Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh adv] well [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is to compare a store 's performance not just with its historical record , but with some more objective measure of how well it should be doing . |
| 2 | I was beginning to think that I would be going home fishless when I found myself singing , ‘ He shall feed his flock ’ ; and fell to musing upon how well I would be able to feed five , let alone five thousand , given the reluctance of the fish to show even a snout above the surface . |
| 3 | We could only carry on like this for so long , and it all depended on how well we could sleep during the day . |
| 4 | Our personas will be more or less realistic depending on how well we can identify their prototypes , and how linguistically adept we are at mimicking them . |
| 5 | ‘ Our purpose is to satisfy customer requirements in industries as varied as , for example , oilfield services , detergents and the automotive field , and our whole future success depends on how well we can do this . |
| 6 | The success of a brood parasite like the European cuckoo depends on how well it can ‘ dupe ’ its host , whether reed warbler or dunnock . |
| 7 | If " Creole " is a second dialect rather than a second language , delaying its acquisition until adolescence will still have a limiting effect on how well it can be learned . |
| 8 | Pensioners are warned to take care , but there 's a limit to how well they can protect themselves |