Example sentences of "would 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 This remained a most important consideration , but some relaxation of the original prohibition would not go amiss .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 A little more humility would not go amiss .
7 ‘ A cup that cheers would not go amiss , ’ he remarked .
8 Perhaps a brief reference to some of the careers in which former students have found historical skills and knowledge useful would not go amiss .
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