Example sentences of "do well [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even in a bad market some firms do better than others . |
| 2 | When it comes to Guinness , can UK prosecutors do better than their American counterparts in putting Boesky 's tipoffs to good use ? |
| 3 | In fact , students who have taken a subject at A level do not , by the end of their courses , do better than those who have kept off it — as a recent study of economics graduates showed . |
| 4 | They also do better than most in soilless composts . |
| 5 | The report confirms that younger academics appointed under the UGC 's ‘ new blood ’ scheme do better than average in obtaining research funds . |
| 6 | The survey , surprisingly , shows that high-rise flats do better than average , with the main offenders being terraced houses . |
| 7 | Unless we do better than IT Year did in conveying what information technology is , who knows what uses the man on the Clapham omnibus will find for new technology . |
| 8 | Chapman hopes Leeds do better than the Arsenal team he played for in his last European appearance 10 years ago . |
| 9 | My old man works at Dunlop and he wants to make sure we [ he and his brothers and sisters ] do better than that . |
| 10 | If , for example , we find that the flowers in one corner of the garden do better than those in another corner , we make various comparisons between the two sites , and perhaps reach the conclusion that it is the lack of sunshine on the second site that is causing those flowers to do so badly . |
| 11 | The realisation of this aim has remained elusive ; in all societies the children of the powerful do better than those of the powerless . |
| 12 | WHETHER today 's Greeks do better than poor Sisyphus and Tantalus will be decided chiefly by the success or failure of the attempt to stop them being tax-dodgers . |
| 13 | The superscalar 7100 will operate at up to 100MHz and do better than 120 ( old ) SPECmarks , the company claimed at its announcement ( UX No 373 ) . |
| 14 | By way of final illustration , we can apply Nozick 's refutation to Descartes ' sceptical argument about dreaming , and hence perhaps do better than Descartes did on the last page of the Meditations . |
| 15 | Barristers do better than solicitors , but both do better than lawyers in private practice . |
| 16 | Barristers do better than solicitors , but both do better than lawyers in private practice . |
| 17 | Educationally , girls work harder and do better than if they had still been in school . |
| 18 | Patients who start out using high levels of gum — about one piece every waking hour for the first six weeks of quitting — do better than half-hearted chewers . |
| 19 | They do better than boys , however , on open-ended ‘ essay ’ type questions . |
| 20 | Nenna might have added to her list of things that men do better than women their ability to do nothing at all in an unhurried manner . |
| 21 | It is only in certain subjects — notably mathematics , technical subjects and physics — that boys do better than girls . |
| 22 | ‘ There are some things I always feel men do better than women . ’ |
| 23 | While Sears ( 1983 ) study of university students reported that mature students are less likely to be more successful than their younger counterparts in the areas of science , engineering and medicine , Brennan and McGeevor ( 1985 ) , in their study of CNAA graduates , report that mature students do better than younger students in all areas of study except those relating to engineering subjects . |
| 24 | It would appear that older students do better than younger students ( under the age of 21 at entry ) in arts and social sciences , whereas this is less likely in disciplines such as science , engineering , health studies and medicine . |
| 25 | Evidence also shows that mature students in general do better than younger students in all areas of study except those relating to Engineering subjects . |
| 26 | Professor Madeley said : ‘ There is no doubt that patients with a strong network of friends do better than those without . ’ |
| 27 | The managing director , Roger Spence , said : ‘ It has been a different sort of recession as traditionally the view is that theatre and leisure areas do better than others , but that has not been the case . |
| 28 | Anyway Si , probably do better than me . |
| 29 | Patients with a normal exercise test often do well while those who have a dramatically positive test do not . |
| 30 | However , a substantial proportion of patients do well as outpatients — eg , those whose emaciation is not severe ( body mass index >17 ) , who have no serious medical complications , who are motivated for change , and who have supportive friends and relatives . |