Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] well [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | retained direct control of the ‘ Croydon & District Tramways ’ might not work well if the new lines had to be separated administratively from the Corporation system , so they decided to set up a subsidiary company as they had done in other areas . |
| 2 | Even if the actual cost turned out to be quite high , it might still appear better than the other paths for which we have high estimates , estimates which may be considerably greater than their actual cost . |
| 3 | The intention was that the electors should choose to be governed by persons they recognized as better and wiser than themselves , who might well understand better than the people themselves what their real interests were , and whose decisions the people would therefore accept . |
| 4 | It was felt by the Royal Commission on Police Powers that criminal prosecution and investigation could only work well if the general public felt confident in the role played by the police . |
| 5 | But though they were excellent makers of models to other people 's plans and designs I quickly found they could only work well if they were given very detailed constructional drawings and plans . |
| 6 | If Anselm with so many claims to respect could not do better than this , there could be no hope except in forgery : this was to be the next step . |
| 7 | In Britain you could not do better than to pick out from the varied products of the author John Wainwright , an ex-policeman , those of his books that are in the police procedural mode . |
| 8 | If having encountered , say , the Rite , Petrushka , and Firebird , you wish to make further inroads into Stravinsky 's compositional genius , you could hardly do better than invest in this splendid disc . |
| 9 | Italy could also perform better than the EC average of 3% as could Spain — with the admitted advantage of starting from a smaller base . |
| 10 | Prime minister … chairman of British Rail … head of BBC Light Entertainment … well , who could n't do better than the current incumbents ? |
| 11 | If you want special dishes with a difference that still have a sense of occasion and which are both tasty and good for you , then you could n't do better than choosing Tilda Basmati rice . |
| 12 | Sara said that if they could n't do better than last year 's holiday , a caravan in the rain in West Wales , then it was n't worth bothering … |
| 13 | " If that 's the trouble , you could n't do better than to entrust her to the skilled understanding of the Sisters . " |
| 14 | But the paradox is that if both sides were to disarm , they would both do better than by both arming , because each prefers mutual disarmament ( 3 , 3 ) to the arms race ( 2 , 2 ) . |
| 15 | Reading around for background to Shakespeare is valuable , and you ca n't do better than begin with the Harley Granville Barker 's Prefaces to Shakespeare , which analyse the plays from both a scholarly and dramatic angle , without being ponderously academic . |
| 16 | Fourteen strategies were submitted For good measure Axelrod added a fifteenth , called Random , which simply played COOPERATE and DEFECT randomly , and served as a kind of baseline ‘ non-strategy ’ : if a strategy ca n't do better than Random , it must be pretty bad . |
| 17 | If you must , then you ca n't do better than to buy a plastic ‘ Snake ’ ; but we doubt if you 'll have the same degree of reverence for it as for our other suggestions in nylon . |
| 18 | So whatever level of runner you are you ca n't do better than get into the Mizuno powerhouse . |
| 19 | You ca n't do better than that , even in London , can you ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't you think that if after seven hundred years of London government , you ca n't do better than this , you ought to leave Ireland to govern itself , and get out with the best grace you may ? ’ |
| 21 | But we 're OK if they ca n't aim better than this . ’ |
| 22 | Where a discharger would consistently do better than his existing consent , standards have sometimes been tightened . |
| 23 | When this is so , a visit will always go well if they are allowed to make the running . |
| 24 | Overall , a random sample of females will consistently perform better than males on tests of verbal ability , while males invariably outperform women on tests of mathematical reasoning and spatial relationships . |
| 25 | If people can choose their ‘ partners ’ freely , and if honest types can spot each other in advance , co-operators will be able to interact selectively with each other — and will therefore do better than cheats . |
| 26 | And that 's where these certificates are the only guarantee that I can provide which will actually say well if we get fifteen percent inflation in nineteen ninety seven , they will pay fifteen p percent inflation , plus the three and a half percent three and a quarter percent bonus . |
| 27 | You never know , it may actually work better than you think . |
| 28 | Hospice administrator Deidre Shaw said : ‘ Our shop is a most essential source of income and can only operate well if it is given support by the public . |
| 29 | As it lives on a diet of poll findings , it can not perform better than they do . |
| 30 | At the school debating society he won a name ; and he quickly discovered a truth never discovered by some undergraduates nor even by some mature debaters , that you can not speak well unless you care . |