Example sentences of "well [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the promotion of rapid industrialization , the Japanese state fostered the growth of large organizations which would be better placed to resist the intense competition of Western companies . |
| 2 | Commission chairman , P.K. Iyengar , claims that such work is labour intensive , and hence India will be better placed to offer an economical service than more developed nations . |
| 3 | But in the search for such pacts or agreements , the opposition parties will necessarily be drawn closer together , and the campaign for tactical voting will gather force and develop a presence that will make it better placed to make a major impact in the next election . |
| 4 | And if Jardines sought to sell out of Hongkong Land , it would be better placed to demand a hefty premium for offering effective control without the need to buy out smaller shareholders . |
| 5 | Walden talked about the way in which Britain 's role had been artificially inflated by the cold war : ‘ What could be better calculated to raise the national spirits than a government holding the flag high in the face of the evils of communism , the murderous follies of buffoonish Argentinian generals , and the intrigues of the perfidious French ? ’ |
| 6 | I can not think of a more patsy , unquestioning system better designed to produce the cosy relationship about which the hon. Gentleman so frequently speaks . |
| 7 | For example , the decline in numbers of young people could be a chance to improve educational standards , thus making Britain better prepared to enter the next century and to manage the demands of an ageing population . |
| 8 | Through reflecting on and discussing their experiences in the classroom , both successful and unsuccessful , teachers involved in LAMP and RAMP have found themselves better equipped to facilitate the mathematical development of their pupils . |
| 9 | He will thus be better equipped to give an informed opinion than under the present procedure when the papers are returned to him some months later through the Lord Chief Justice . |
| 10 | Sport does tend to thrust the begging bowl at politicians , when it would be better employed preparing an unanswerable case for substantial state aid . |
| 11 | But , for Mr Major , the chief worry was that Mr Bangemann 's bombshell could not have been better timed to inflict the maximum damage to his efforts to quell the Tory rebellion . |
| 12 | Nathan Cohen would have been ‘ pledged ’ to another idea ; his ‘ blood ’ would have been consecrated ; he would have been ‘ grave ’ — though perhaps not ‘ strict ’ ; he would better have protected the fragile ceremony ; owning the importance of his proper role in it . |
| 13 | ‘ I should have thought your time would be better spent studying the common people . |
| 14 | This action enabled the new infilling east elevation clad in painted timber boards to be installed to the rear of the original wall-plane , better exposing to view the cylindrical forms of the kilns ( Plate 16 ) . |
| 15 | Wherein their Superior Effects for the cure of gun-shot wounds … ‘ , but in those years it was still an uncouth place , better fitted to receive the injured soldiery than sickly , comfort-loving bourgeois . |
| 16 | In all such cases , the buyer is far better advised to include an express statement of the purpose for which the goods are intended , and an express warranty as to their suitability for it . |
| 17 | Those formulating agreements are obviously better advised to avoid the particular frameworks captured by the Act . |
| 18 | Surely he would be better advised to start a new series with Bus Pass Wish One . |
| 19 | Maybe she would be better advised to try a different approach . |
| 20 | The hope seems to be that nurses will be better prepared and better enthused to address the nursing needs of society without the shackles placed on them by an outmoded system of training . |
| 21 | A celibate can not possibly imagine without sin ( in which there is no parvitas materiae ) what sexual intercourse is like , and is therefore hardly well placed to judge the psychological effects of artificial contraception . |
| 22 | Although it is almost certainly the case that most firms are not able to appropriate all the returns to innovation via licensing , this does not imply that many firms can not generate a satisfactory stream of returns in this manner ( particularly if they are not well placed to exploit the new knowledge themselves ) . |
| 23 | Managing director of ICL Personal Systems David Mills also claims that the Spring collection is well placed to exploit the growing trend towards client-server technology — in fact , the company said it can now offer ‘ everything you need for client-server computing ’ . |
| 24 | The Government remain of the view that the educational establishments are well placed to assess the financial needs and priorities of their students . |
| 25 | As we said in the last chapter , the Church is well placed to give a positive message at this time , to speak of how mortality is understood and how it fits in with the Christian message of salvation . |
| 26 | Steering the RCN through the gravest provocation and confrontations — over industrial action , inadequacy of resources , management reorganisations , and the latest debacle over the implementation of a new clinical grading structure — he is strategically well placed to voice a considered opinion on the future of the profession in Britain as we enter the next decade . |
| 27 | With the two sides more or less equally matched in numbers , and Wightman 's horse unable to deploy effectively , Tullibardine was well placed to achieve a modest victory . |
| 28 | Cokes have long moved in Royal circles , and he is well placed to advise the new Earl Spencer on estate affairs and any more delicate matters . |
| 29 | But the employers who were in fact well placed to have a statistical view of the matter , were not inclined to draw attention to the inconvenient figures . |
| 30 | On a daily basis the objectives are to ‘ make sure that the investments or companies are progressing according to plan and are well placed to survive a prolonged recession ’ and , he adds , ‘ dare I say it , to benefit from the upturn when it comes ’ . |