Example sentences of "[vb pp] well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wagenaar ( 1986 ) also found that memories rated as unpleasant at the time were less well recalled than pleasant ones ( for durations of up to two years ) , despite this , events with higher emotional involvement ratings ( ‘ moderate ’ to ‘ extreme ’ ) were generally recalled better than those with lower ratings ( ‘ nothing ’ or ‘ little ’ ) at all retention intervals studied , though again this was a relatively small effect , r(1603)=0.07 . |
| 2 | There is no good reason — feminist or other — why cohabiting couples should be treated better than married ones . |
| 3 | He removed it before saying venomously , ‘ Well , I hope if they 're ever in Louise Butler 's position , they 're treated better than you treated that girl . |
| 4 | A man 's voice will be heard better than a woman 's voice . |
| 5 | Pensioners have not fared better than other groups and targetting has led to massive poverty traps ’ . |
| 6 | The musically gifted have probably fared better than most . |
| 7 | Chan makes the point that in recent times academics have fared better than the average urban worker . |
| 8 | It has thus fared better than a small party could expect , maintaining a PS almost equal to its PV and even on occasion slightly in excess of it . |
| 9 | Although Northern Ireland 's economic prospects are closely linked to those of the rest of the United Kingdom , the Northern Ireland economy has fared better than that of almost any other United Kingdom region in recent years . |
| 10 | As it turns out , however , both fared better than expected in an election which produced something positive for almost everyone . |
| 11 | The North , by and large , has fared better than most regions in avoiding a high rate of repossessions . |
| 12 | Perhaps he would have fared better if he pleaded one of the defences in section 24 ( see paragraphs 16–22 to 16–25 below ) . |
| 13 | So some streets were considered better than others ? |
| 14 | He was now part of a coalition with people who had held cabinet office in Stormont and , more than that , his party had polled better than one led by an ex-Minister . |
| 15 | need a new kitchen , du n no about need a new back door , our kitchen looks totally different to them , oh I know what it is , they 've got their door to the living room in the kitchen , that 's what makes a lot of difference do n't it ? but it could be designed better than that |
| 16 | Rescheduling was deemed better than default . |
| 17 | Therefore , words will be reported better than single letters , i.e. there will be a word-superiority effect . |
| 18 | The control system appeared to be designed well and was well-regarded by staff . |
| 19 | And that morning 's takings had trebled and brought her new custom , for he had always seen to it that he was shod well and had good small clothes and shirts . |
| 20 | Weasel Eyes looked as if he had n't moved but the other two hypocrites must have dined well for they were slouched , half-asleep , in their high-backed chairs . |
| 21 | Mr Blum tried his supporters saying they had done better than predicted . |
| 22 | Certainly to explain the Incarnation in a quarter of an hour over the air is a tall order , but Lewis could surely have done better than to say , ‘ If you want to get the hang of it , think how you would like to become a slug or a crab . ’ |
| 23 | To put it crudely , the experts may ( perhaps ) have done better than the widow in Boise , Idaho , would have done for herself , but still a lot worse than using a pin . |
| 24 | He found that in half the cases it would have done better than the buy-out . |
| 25 | Warwickshire have a number of dual-purpose players and no-one has done better than Dermot Reeve , with 2,525 runs and 73 wickets in the last two championship seasons . |
| 26 | Mama Cass had done better than any of them with her solo career , but then tragically died so soon afterwards . |
| 27 | But other clubs facing similar conditions had done better than Leeds . |
| 28 | Davout told Thiercelin he had done better than expected , which was generous praise from him , especially as the marshal 's own enquiries had been unproductive . |
| 29 | Some have done better than others , but there 's just the physical reality of how long it takes the lower two strings to speak — it 's going to take a few milliseconds for that to happen . |
| 30 | He very much admired the poetry of Ebenezer Elliott , the Corn Law Rhymer , that is , a poet who helped to lead the opposition to the laws which kept the price of bread artificially high , and said ‘ None of us have done better than he has at his best ’ . |