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

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1 Harper had told the court he twice briefly lit tufts of hay in order to see better in the darkened barn .
2 Harper , no relation to the girls , of Homecroft Drive , Uckington , admitted he had twice briefly lit tufts of hay to see better in the darkened barn .
3 We 'll get to know better with the local news after this
4 British industry had not therefore responded well to the European challenge , and Bonn and Paris remained the strongest elements in the EC .
5 Some additional information has emerged but , unfortunately , mouse chromosomes have not responded well to the high resolution techniques developed for human chromosomes and it is only recently that a higher resolution idiogram has been published ( 14 ) .
6 Hinchley 's thinking was reflected in his teaching and his methods trained men to work well in the chemical industry of the day .
7 This corresponds well to the high pitch of mouse sounds , which can be emitted up to this same level .
8 They should root well by the following November .
9 These correlate well with the alkaline haematin method .
10 Skelton Village and the area of D thirty nine and D forty are located well within the general extent of the statutory York greenbelt , as defined by Policy E Eight Four of the North Yorkshire County Structure Plan , approved by the Secretary of State for the Environment .
11 The surrounding design , of lozenges and perspective boxes ( with their fillings of black rhomboids , guilloche twists and chequered triangles ) , by virtue of the interposition of the squares , blends well with the central roundel .
12 Indeed the lasting effect of this period is seen better in the political pressure groups — the Gay and Women 's Liberation movements — which it spawned than in the actual pop music of the time .
13 So a female who can persuade two males that they each have a stake in the brood will do better in the evolutionary struggle .
14 fixations might do better in the long run by holding out until you 've got enough cash to buy the real thing .
15 Undemanding as to growing medium , it will do well with the usual mixtures provided for other hardy Cryptocoryne species .
16 Here he found Frank a great help as he had a fair knowledge of native North American trees and shrubs which , when checked with the big books , sounded as though they 'd do well in the peaty soil of Eire .
17 The formation break-down gradient of 0.96 obtained from the test in the interval 4460 to 4468 m compared well with the computed fracture re-opening pressure gradient 0.95 psi/ft .
18 We found in earlier descents that if power was left on the aircraft quickly accelerated well into the yellow arc and could quite easily reach its Vne .
19 Mr Patten scored well in the middle range , for example the town and country planning issues which most concern his own supporters .
20 It says two Darlington pubs the Hole in the Wall and Lascelles Park are operating well under the new leases and that they are a unique way of putting pubs on a proper commercial footing .
21 I have never experienced an aggressive or bullying rasbora of any species , and they mix well in the peaceful community aquarium , swimming alongside companions from the other side of the world as easily as they integrate with their natural South East Asian cohabitants .
22 Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions … and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new .
23 With his academic background , he would probably have done well in the written examinations but he was never invited to take them .
24 This last task , in fact , had earlier been found to be performed better by the left hand of neurologically intact right and left handers ( Kimura and Vanderwolf 1970 ) .
25 There is good evidence that it is associated with individual galaxies as these seem to have dark haloes which extend well beyond the visible stars .
26 Henley prides itself on the accessibility of its Faculty whose services extend well beyond the formal classroom environment .
27 But our activities extend well beyond the day-to-day business of meeting claims and dealing with queries .
28 The war was going well for the galactic empire .
29 Things were n't going well for the American studios , either at home or in the UK , and they became increasingly desperate , hunting around for the winning formula some had lost and others never found .
30 Ice-houses in Britain date from the seventeenth century , and many of the great houses had private ice-houses built in their grounds before the advent of refrigeration — some were still used well into the present century .
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