Example sentences of "well for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Something vulnerable in her manner brings out an element of sadism in the way the long final act teases her endurance ; but it also makes the denouement extremely touching , and the part lies well for a voice that has managed Janacek 's Capture as well as Verdi 's Violetta .
2 It demands respect , and it demands commitment , but it does the job amazingly well for a car on transverse cart springs and a chassis that 's based on what looks no more than two parallel lengths of drainpipe .
3 He finished fourth to Baies and The Thinker at Haydock last week , running well for a long way .
4 The closeness of the Anglo-American special relationship during the Second World War boded well for a continuing post-war partnership , in which Britain would be able to influence US policy in a mutually beneficial way ; and latent Soviet hostility , which became apparent in London sooner than in Washington , was lessened by the assumed technological backwardness of Russia , and by the devastation she had suffered at the hands of the Germans .
5 Supertop ran well for a long way in the season 's opener at Doncaster .
6 Paul Merson is playing with a maturity which augers well for a rich future to an England career that started so well in Czechoslovakia last month .
7 For instance when he visited Manchester in 1814 he wrote 9th September — an exceedingly pleasant ride all the way from Leicester to Manchester … we found my poor mother ( actually his step-mother ) surprisingly well for a person of 80 — dined at Brother 's and drank tea with my mother and Aunt Weston ’ , and on ‘ Sunday , I went to my mother 's and walked back with Aunt Evans to my brother 's , she walked wonderfully for a person of 82½ — drank tea again at my mother 's .
8 All went well for a short while , but then his childhood respiratory problems returned .
9 When Bernard came out of hospital he did not walk very well for a good long time .
10 Some mothers can enjoy and care well for a baby in arms , but are disturbed by and neglectful of a toddler who starts to express independence and move away as well as towards .
11 Well for a start , madam , you could tell the captain .
12 It had been a wet , raw winter , with the ground waterlogged and streams running high ; but at least there had been little snow and the hill passes were open , which was just as well for a journey to mid-Annandale .
13 I prefer the consistent VIKING ROCKET , who ran well for a long way behind Captain Dibble in the Scottish National at Ayr .
14 Again , this worked well for a while .
15 Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus .
16 This goes down well for a while , until the ‘ MC ’ puppet finally orders them to ‘ kindly leave the stage ’ or to be quiet .
17 Hood : a well-shaped hood which closes down well for a snug fit .
18 The obsessive vision that propels and sustains Birdy on his long night has a once-in-a-lifetime quality about it , a quirkiness that does not augur well for a successor …
19 ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time , ’ he told the ever-comforting Jones , ‘ and shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’
20 I think tranquillizers can be useful as well for a very short time limited period .
21 Well for a start we 're going to get everyone into shape to cross the G'bai .
22 Well for a start they 're all .
23 When Cuthbert died ( also in 687 ) Wilfrid administered Lindisfarne as well for a year until the appointment of Bishop Eadberht in 688 ( HE IV , 29 ) .
24 This recognition system works perfectly well for a toad because any small , dark , moving object in its natural environment is an insect .
25 Well for a start half of them , the shape of them is n't very conven it 's not very good for ar arranging things .
26 Well for a number of reasons , that 's one of them that 's one spinner and one yarn , and he offers me all of those colours , ex stock , in sort of ten days delivery and er one carton at a time , if I wanted .
27 Apparently all went well for a few days , then Svend 's conscience got the better of him .
28 There was n't the faintest trace of pity in his face as he saw the defeated posture , just a glimmer of satisfaction that his own plans were starting to go well for a change .
29 It seemed as if that was going to be in doubt as well for a moment , but then he swung the door wide in a parody of a silent welcome .
30 It would proceed perfectly well for a while and then suddenly lose all power , forcing Robyn to jerk and stutter along in first gear , while huge juggernauts and tractors hounded her from behind and threw her into a panic .
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