Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] well [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to achieve this , they must attain seniority , with the implication that the South does well out of the Federal budget because its members of Congress are more likely , on average , to be reelected and therefore climb the seniority ladder . |
| 2 | They have a record going well back into the Cambrian , when it might be supposed that the chordates were undergoing a major diversification . |
| 3 | The rectangular site extended well back from the street . |
| 4 | Mr. Oswald Stoll — who was subsequently knighted — began to erect , in 1911 , one of his ‘ Empires ’ , a theatre of entertainment , in Chiswick High Road , situated between the ‘ Old Packhorse ’ on the corner of Acton Lane , and the family butchers , ‘ Caughts ’ which had its own slaughter house , as well as a shop set well back from the main road , just west of Essex Place Square . |
| 5 | Further down yet , the terracing ceased and became pairs of large semi-detached houses set well back from the road with the front gardens mostly paved and dedicated to parking space . |
| 6 | Oger is a small hamlet , its few houses set well back from the D10 towards the Forêt d'Oger , and barely noticeable from the road . |
| 7 | The men wore rubber ponchos and had exchanged their black berets for jungle hats pulled well down against the rain so that he was unable to discern whether Miguelito was amongst their number . |
| 8 | By ensuring the transmission of local versions of organizational ‘ common sense ’ ( that ‘ you 've got to include the minions , ’ as one wag had it ) these firms help to push the essential decision criteria and the wherewithal for decision making well down into the organization . |
| 9 | To our left a high cliff cut off the view , and to the right a lowish headland jutted well out into the sea . |
| 10 | Using full ( 48 degrees ) flap it glides like an auto-rotating helicopter with the cowling pointed well down towards the near shore . |
| 11 | Remember that most shoals of sizeable bream , say fish of more than 3lb , patrol beats well out from the banks . |
| 12 | The following morning , Arty was taken by ambulance to the huge Victorian red-brick pile on the edge of town — a massive structure set well back in the fields and surrounded by a high wall to protect the sensibilities of the sane from too close a confrontation with one of society 's more disagreeable problems . |
| 13 | Sunset Cottage stood well back from the lane , on rising ground . |
| 14 | Newman slowed down , stopped outside a cottage set well back from the road so Paula could read the name . |
| 15 | The Conservative Party was the only other major political party to do well out of the inter-war years . |
| 16 | The orchard lay well back from the riverside , and the wealth of old and well-grown trees between isolated it from the house . |