Example sentences of "[vb infin] more good [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some individuals , affirmative action may still do more good than harm . |
| 2 | That may mean no more than that such a scheme may do more good than harm and that it would do more good than the obvious alternatives . |
| 3 | In 1936 , Bertrand Russell , after rehearsing the expected consequences of a new war , posed the question : ‘ Can we imagine any great modern war which would do more good than harm ? ’ |
| 4 | Who , today , believes that a nuclear war would do more good than harm ? |
| 5 | To meet this point I think one must say that Bentham 's view was , in effect , that a right action must not only do more good than harm , but must also be such that neither the particular good it does , nor any other comparable good which might have substituted for it , could have been achieved at less cost in terms of harm done . |
| 6 | There seems no prospect that screening for osteoporosis will meet the basic requirements for a screening programme — namely , that those offered screening must be better off as a result , that overall the screening programme must do more good than harm , and that screening must represent a better use of health care resources than other competing demands . |