Example sentences of "was well [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was better placed in a university than in a school , and enjoyed more than he could have done in any other society the life of that great college , which was to be his home for the remainder of his life . |
| 2 | And surely Isaiah Berlin was better seen as a liberal of the old school , a classic Millian , while Karl Popper arguably opened the way , via Lakatos , to Thomas Kuhn ? |
| 3 | In some ways , however , Alexander was better prepared for the throne than either of his immediate predecessors . |
| 4 | The mission attracted further media coverage when the flight commander , Anatoly Artsebarsky , stated in a pre-launch interview that he believed Sharman 's male back-up , Maj. Timothy Mace , was better qualified for the trip and that it was " not a woman 's business to fly into space " . |
| 5 | Sometimes appearing as a beautiful horse , saddled ready to ride , Lutin was better known as a hearth sprite . |
| 6 | However , Joseph Hepworth was better known as the editor of the British Deaf Times , which he was for some years up to his death . |
| 7 | After all SHE was the newcomer , and HE had starred alongside Michael J Fox in Bright Lights , Big City , and was better known in the movie-world . |
| 8 | In rats with chronic pancreatic fistula , the basal pancreatic protein secretion was well sustained at a level of about 10 mg/30 minutes throughout the seven hour experiment ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 9 | Hereford are only two off the bottom of the third division now after slipping up at Gillingham … their defence was well beaten by the opening goal from Arnott … |
| 10 | The importance of Stonyditch Point as the end of the spit for a long period is emphasised by the position of Orford , which was well situated as a port when the Ness ended at Stonyditch Point and not in its present position some miles to the south . |
| 11 | Then , Dornan fired in another great cross which was well collected by the Dinamo keeper . |
| 12 | A number of hooded men brandishing sub-machine guns and standing in front of a Colombian flag told the magazine that their organisation had 150 full-time employees , was financed by big business and was well connected with the security forces . |
| 13 | The histogram was well fitted by the sum of two gaussians , each of s.d. 70μV , with their means and relative heights indicated by the vertical bars . |
| 14 | Although a spacious courtyard made the small rooms light , and I was well served by a bed , table and chair of Van Gogh simplicity , I could not deny that an air of melancholy hung over the place . |
| 15 | The atmosphere of Darvel was well encapsulated in a verse of doggerel which Leslie added at the top of one of his letters : |
| 16 | Sir John was a prodigious drinker and was well loved by the city 's taverners . |
| 17 | Trusthouse said it was well represented at the airport . |
| 18 | A worse incident happened to me when invited to preach at a special service in a small church which was well filled for the occasion . |
| 19 | involving other people who can provide support was well illustrated by the role of the Salvation Army friends . |
| 20 | This was well illustrated by the refusal of the authorities in Germany to allow GEC to purchase the then nearly bankrupt electrical company AEG following objections from the German trade unions . |
| 21 | The high standard of workmanship achieved was well illustrated by the fact that a bridge assembled from units drawn from four contractors and made from different jig sets went together simply . |
| 22 | This point was well illustrated in a Church row that once broke over the head of a certain man . |
| 23 | The blight that fell upon the valley was well illustrated in a television documentary ‘ The Valley That Died ’ . |
| 24 | This was well symbolized by the enthronement of the gospel book at the Council , though more could have been made of it ( de Maio , 1963 , p. 21 ; Bianchi , 1987 , p. 117 ) . |
| 25 | He said the statue was well received at the Garden Festival and had been wanted by many local authorities . |
| 26 | The novel was well received as a warning against excessive sensibility by the Monthly Magazine and the Critical Review , which praised its ‘ philosophic attention to the phenomenon of the human mind ’ . |
| 27 | The book was well received by the Lancet and British Medical Journal , but savagely attacked by an anonymous reviewer in the Medical Times and Gazette of 1859 , who dismissed it , in a ridiculous review for which the most likely reason was personal animosity or jealousy , as ‘ a book which is not wanted [ and ] is not even up to the mark of the existing vade-mecums . |
| 28 | It was well received by the electorate and , with a cooperative Democratic Congress behind him , he could expect to implement a majority of the plan 's ideas . |
| 29 | Colloredo refused , and , after an abusive interview in which the archbishop lost both his temper and his priestly dignity , calling Mozart a scoundrel and a knave , both parties announced that each was well rid of the other . |
| 30 | The littoral was well integrated into the market economy even before the beginning of British rule , and it was families from this area who were able to gain wealth through trade and other capitalist ventures when the cash economy expanded inland in the nineteenth century . |