Example sentences of "well [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Lloyd did well to nurse Small through one or two key matches , relying on the bowler 's experience even when not flat out .
2 Although I had kept away from people and villages so far , I knew this was a well inhabited part of the world .
3 In the absence of a well developed welfare state , ‘ retirees ’ have to work , live off earnings or rely on familial support . )
4 He does not have a well developed hunting instinct .
5 Family counselling , or family therapy , began in the USA in the 1950s , underwent enormous expansion during the 1960s and is now a well developed technique with a sizeable literature devoted to it .
6 They are very diverse , but they all have prominent lobate appendages , a well developed head with eyes , and sometimes a tail-fan .
7 The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way .
8 This not only entitled the State which manufactured and certified the aircraft type to participate formally in an investigation by means of an officially accredited representative , and so make their very considerable resources and knowledge available to the investigators , but it also ensured that when an accident occurred in one of those States which did not possess a well developed aviation industry , all the necessary expertise would be forthcoming and available to the investigation .
9 Although there is a well developed theory of how these devices learn and solve problems , there is n't any very useful theory of how they represent their learned knowledge .
10 It has many well developed facilities for holidaymakers with wonderful bathing and watersports , tremendous sightseeing and tasty food and drink at rock bottom prices .
11 Some such as tree frogs have well developed finger and toe pads , rather like Geckos and can climb up plants to reach insect prey that other ground-living frogs can not reach .
12 The tentacle pores of this latter group are open and often armed with small spine-like tentacle scales except in Ophiosparte which has open tentacle pores but a well developed tentacle scale which forms a continuous series with the arm spines .
13 We need to ensure that there is a well developed strategy for science in Europe , particularly in those areas where major efforts are required such as environmental research .
14 Another interesting feature about these new thelodonts is that there is evidence that a well developed stomach was present .
15 The males have a well developed bursa and two spicules , the configuration of which is used for species differentiation .
16 Purchasers responded only weakly to market signals such as competitive prices ( 22 per cent ) or the fact that a provider had " a well developed quality assurance programme " ( 12 per cent ) .
17 But , if all goes to plan , it will not be long before many more well filled wallets like these will be stopping — and getting thinner — in Garrison .
18 Parents armed with this information , might well think Saintbridge is not a good choice for their children .
19 The Venetians , too , are focusing on their local heritage with Il Vetro veneziano 1890–1990 ( L140,000 ) , written by Rosa Barovier Mentasti for L'Arsenale — the first full history of Venetian glass-making from Art Nouveau to the present day — and a second edition of Giardini segreti a Venezia ( L80,000 ) , by Gianni Berengo Gardin , Cristina Moldi Ravenna and Tudy Sammartini , evoking the intimate atmosphere of the little-known and well hidden gardens of Venice .
20 Visiting the scene of the crash on Jan. 5 , Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said that the disaster might have been the result of a " well calculated scheme " , and she ordered an immediate judicial inquiry .
21 I said no staying at , mum , she said well bring mum I said I do n't think her a her her scene .
22 You might think that since the world stays just as nice , we could as well regard Tit for Tat as an ESS .
23 Sunshine and a well drained soil are recommended .
24 The well situated -Mariano
25 This was a well arranged study to generate information which would enable predictive models of analysis of exposure levels of ( U.S. ) embalmers to formaldehyde and other substances encountered in embalming procedures .
26 ANOTHER strong trade of 1,140 sheep at Ballyclare saw an easier trade for hoggets but still an excellent demand for well fleshed sorts which sold to a top of £49 per head for a pen of Suffolks from W Taggart , Doagh , and to £48.50 for four crossbreds 24kg presented by Mrs H Porter , Newtownabbey .
27 If you keep your wicker or cane furniture in a well heated room or conservatory , moisten it regularly with a plant spray .
28 We have excellent food — almost twice as much as we can eat is offered us at every meal — and we have well heated rooms , which is indeed a blessing , when you compare the virtual absence of heating at the Peking Languages Institute where we work .
29 But though her well catalogued activities are relatively blameless , she has been seen , sometimes near houses , and with no other wolves to keep her company , she has mixed with dogs .
30 Despite extensive evidence from numerous independent sources to the effect that there is little to choose between the performance of a well formulated detergent and the invariably more expensive combined products , known as sanitisers , a whole industry has been built around marketing sanitisation .
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