Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh adv] well [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for details of how well they had maintained their new figures or if , in fact , they had n't . |
| 2 | It was a measure of how well they had done that he even considered such an awful thing . |
| 3 | Items in the tests are not selected on the basis of how well they discriminate among students , i.e. they are not norm-referenced . |
| 4 | If the skirting is painted in a different colour to the walls , do n't forget to stick a smaller sample of the skirting colour next to the wall colour so you have an idea of how well they work together . |
| 5 | The secret of survival and success at college can be very largely defined in terms of how well you organize your time . |
| 6 | sort of try two or three styles then sort of how well you got ta think about your headdress and that first , have n't you ? |
| 7 | If a firm is operating in a good , competitive market then , notwithstanding the problems associated with accounting measurements , profit does give an indication of how well it produced goods : the market was willing to pay more for the finished goods than it cost the firm to produce them , if the firm made a profit . |
| 8 | The survival of the 1947 constitution without major change since the US occupation ended , is taken as evidence of how well it fits with the attitudes and expectations of contemporary Japan . |
| 9 | If you ca n't hear me at the back because my voice drops from time to time then shout away because I 'm not always aware of how well it carries . |
| 10 | Smith 's application of Smelser 's model is forced to rely on an assortment of different examples and there is little sense of how well it applies to separate case studies . |
| 11 | Clough added : ‘ He 's earned himself a contract not because of how well he has done for us , but because I think he can carry on after 32 . ’ |
| 12 | But , talk to Stevely on the subject of how well he has taught them and this most modest of men will go off at a tangent , drawing attention to the extent to which both girls have been prepared to work . |
| 13 | ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’ |
| 14 | There is not , as we might have expected , a simple decline in how well it remembers as time passes . |
| 15 | The environment you choose to learn in plays a crucial role in how well you progress . |
| 16 | The possible words in the input are given semantic scores based on how well they combine with possible neighbouring words in the input . |
| 17 | Earth scientists should not be quick to modify geological data to accommodate model simulations ; rather , the acceptability of climate simulations should be judged on how well they reproduce independently established geological facts . |
| 18 | They know their survival depends on how well they impress . |
| 19 | Dear Mrs Johnson or Dear Joan ( depending on how well you know the person you are writing to ) |
| 20 | Depends on how well you know them , I suppose . |
| 21 | Your performance depended on how well you had prepared and on your ability to negotiate . |
| 22 | It is a necessity because it provides the opportunity for reflection on how well you have carried out various tasks and whether there are better ways of doing things . |
| 23 | ‘ You thought your chance of handling my account depended on how well you handled my — ’ |
| 24 | Was she being judged on what she had learned about the project ; and if so , was n't the teacher being judged on how well he had transmitted knowledge and therefore should he not share the C-grade ? |
| 25 | Chapman said it would depend on how well he did on the Saturday . |
| 26 | On reflection , the catering industry may well be much better off as a result of the Government 's proposals for a self-regulatory approach , but it all depends at the end of the day on how well it gets its act together , using Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment systems to identify the problem areas . |
| 27 | ‘ Of course it all depends on the lady , on how well I know her . |
| 28 | I slammed the receiver down and stood for a second , congratulating myself on how well I had done , all things considered . |
| 29 | Most systems also have some method of assigning scores which rank competing hypotheses according to how well they match the constraints , or according to their probability given the evidence . |
| 30 | A ratchet is a mechanism by which investors provide management with an incentive , in the form of equity enhanced in proportion to how well they perform . |