Example sentences of "[vb base] well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally , records sell better than books , and publishers want to tap into that larger market . |
| 2 | Mrs Fishfinger 's Koi — they eat better than I do … |
| 3 | As you eat better and become slimmer you will automatically find activity more enjoyable . |
| 4 | I am convinced that any steps that can be taken to explore methods of production which make better and more effective use of renewable resources are extremely important . |
| 5 | If you come from a certain town or region , you will know what the different voices mean better than someone who comes from outside because you 've learned the code . |
| 6 | Some communicate better than others . |
| 7 | It fits that account better than it fits others , including a probabilistic account of which a bit more will be said . |
| 8 | You may find that you sleep better than before ( and can throw away any sleeping pills you may have been taking ) , that you have got rid of that nagging headache or that the muscles in your neck and shoulders suddenly feel warm and relaxed . |
| 9 | I laughed and said , ‘ I sleep better than you do . ’ |
| 10 | As a generalisation it is a fact that new churches grow better than old . |
| 11 | And chicks fed by two males grow better and are more likely to survive . |
| 12 | However , there is no doubt that we all fly better if we fly regularly and it is a good policy to fly whenever you have the opportunity . |
| 13 | The two short groups , Lapith and Centaur , Centaur carrying off boy , also fit better if transposed . |
| 14 | You can taste food again , you feel better , you smell better and you feel like a winner ! |
| 15 | Even after all these years my English is not so good and I like still honeycake better than your heavy Christmas pudding ! ’ |
| 16 | That is , an authority may rely on considerations which do not apply to its subjects when doing so reliably leads to decisions which approximate better than any which would have been reached by any other procedure , to those decisions best supported by reasons which apply to the subjects . |
| 17 | They understand what we say better than we understand them . |
| 18 | Some branches ' totals appear better than they should ; Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion benefited from having the Youth Conference and National Eisteddfod in their areas so they received a disproportionate number of HQ recruits . |
| 19 | Some branches ' totals appear better than they should ; Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion benefited from having the Youth Conference and National Eisteddfod in their areas so they received a disproportionate number of HQ recruits . |
| 20 | There are many other flowers which press well and bear charming meanings , some of which are listed below . |
| 21 | Make sure all doors fit well and have draught excluders . |
| 22 | If we say well that looks a bit awkward so we 're going to plot the Y against sine X or the y against log X |
| 23 | that start with a C you learn maybe about ten or twenty that start with a K and you say well if it 's not one of these I do n't know I 'm gon na s try it with a C. |
| 24 | So he said yes you know , they say well if you want to be paid it means people 'll have to be sacked and all this , well you know ! |
| 25 | And then you say well if you can go |
| 26 | And then , all I 've done is worked out some time management and say well if these guys turn up at half past eight every morning and I give them a break at ten o'clock , and they get a lunch break and then in afternoon , another break , and they finish at half past four , if everything goes to plan , by four o'clock Friday , my van should be backing up at the end of the production line to load itself up with a thousand widgets . |
| 27 | They all come in and tell us we 're the busiest and I say well if we 're the busiest , God help those that 're the quietest . |
| 28 | and I say well and I 'm well cool |
| 29 | Both preserve well if glycerined ( see panel ) . |
| 30 | so , you , if you , we can even sort of go through your figures and hopefully make the price that we , you know , we show better or |