Example sentences of "[pron] do well [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , you do well to look wary , Donal . |
| 2 | We do well to remember that societal opposition to cruelty to animals , especially opposition that has the force of law , is a comparatively recent development . |
| 3 | We do well to remember that , after all the violence that humans had created on the earth , God surveyed the debris and said ‘ he was sorry he made man ’ ( Gen.6:7 ) . |
| 4 | His powerful shooting , sometimes from long range , was spectacular and effective and we do well to remember that Albert played in the days when the leather ball grew heavier and heavier , soaking up any moisture there may have been in or on the pitch and possibly finishing up weighing several pounds . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , we do well to remember that if education is thought of in terms of enabling pupils to take responsibility for their own ongoing self-education through life , the more limited experience that the teacher may have can nevertheless be deployed in a professionally helpful way . |
| 6 | We do well to remember that many can live incredibly full lives and develop a very extensive range of sympathy and understanding , who live only within a geographically and culturally restricted circle . |
| 7 | To the extant that Professor Preston is warning us of the dangers of oversimplification and bad herme-neutics then we do well to listen to him . |
| 8 | All that is going on now and we do well to remind ourselves of it . |
| 9 | A fourth and perhaps the largest reason for attending to causation is that we do well to avoid the general conceptual uncertainty that must be part of an inquiry which leaves undefined any of its fundamental ideas which are open to definition . |
| 10 | The significance of the battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings in 1066 hardly needs emphasis ; though we do well to recall that it was not so much William 's victory , as the fact that the two battles had removed his two most serious rivals for the throne , which made the year so decisive in English and Norman history . |