Example sentences of "[noun] have be a good thing " in BNC.

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1 In retrospect he said that he felt that the review had been a good thing for the department .
2 Their formation has been a good thing .
3 Not only has it made a very good profit , but getting a bit of the American ethos into the business has been a good thing as well .
4 Driving to the sterilised zone in which the malais had reconstructed a thatched Danuese village complete with miniature ricebarns , one of the two Americans turned and said to me : ‘ Sir , tell me , truly , do you think the Integration has been a good thing for your country ? ’
5 But , gentlemen , of this I am certain , the Conservative Party has been a good thing for this country and it is our business today , and as long as we can , to keep that Party solid ; and if splits must come , to delay them as long as we possibly can ( Applause ) .
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