Example sentences of "[was/were] well [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organisers were well prepared and able to maintain their authority . |
| 2 | The rules were well defined and clear-cut . |
| 3 | The recruitment of ‘ mules ’ and CIs and their employment in a stepped-up programme of controlled deliveries down the pipeline offered little risk of embarrassment , provided the ‘ stings ’ were well organized and proper security precautions were observed . |
| 4 | His clothes were well made and expensive , but they were far too large for him . |
| 5 | Whereas daytime clothes were loose and hard wearing , clothes worn in the evening were well tailored and expensive . |
| 6 | What Charles craved was a return to classical architecture , to buildings that were sympathetic to their surroundings , that were well proportioned and sensitive to human feelings , and not purely functional . |
| 7 | It was to break through this impression that Agency lecturers began to address large meetings and out of a groundswell of popular conviction produce affiliated societies of which George Stephen claimed ‘ all were well disciplined and eager for work ’ . |
| 8 | The speakers at the Publishers Publicity Circle seminar , Bookshop Promotions — Do They Work ? , were well briefed and forthright . |
| 9 | This " dark figure " is unknowable , but there is a clear enough indication that organisations of a type which would later become familiar as " trade unions " but were better known to their own time as workers ' " combinations " were well established and widespread among skilled workers in the eighteenth century . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly on this exclusive floating hotel which accommodates just 64 privileged travellers , the cabins were well designed and spacious . |
| 11 | Although the first units were somewhat spartan , the later builds were well equipped and responsible for a sizeable upturn in passenger business on some routes . |
| 12 | A police spokesman said the demonstrators were well behaved but wet . |
| 13 | Fifteen were in metalworking ; most of them were well paid and skilled , as tinsmiths etc . |
| 14 | Plans for the reoccupation of Malaya were well advanced and some ships had already put to sea . |
| 15 | On the contrary , the appeal was well planned and all methods of transport for our residents considered before even starting our appeal . |
| 16 | Although slight , he was well made and capable of explosive strength when he had to be . |
| 17 | 68% said it was well written and clear . |
| 18 | The one year Certificate course for ‘ women returners ’ at Launder College was well received and another group received funding for the next year . |
| 19 | But within his own terms of reference he was well informed and attentive . |
| 20 | Tagore , who was one of the great lovers of life , told a charming story of a heaven that was well organised and serious : |
| 21 | Although the detailed composition of the party was not made public , it was well known that prominent members of the PSP , including Anibal Escalante and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez , had significant influence in the new organisation . |
| 22 | It was well known that political life played havoc with family life . |
| 23 | Vaughan was well educated and middle class , his father having been an engineer , his mother a talented musician . |
| 24 | Yonge also brought out a second Musica Transalpina in 1597 but by that time the English madrigal was well established and flourishing . |
| 25 | By 1914 , the protestant — loyalist group was well established and ready for war against catholic nationalists should it have proven necessary . |
| 26 | Individualism was well established as one of the cardinal virtues of Western civilization when Japan reopened her doors in the latter half of the nineteenth century . |
| 27 | He was well read and intelligent , she knew , he was respected by his men , and from what she had gathered he was a natural leader who always dealt firmly but fairly with the employers to get the best deal he could . |