Example sentences of "so well [conj] " in BNC.

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31 The plan worked so well that insurers Lloyd 's paid out the £1.8 million claim .
32 Such craft have been in use since humanity 's very earliest days ; they are an example of an invention which serves its purpose so well that there is little need to improve upon it .
33 Mike Teague would also be put out if his comeback with second division Moseley were to go so well that he 's in contention for a place .
34 Some visually handicapped children will overcome their difficulties so well that they are indistinguishable from their fully sighted classmates , but the effort needed may have a cost for them that is not always appreciated .
35 Also , the biggest point in his favour was the way he remembered her so well that he not only had not minded admitting it to me , but had been very nice in the process .
36 Most important of all , he did them so well that those who saw him then still today , thirty-seven years on , speak of him with awe .
37 It did so well that the King gave a charter to the ‘ gentlemen adventuring into Hudson 's Bay ’ which allowed them a monopoly of trade in the whole area of the rivers and streams running into the Bay .
38 I am topographically accurate , I know the area so well that I simply could n't allow myself to make topographical mistakes . ’
39 George Alcock knows the sky so well that he can identify 30000 stars by memory , and can identify any newcomer at a glance .
40 Four intensive treatments from the Poly Kur Intensive Hair-Repair Treatment range — our tester said the one for dry hair worked so well that her hair went from sow 's ear to silk purse , and felt in much better condition immediately ( £3.45 each , from major Boots ' branches ) .
41 The awesomely powerful heating and ventilation system makes another jet-like roar , but it works so well that you only need it on for short bursts .
42 Buttons landed perfectly and came away from the jump so well that by the time her father had collected himself and his horse Artemis and Buttons were alongside them .
43 She performed her task so well that it was twenty minutes before she brought him to a thundering climax .
44 With his fisherman-knit Marks and Sparks sweaters , and his broad suede shoes , and his mild , sleepy eyes , he fitted into the background of 43 Spadina Road so well that you hardly noticed him .
45 She defended her case so well that the prior gave judgement in her favour .
46 Soon afterwards in 1838 he was appointed engineer and manager on the construction of the Box tunnel on the Great Western Railway , acquitting himself so well that he attracted the favourable notice of Isambard K. Brunel [ q.v. ] , so that on the completion of the tunnel he joined the engineering staff of the GWR .
47 Nonetheless , they did so well that from then on Emma was asked to contribute on a regular basis .
48 Also , more is understood nowadays about the balance of life within a pool , so the much quoted passage of the father of English gardening , William Robinson , in his classic The English Flower Garden ( 1895 ) scarcely applies now : ‘ Unclean and ugly pools deface our gardens ; some have a mania for artificial water , the effect of water pleasing them so well that they bring it near their houses where they can not have its good effects .
49 On scheduled passages , of course , you ca n't always do this , but Mr. Andrew and his father before him knew the trade so well that they generally managed it .
50 In academic terms he sensed the changes in the wind so well that he knew exactly when to stop dropping the name Marcuse and start dropping the name Goldmann , when to switch from expressing genuine enthusiasm for Black Studies to expressing genuine enthusiasm for women 's literature .
51 In fact it works so well that within a few days of installing it friends were asking if they could fax me printed documents that they had always wanted to store on disk .
52 Strikers Goodman and McGinlay played so well that Armstrong 's absence was hardly noticed .
53 She was working so well that her coffee was always cold before she remembered to drink it .
54 She was not to be trapped into suspicion again ; if he knew his power so well that his presence was unnecessary , that was enough for her .
55 He 'd come out here to try to make trouble over her work , but luckily everything was going so well that he 'd find that difficult .
56 Things were going so well that she did n't want anyone else interfering with what she had worked so hard for .
57 When they were privatised I was on the Opposition Front Bench and did the job so well that I am no longer there .
58 I am delighted that they have done so well that it is now proposed , even in these difficult times , to increase their establishment .
59 Afterwards he had completed his training as a fighter pilot , performing so well that he was assigned to take an instructors ' course with the Navy at San Diego .
60 If you then take the point that it 's beyond the greenbelt , again you 've limited the area of search and if we take the point that Mr I think put across so well that it 's consistent with sub-regional policy , you already immediately then rule out that part of the erm area round Greater York that would have greatest impact on the Leeds Conurbation .
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