Example sentences of "be for [art] good " in BNC.

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1 Do n't because there is at present , and has been for a good many years past , almost nowhere to publish the stories you may write .
2 He records Smart 's statement that he ‘ must have finished an unfortunate life in jail had it not been for the good nature of a Friend , who could not bear to see his tears ’ .
3 People like myself , would n't have had the bottle , would n't have dreamed of coming up here if it had n't been for the good work of people like Mike and Harry , who in my opinion do a superb job in training me , you , all of us in this union .
4 I 've decided to add my own gown to the auction as it 's for a good cause , Guy 's Hospital cancer unit .
5 It 's for a good
6 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
7 It 's for a good cause Miss .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 ‘ I am very upset because the stall was for a good cause . ’
11 Certainly marriage was very much a practical necessity for working class girls , and the chief hope was for a good bargain .
12 Those who were libelled in the Fanzine may feel less aggrieved knowing it was for a good cause .
13 No doubt this was for the good practical reason that as royal taxation became more frequent separate and additional councils for the church 's own business became more inconvenient : there was a limit to the number of times the clergy could be summoned from their parishes and livings to provincial assemblies in London or elsewhere .
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