Example sentences of "[adv] well [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said that the pain was a little better after the pethidine she had been given and she was able to rest quietly while she waited to be taken to theatre . |
| 2 | Indeed , in another passage in the Ali differentiates the haric elli ( and 40-akce ) and dahil grades of medreses on the basis not of geographical location but of their builders — the 40-akce and medreses being the foundations of the families of pre-Ottoman rulers and [ Ottoman ] vezirs and emirs , the medreses the foundations of the families of Ottoman sultans — method of classification which accords rather better with the actualities of his time ( late sixteenth century ) but which provides no apparent explanation for the terms themselves . |
| 3 | Thus it is likely to work much better with the OED than with shorter dictionaries ’ . |
| 4 | Murdock stayed in Cornwall for about 19 years and got on much better with the miners than Watt had done . |
| 5 | If only the population could just manage , by random drift , to get itself over the knife-edge , it could coast down the slope to the Tit for Tat side , and everyone would do much better at the banker 's ( or ‘ nature 's ’ ) expense . |
| 6 | Much better on the wall . |
| 7 | Community-policing arrangements have not fared much better in the United States . |
| 8 | Masnun was out of sight from a poor draw in his last race at Kempton , but ran much better in the Stewards ' Cup here and he 's well in today on his best form . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure that we 'll be able to get on much better in the future . ’ |
| 10 | T'owd dear was n't up to doing much better by the chocolates , having problems wi' sugar in her water , so I did well out o' that . |
| 11 | At Godmanchester , for instance , extensive ribbon developments spread outwards well beyond the line of the later defences , but with time , there was a more intense build-up in the area adjacent to the crossroads as the site became more economically specialized . |
| 12 | Whether we take the retail prices index minus mortgage interest payments or producer prices , the rate of inflation has declined sharply in the past year and I suspect that the underlying measures of inflation will continue to decline in the next year — I can tell the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) , who is interrupting from a sedentary position , that the underlying rate of inflation compares extremely well with the position under the Labour Government of which he was a member . |
| 13 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 14 | Put the audience at their ease extremely well at the outset . |
| 15 | The band , who were originally considered the epitome of a brilliant small-venue outfit , went down extremely well despite the vastness of the occasion . |
| 16 | As expected , the BJP performed extremely well in the north and was the only party to make a substantial overall gain . |
| 17 | The UNCP performed extremely well in the capital , Katmandu , winning four of the city 's five seats . |
| 18 | Fraser and his wife had shown up extremely well in the circumstances . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend is right — United Kingdom firms have done extremely well in the list of top companies in Europe . |
| 20 | If he swam the river , he would have to make his way upstream well beyond the yacht and within sight of the bridge or be swept back down by the current . |
| 21 | Tom sang a Burns song and then , because it went so well with the guitar , never mind the sax , Don Giovanni 's pretty serenade . |
| 22 | These shoes are n't very practical but they go so well with the suit . |
| 23 | Well basically it 's the people , like we get on so well with the English over here and as they say back home the . |
| 24 | Pupils got on so well with the decorators when the school got its first brush-up for more than a decade that they decided to remember them in a life-size painting . |
| 25 | And not many units will cope so well with the transition from studio friendliness to instant big-gig compatibility . |
| 26 | ‘ No chance , ’ she stated swiftly on a light laugh , and quickly dismissed the subject by turning to her host with a query about the wine that went so well with the meal . |
| 27 | So it was ‘ all change ’ on Pig Street : Solomon Mead replaced Elizabeth Titford in the little dwelling house which had served the Titford family so well over the years , and Thomas Tuck began to see what kind of commercial success he could make out of the vacated butcher and chandler 's shop next door . |
| 28 | The nomes who have n't done so well since the Drive . |
| 29 | Its introduction into British schools for the deaf , first by the Rev. Thomas Arnold at Northampton in 1868 then by Mr. William Van Praagh at 11 , Fitzroy Square , London in 1872 , rapidly spread , especially after 1880 , until it came to be both detested and feared by leading deaf people everywhere who saw that it could — and indeed as it did — seriously damage the systems of education that had served so well since the growth of deaf education . |
| 30 | In conclusion I would say that the book itself is good and the style is brilliant , as you are able to see things so well through the eyes of Finn . |