The phrase "are marvelous for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that something is excellent or wonderful for a particular purpose or reason.
Example: "These new software tools are marvelous for improving productivity in the workplace."
Alternatives: "are great for" or "are excellent for".
Rowing for several hours was "marvelous, for the everlasting pulling of the sledges had become tiring," Andrée wrote.
The pointy spoon is marvelous for excavating ice cream, and the knife feels molded for the right hand.
As it turns out, running from zombie hordes is marvelous for the libido — if not the complexion — and soon Jacob and Sarah are exchanging charged looks and chaste kisses.
As a literary creation, Aeneas is marvelous for the way this most powerful and influential of warriors seems the least free of men.
Cutler's book is marvelous for making one think about what qualifies as an explanation, and for exploring the endless debates that mix strands of partial knowledge with the need to reconcile religious testaments.
The brand-new ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 1 College Street on the lake in Burlington, (802) 864-1848, www.echovermont.org, features an aquarium and an interactive science center that is marvelous for children.
No dice, but my 5-euro seat in the front row of the second balcony was marvelous for watching the audience and taking in the setting, if not seeing the play itself: I was so far stage-left I couldn't see more than 20 percent of the (incomprehensible) action without craning my neck.
It can be defined to involve every facet of life, and that's marvelous for empire-building.
Pedaling off, we rehearsed our explanations to the wives: But honey, you'll have your own basket to gather seaweed, and eleven and a half months of mist will be marvelous for your complexion.
