Example sentences of "a well [verb] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean to my mind you might just as well spend your money on , what are you doing idiot , on a well made piece of furniture today like some of those we 've seen in , in |
| 2 | A well made piece of kit that will undoubtedly become more apparent on our banks during the coming seasons . |
| 3 | There was a well understood code of honour in these matters and guests invariably responded nobly . |
| 4 | Firstly because of the cost , and secondly because I was firm in my belief that there was no substitute for a reliable watch , an accurate depth gauge and a thorough working knowledge of a well proven set of decompression tables . |
| 5 | A well documented feature of computer use in UK primary schools is their frequent use for collaborative activities . |
| 6 | Football had been a traditionally rowdy and sometimes violent game , but as a regulated spectator sport it provided novel opportunities for conflicts between the players , referees and fans , and there is a well documented history of pitch invasions , attacks on referees and players , and fighting between rival fans throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the new century . |
| 7 | In this his second publication of poetry , or as he calls it ‘ making the bastards suffer ’ , Bitumen has produced a well rounded collection of spite , venom and malicious slander . |
| 8 | The notion of defining standards for practice is now a well recognised part of quality service provision . |
| 9 | The possibility of endometritis should be considered in all young women with intermenstrual bleeding and , in particular , Chlamydia trachomatis infection , which is a well recognised cause of endometritis and is currently the commonest sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | It is not reasonable to expect Hong Kong to continue to accept , year in , year out , large numbers of people coming from Vietnam — not because they have a well founded fear of persecution , but because they want to better the economic lot of themselves and their families . |
| 11 | A refugee is defined as someone who suffers from a well founded fear of persecution , and the process has to determine whether such a fear is well-founded . |
| 12 | Not a word was spoken as they made their way to the bar , but a well chilled bottle of wine was uncorked and waiting … |
| 13 | Soil geography has also had a well established legacy of soil maps which have attempted to relate the one extreme of detailed soil survey to the other of a world distribution . |
| 14 | In some American states , the idea of suing your employer for the effects of stress is a well established fact of life . |
| 15 | The Tories and Liberals are level in opinion polls , but a well calibrated display of anger against his fellow Conservatives in Ottawa may win Mr Rideout a chance to steer his province into sunnier waters . |
| 16 | When a well proportioned quantity of water is passed over the unequal surface of a richly coloured rock , which thus aided , glows with borrowed brightness and augmented beauty on the delighted wanderer 's gaze , the spectacle is replete with dazzling fascination , and the mind most avaricious of enjoyment can covet no more . |
| 17 | Reg Dixon , British Gas South Western Operations Director said : ‘ British Gas is a well known supporter of energy efficiency and of protection of the environment . |
| 18 | We recently paid a well known converter of diesel engines to Land Rovers and Range Rovers a handsome sum to convert our 1960 Land Rover to a Rover V8 . |
| 19 | It is surrounded by a high creosoted wooden fence to which are attached glossy placards displaying the names of a well known firm of demolition experts and of the construction company in charge of the future redevelopment work . |
| 20 | Incubations were performed under basal conditions , in the presence of 4 µM forskolin ( a well known stimulator of adenylate cyclase ) used to check if the homogenates retained the ability to respond to stimuli and with a peptic tryptic cotazym digest of bread ( San Pastore ) wheat gliadin ( 50 µg/ml ) ( supplied by Dr M De Vincenzi , Istituto Superiore di Santià , Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura , Rome ) . |
| 21 | In my view they can not alter the fact that the cause of death was status asthmaticus , a well known complication of asthma and sadly sometimes , as here , fatal . |
| 22 | This view shows the GC starting signal which fortunately survives in a well known collection of railwayana . |