11 | This is good practice for verbalising more difficult ideas later on . |
| 12 | This is good news , because now water levels all over the country are rising so fast , it means the banks will be spared from the scouring effects of a hard winter . |
| 13 | This is good news for the hotelier who is prepared . |
| 14 | Though this is good news for American and Japanese firms , who share a paltry 11% slice of the luxury market , it is disastrous for European companies which account for the remaining 89% of sales ( see chart on next page ) , but which sell nearly half of all their fancy products in America or Japan . |
| 15 | This is good news for Western women , who have been steadily growing larger . |
| 16 | This is good news as mayonnaises and salad dressings are usually on the no-go , high calorie list for slimmers . |
| 17 | This is good news — I 'm warm already . ’ |
| 18 | This is good news for all women who have been unsuccessful with hip and thigh diets that concentrate mainly on dieting and calorie-counting . |
| 19 | This is good news ! |
| 20 | These concerns clearly were not shared by Mrs Thatcher who welcomed the announcement of the second phase of the Washington development in September 1986 : ‘ This is good news for the North East and for Britain and makes Nissan a fully-fledged UK car manufacturer and a major exporter . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ This is good news for the consumer who wo n't now be getting some massive duopoly , ’ a travel industry source said . |
| 22 | This is good news indeed and the students and families concerned are most grateful for all the support which helped bring about such a satisfactory outcome . |
| 23 | Tourism Officer Bill Breakell says ‘ This is good news , both for visitors and for the environment . |
| 24 | This is good news for the company since all three markets are relatively recession-proof so far as the demand for their product is concerned , which in turn makes them a fairly buoyant customer base . |
| 25 | This is good news for BR workers , but bad news for privatisation . |
| 26 | This is good news for the banks that lent hugely on property as prices soared in the late 1980s , only to see their profits diminished by massive reserves and write-offs as prices then plunged . |
| 27 | None of this is good news for MIPS , whose chief executive , Bob Miller , recently told Unigram that his job ‘ is to maintain a two-to-one [ better ] price performance advantage over Intel ’ ( UX No 377 ) . |
| 28 | Over 300 BA members are now also members of the scheme , and this is good news for them . ’ |
| 29 | This is good news to anyone who has witnessed the way art museums have come to regard paintings and other objects placed in their perpetual trust as a kind of stock portfolio that can be traded at will . |
| 30 | This is good news . |