Example sentences of "[adv] well [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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1 | So why did the British Greens ( to take the national party which won the highest percentage of the vote ) do so well in the 1989 Euro-elections ? |
2 | It was unsurprising that , with Johannes Rau as their candidate for Chancellor , they fared even less well in the 1987 election ( with 37 per cent of the vote ) than they had four years before . |
3 | And Dunlop 's string with a score already well into the thirties for the season knows the time of day when assessing its youngsters . |
4 | Cocoa production rose in 1989 to 9,000 tonnes ( from 8,188 tonnes in 1987-88 ) , a production rate still well below the 35,000 tonnes frequently produced in the 1960s . |
5 | The total value of cross-border deals in the first three months of this year at $13.3 billion was 45 p.c. up on the corresponding period a year ago but was still well below the 1989 peak when the quarterly average reached $32.6 billion . |
6 | Having returned to pre-election campaign levels in the aftermath of John Major 's confounding of the pollsters , dealers found themselves confidently bidding the main index up well beyond the 2600 level . |
7 | As studies in many parts of the world show , the sexual satisfaction of both partners continues in a high proportion of cases long after the age of seventy and often well into the eighties . |
8 | It lingered on well into the 1930s . |
9 | Trade unions , in fact , did rather well during the 1930s . |
10 | And it may have still seemed a lot of money at I think one thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds , I ca n't comment or not not having seen the size of the estate , but it compares quite well with the five thousand one hundred and sixty sixty pound Five hu Five thousand seven hundred and sixteen pounds that the Midland bank charge on the particular estate . |
11 | But enough couples respond to economic motivations for the theory to describe ‘ average ’ behaviour quite well since the 1960s ( ni Bhrölchain 1986b ) . |
12 | The business did very well with the two lads greatly appreciated locally for their hard work and quality of service . |
13 | John will , however , do very well in the 500 class because he is a good rider . ’ |