Example sentences of "not go amiss " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little humility in the medical debate would not go amiss . |
| 2 | A little thank you to the Ombudsman would not go amiss . |
| 3 | An Italian flair does not go amiss in the Elgar : Accardo 's impetuosity gives a new slant to the score , his intensity in the Andante an immediacy . |
| 4 | A bit of patience will not go amiss in this area either : what one sows another reaps . |
| 5 | This remained a most important consideration , but some relaxation of the original prohibition would not go amiss . |
| 6 | We have all become used to matching colours in the home , and perhaps a little colour co-ordination in the garden would not go amiss . |
| 7 | The main purpose of charity events is to raise money for them and rightly so , but it can not go amiss if our reputation is enhanced in the process . |
| 8 | The school , of course , had existed for some years now , ever since the Factory Act which her father could not mention without turning purple , had thought it advisable for factory children to be given some education , feeling that an hour or two a week per child , perhaps , of reading , writing and arithmetic , would not go amiss . |
| 9 | A little more humility would not go amiss . |
| 10 | ‘ A cup that cheers would not go amiss , ’ he remarked . |
| 11 | Perhaps a brief reference to some of the careers in which former students have found historical skills and knowledge useful would not go amiss . |
| 12 | Another plea may not go amiss . |