Example sentences of "[modal v] be good for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's good for showbusiness and for running and jumping must be good for the United Kingdom , and therefore this lot deserves my vote . |
| 2 | It must be good for the soul . ’ |
| 3 | It must be good for the community and the people who live in it . ’ |
| 4 | Er it 's okay to say , yes three or four thousand I 'll play about with and I think Japan 'll be good for the next five years , that 's a different matter , but if you 're dependent on something for income and security , then you ca n't really take a risk profile on , on , on your money . |
| 5 | ‘ It may be good for the cause , but the cause is n't everything , ’ she said . |
| 6 | The proliferation of glossy reports , brochures and prospectuses may be good for the designers and a printing company or two , but our impression is that this is more about the marketing of the British government than about marketing West Belfast , and we wonder what it achieves in terms of breaking down outsiders ' negative stereotypes of the area and of the people who live here . |
| 7 | The ‘ trade union question ’ would cease to haunt the Labour Party and while that might upset some Conservatives it would be good for the country . |
| 8 | It would be good for the Hong Kong citizens , and it would be inconsistent for Thatcher not to do this , since she has said , for the Falklands , that a people should be able to choose their own government , and we should n't give in to dictatorships . |
| 9 | It 's probably unnecessary attention at this point in my career but it would be good for the sport in this country . |
| 10 | He suggested that it would be good for the morale of the trapped men if someone wearing breathing apparatus joined them and showed willingness to stay and share their predicament . |
| 11 | Because both Rogers and Thomas had seen Share My Lettuce they knew he would be good for the part of the supercilious National Serviceman . |
| 12 | I thought he was a good player , who would be good for the club . |
| 13 | And she had one or two hires including higher art and then somebody said oh that would be good for the P R department is looking for staff so she now is doing a superb job running a marketing operation , editing an internal newspaper it all herself and erm all of that I taught her , now I want to move her on to the stage where she can get professional recognition for this , now that is what I call an absolute beginner |
| 14 | ‘ This will be good for the Montenegrin economy too . ’ |
| 15 | Banks which are responsive to their customers will be good for the economy . |
| 16 | If the American people , like Naisbitt , can face this situation realistically and without xenophobia in the 1980s , it will be good for the rest of the world as well as the United States . |
| 17 | ‘ The old inter-club rivalries and jealousies have undoubtedly been banished this season and it will be good for the tournament and for English rugby if we can win it , ’ said coach Keith Richardson . |
| 18 | Transport Secretary John MacGregor believes his new roads programme ‘ will be good for the environment ’ . |
| 19 | That will be good for the building industry and for meeting housing need . |
| 20 | ’ We feel we will be good for the Pontins League and it will be good for us . ’ |
| 21 | Women also created important opportunities for the many tasks of childcare to be handled through routines ( see page 36 ) , another example where what is good for the child can be good for the parent . |