Example sentences of "[is] for [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've decided to add my own gown to the auction as it 's for a good cause , Guy 's Hospital cancer unit . |
| 2 | It 's for a good |
| 3 | erm well I mean there are some MPs any day of the week will do you know there anybody 's for a good meal but erm |
| 4 | It 's for a good cause Miss . |
| 5 | ‘ If you think it 's for the best , Daddy . ’ |
| 6 | We hope it 's for the best , ’ said Mr Gennady Gerasimov , the chief spokesman , in pithy words which encapsulate the bold leap towards the Common European Home that Mr Egon Krenz , with Moscow 's backing , has made . |
| 7 | ‘ perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh well , maybe it 's for the best . ’ |
| 9 | Naaah , it 's for the best … d' you wan na talk to these two ? |
| 10 | But as one passenger said : ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 11 | But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time . |
| 12 | Well , I think it 's for the best , Kate . |
| 13 | ‘ I think it 's for the best , ’ she said . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's for the best . ’ |
| 15 | It 's for the best , trust me . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've set my face towards it , and it 's for the best . |
| 17 | Then with a sigh , ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're right , it was n't , but something has changed and I 'm not at all sure it 's for the best . ’ |
| 19 | In this business , you 're on dodgy ground trying to attach the words ‘ courage ’ and ‘ integrity ’ to anything ; certainly the Heavenly EP is for a good cause , and those involved are doing a lot for their profiles in the worthiest possible way , blah blah , charidee , blah blah AIDS , but Sinead has done too ( see following letter ) and in any case , she 's on another planet to these people . |
| 20 | If the toll-road is not manned , that will almost certainly be because the road is closed by snow , as it normally is for a good seven months out of the twelve . |
| 21 | This is for no better reason than that few readers of such newspapers would respond and we would get a very low return on our advertising investment . |
| 22 | All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds , he mused , blowing a great cloud of smoke into the air above him . |
| 23 | He can smell nothing , which is for the best . |
| 24 | It was not easy but I think it is for the best , in the long run . |
| 25 | ‘ I remember one line from the Iliad , ‘ One principle is for the best , to fight in defence of one 's country ’ . |
| 26 | Good heavens , I think your plan to retire is for the best ; let me know if I can help in any way . |
| 27 | He set forth an idealistic view of a society in which all privilege would be done away with , and in which wealth and power would be fairly shared , on the basis of competitive public examinations with General Essay papers on EITHER Natural Justice OR ‘ Everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds . ’ |
| 28 | One of the most distressing factors is the ‘ jollying up ’ attitude of staff and their expectations that the patients and their families will collude with the ritual pretence that everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds . |
| 29 | This is a decision by the Natural Environment Research Council and it is for the best scientific reasons . |
| 30 | All is for the best in the most impossible of worlds . ’ |