Example sentences of "[adv] well as [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are dealing with it as well as we can in the circumstances and are beginning to have some real effect . |
| 2 | Well er we , we 've taken a , a , a policy view over the years because the group has a number of er very attractive er products and , and , and , and shareholders have frequently asked if was possible erm , to have concessions in all sorts of areas and the view we 've taken is that it involves a , a , a , a , a great deal of administration and that our real job is to er increase the profits of the business er , a as well as we can and then to pay dividends to the shareholders erm who will er , er , then use that money er , hopefully to buy a good number of our products . |
| 3 | Everything will be overshadowed by these events but we intend to go on making the week work as well as we can . |
| 4 | We 've got ta do as well as we can and we 've got ta try and get promotion this year . |
| 5 | They play a very defensive style and we 're gon na need to go down there an open the game up and play as well as we can . |
| 6 | What I 've told the players is we 've got to go up and play as well as we can to beat a team like Blackburn . |
| 7 | We 've got ta do as well as we can and we 've got ta try and get promotion this year . |
| 8 | I can count on the fingers of one hand all the journalists I have met who are committed to telling the truth about my field as well as they can discover it , No one could organise censorship so effectively in America , so the distortions in the press must reflect countless more or less independent decisions by editors and reporters which lead to the perpetuation of a misleading and intellectually fallacious understanding of a serious scientific subject . |
| 9 | Who and how many people we imprison , for how long and in what conditions are questions that politicians and sentencers must answer ; those in the prisons must make it work as well as they can . |
| 10 | As part of the whole , they are expected to enable all who are present to make their offering to God as fully and as well as they can , in addition to making their own contribution for him . |
| 11 | The phrase ‘ rehabilitation ’ denotes no more than the practice of helping individuals to function as well as they can in all areas of their daily life or , more simply , to be happier and more fulfilled people . |
| 12 | Some clients may feel that no-one can know or therefore write about their company as well as they can . |
| 13 | And oh , when we do something else , and my hands say to my feet , ha hang on , you can walk as well as they can , let's try it . |
| 14 | On the wards , day to day care means preparing patients as well as they can for surgery and beyond . |
| 15 | The two eldest kids are doing as well as they can and are bearing up as best as can be expected , ’ she said ‘ But my youngest boy has n't left my side since it happened . |
| 16 | ‘ Both John Emburey and Phil Tufnell have not bowled as well as they can but they must be given the opportunity to bowl more on these kind of turning pitches at home . |
| 17 | In fact , Yorkshire have some good players and if Tendulkar plays as well as he can , he will provide extra runs at a lively tempo , so giving Martyn Moxon more chances to be in control of the game . |
| 18 | Corydon , speaking as well as he can in Mira 's defence , observes : |
| 19 | Naturally we can not always totally ignore the views of others but , If you know you are doing your job as well as you can , remember it is your own opinion which counts . |
| 20 | This was the artisan middle-class family consolidating itself : make sure that the boys learn a craft or enter the professions , marry the girls off as well as you can — give them all , as they say , a better chance in life than you ever had yourself . |
| 21 | They are n't renowned for becoming millionaires after their footie days are over , so I suppose it 's a case of doing as well as you can while you can . |
| 22 | I hope you are both as well as you can be , and to make up for my lack of inspiration here is a poem which I discovered in a very nice book of modern Scottish poetry : — |
| 23 | I feel confident because I know I came out to help : directly , by leading them as well as an officer can ; indirectly , by watching their sufferings so that I may plead for them as well as I can . |
| 24 | That is why I want to find out , at least as well as I can by watching him , what he is like … . |
| 25 | Cal was thinking about having children , when she can act nearly as well as I can ! |
| 26 | ‘ Yeah , they send me the stuff before it 's published and I try to proof read it as well as I can . |
| 27 | A winning attitude says , ‘ I do my job as well as I can , so please respect me . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ That 's as well as I can putt . |
| 29 | He ca n't behave or think or speak or do anything else better than I can — nearly as well as I can — so he 's going to be the Old Man of the Sea until I shake him off somehow . |
| 30 | I 'll protect you as well as I can , my dearest love , whatever you may or may not have done ! ’ |