Example sentences of "would [vb infin] well if " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their choices follow : Lunn Poly 's marketing director Peter Rothwell observed that as a rule the staff in their 505 shops base their selling on the answers given by the customer in a questionnaire , to prevent mismatches between customers and the holidays they took , but he nevertheless felt safe in saying that two young couples , a bit adventurous , would do well if they invested in an ILG Drive Europe holiday along the west coast of France to Biarritz , good countryside and a nice old town , accommodation at the Mer et Golf apartments , two weeks in all with ferry and accommodation included for £255 each . |
| 2 | The chancellor would do well if he spent more time worrying about whether New York 's children are learning the three Rs — subjects in which they are sadly deficient . ’ |
| 3 | I think they would do well if playing with O'leary or Faircoulgh . |
| 4 | And in an oblique swipe at her critics in the Bush Administration she added : ‘ Those countries protesting at their return would do better if they offered to take some of them . ’ |
| 5 | He argued that families would do better if their members were altruistic . |
| 6 | She suggested they would do better if they only sat five exams and spent the rest of their time on work which could give them a much broader education than just swotting for more GCSEs . |
| 7 | So James had good reason not to trust a local market in tobacco , and to believe that he would do better if he kept it as a commodity to be imported and to pay duty accordingly , mainly at London and Bristol . |
| 8 | For my part , I think Benedict would do better if she does not saddle him with it . ’ |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman would do better if he chose his targets with more precision . |
| 10 | I decided that things would work better if I upgraded by adding a 1 Meg expanded memory board to give 2 Meg of RAM . |
| 11 | Clients would fare better if they examined profit figures , checked track records . |
| 12 | Eva was convinced she would get well if she was sensible but she had no intention of spending the rest of her life wrapped in cotton wool . |