Example sentences of "[adv] well [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " With his characteristic forthrightness — perhaps better adapted to engineering projects than affairs of the heart — he started his investigations " wrote his son later . |
| 2 | However , the British breeds are considered better for meat quality and taste and also for thrift and adaptability ; they remain in demand as sucklers , whereas the French and other large continental breeds are perhaps better suited as beef sires for commercial crossbreeding in dairy herds . |
| 3 | As a legal category , ‘ international judicial assistance ’ is perhaps better known in countries of the civil law tradition than those of the common law . |
| 4 | Even a glance at the map shows that the French would at this time have been strategically much better placed without Verdun , for withdrawal would have straightened and shortened their line , thus strengthening it . |
| 5 | The appointment of a practice manager was regarded as important by a third of firms with over fifty staff and the findings show that management systems tend to be much better developed in firms where decision making is in the hands of a single practice manager rather than , for example , in committee meetings of the whole partnership . |
| 6 | People throughout the world suddenly became much better informed about radiation hazards . |
| 7 | Phil Philips , deputy secretary of the British Hotels , Restaurants and Caterers Association , said : ‘ People in the industry are much better educated about AIDS than they were in 1987 . ’ |
| 8 | The ribbon could be fed into a casting machine in another part of the building , where it cast single characters , producing a quality of type much better suited to bookwork than was a Linotype slug . |
| 9 | Here , he was much better supplied with materials than for Elphege . |
| 10 | " In a joint Anglo-American paper on the crises , the Shah was described as " well-meaning , naturally well disposed towards Britain and the US , aware of the Communist danger , but vacillating and weak . |
| 11 | Many commodity markets are institutionally well suited to speculation , having developed facilities for buying crops before they are harvested ( futures markets ) for small down-payments ( margin trading ) . |
| 12 | JE : Am I right in saying , Peter , that you did n't feel entirely well cast as Essex ? |
| 13 | He was obviously well accustomed to women going to pieces in his presence . |
| 14 | The unit comes extremely well packed in polystyrene , not a bad thing considering it costs a fairly staggering £143.75 , and consists mainly of a 25mm by 355mm by 260mm black plastic box . |
| 15 | It is extremely well led by Clive Priestley as chairman and Tim Mason as director . |
| 16 | Brown Windsor , I regret to add , is extremely well handicapped with Ghofar . |
| 17 | Lassus 's church music was extremely well known in France where his works were published from 1564 onward by Le Roy and Ballard . |
| 18 | ‘ In fact there is nothing to know unless you are extremely well acquainted with Mademoiselle Bryant . |
| 19 | The story about a whole bloodstained cupboard being removed from Belmodes to a police laboratory went the rounds with the speed of light , being especially well received at Teddy Touch 's outfit , marketing street clothes known as Touchline . |
| 20 | It might be doubted whether Ragnvald 's sons , who were first put forward as Cnut 's opponents at Holy River long ago , would have been sufficiently well known in England for the Chronicle entry to be readily intelligible , but this is not certain , and an annalist naming leaders of large Swedish forces may have thought it obvious that they were Swedes themselves . |
| 21 | The rest had been so well prepared for work by their previous sixteen years of socialisation that they found few problems . |
| 22 | Lucky child , to be so well cared for while others suffer so much ! |
| 23 | Now , however , almost a decade later , it did not seem nearly so large and he found himself remembering the good things — the warm , cosy atmosphere of Mrs Appleby 's kitchen ; the wonderful view across the garden and pastures from all the south-facing windows ; the pungent smell of the horses , so well loved by Uncle Cosmo , in the well-kept stables ; the fascinating portrait of his handsome father in the gallery ; the stamp collection and lead soldiers that had once belonged to his father in the shabby old nursery , where he , a homesick boy , had secretly penned so many letters to Alice . |
| 24 | What may be thought surprising is the absence of Celtic deities which are so well represented in stone sculpture and reliefs , especially in the west . |
| 25 | It was so well hidden by forest , however , that they were almost upon it before she really had the chance to look . |
| 26 | The Physic Garden had become so well stocked with rarities as to rival any other garden in Europe . |
| 27 | I still occasional refer to these especially when I need a ‘ refresher ’ so well expressed by Veal in his unique manner . |
| 28 | However I find that some of the people I think are good , who are , you know , efficient , go and do the job , encourage them ( the clients ) to do it themselves , are n't so well liked by families as some of those who are much softer and , you know , do everything for them . |
| 29 | Worried about Germany , Poles stopped worrying about Soviet troops in Poland and began to feel rather relieved that their current president , General Wojciech Jaruzelski , was so well connected in Moscow . |
| 30 | That analysis is so well understood in North America that their discrimination statutes merely enact a general prohibition on employment discrimination on account of disability . |