Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] well [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was felt by the Royal Commission on Police Powers that criminal prosecution and investigation could only work well if the general public felt confident in the role played by the police . |
| 2 | What do we already do well that the National Curriculum planners have neglected — remembering that if we think we do something well we need to be able to look closely , give reasons , describe in detail . |
| 3 | retained direct control of the ‘ Croydon & District Tramways ’ might not work well if the new lines had to be separated administratively from the Corporation system , so they decided to set up a subsidiary company as they had done in other areas . |
| 4 | Boswell had a fire in his ‘ most elegant ’ room overlooking the sea , but he did not sleep well because the sea made its wild noises , and the pillows were stuffed with the feathers of ‘ some sea-fowl , which had to me a disagreeable smell ’ . |
| 5 | Even if the actual cost turned out to be quite high , it might still appear better than the other paths for which we have high estimates , estimates which may be considerably greater than their actual cost . |
| 6 | Italy could also perform better than the EC average of 3% as could Spain — with the admitted advantage of starting from a smaller base . |
| 7 | Prime minister … chairman of British Rail … head of BBC Light Entertainment … well , who could n't do better than the current incumbents ? |
| 8 | The intention was that the electors should choose to be governed by persons they recognized as better and wiser than themselves , who might well understand better than the people themselves what their real interests were , and whose decisions the people would therefore accept . |