Example sentences of "[be] well [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , hi-tech could be better understood as a set of principles distilled from a collection of material forms than as objects intended to embody prior principles . |
| 2 | Whether course of employment in a particular statute should include a tea break or the trip to work may be better decided by a tribunal staffed with a lawyer chairman and ‘ wing ’ members representing the interests of trade unionists and employers rather than the ordinary courts . |
| 3 | The working party decided that users would be better served by a requirement for companies to adopt flow-through accounting for taxation changes , but also suggested some short-term improvements for the meantime . |
| 4 | I 'm convinced the public would be better served by a wider cross-section of journalists . |
| 5 | For example , both would appear to be better served by a contract which gave A £100 or £500 , hence B — £100 or £1500 ( this has not been drawn in , to avoid obscuring the main points of the figure ) . |
| 6 | Speaking on Feb. 3 the Prime Minister questioned the possibility of the conference 's success , saying that it was " too costly in its current form " ; he claimed that the country would be better served by a " national round table " with a limited number of delegates who would draft a new constitution and set an election timetable [ see also p. 38706 ] . |
| 7 | ‘ It would be better sited beside a motorway , where the noise would n't give extra harm . ’ |
| 8 | One should decide whether any information would be better given on a hand-out , or on the overhead projector . |
| 9 | The problem involves conceptual and practical issues requiring research and consultation that the Board believes would be better conducted as a separate project . |
| 10 | It can be better seen as a necessary precondition for the continuing existence , not of an individual , as is the case with hunger , but of the species . |
| 11 | Statutory inquiries may be better seen as a form of mediation or consultation . |
| 12 | Very often , a one-to-one relationship can be better expressed as a single entity , with one of the entities forming attributes of the more significant entity . |
| 13 | If the intention is to jog the memories and consciences of possible witnesses , surely this could be better achieved by a simple request by the officer in charge of the investigation . |
| 14 | On the other hand , a child who has difficulty in establishing social contact with others may find the unpredictability of an ordinary classroom overpowering and be better placed in a special class or unit . |
| 15 | A volatile file with relatively little processing might be better handled by a balanced tree index . |
| 16 | Ideally an entry which is at present only a cross-reference might be better made into a full entry , while the existing entries might be better turned into cross-references , and so on . |
| 17 | The result is that tasks such as redistribution , which in the fiscal federalism literature are seen as a prerogative of central government , may ( given the imperfections of the Tiebout mechanism and the informational requirements of administration ) be shown to be better pursued at a lower level of government when broader considerations are taken into account . |
| 18 | [ I ] n the case of Britain and Israel , two countries without codified constitutions , such pressure as exists to adopt one is based less on the desire to possess a clear-cut organisational chart delimiting the institutions of government than on a feeling that rights would be better protected under a codified constitution than they are at present . |
| 19 | In defence he was steady and reliable even if , in a way , his sophisticated refined play was out of its element in the hurly-burly of 3rd Division South football ; Jimmy always appeared to be better suited to a more leisurely pace than that which usually pertained at Selhurst Park in the mid-1950s . |
| 20 | Use pattern that is appropriate to the style and size of your home — a small sprig design looks far more at home in a Victorian cottage than a grand , formally patterned carpet that would be better suited to a large room . |
| 21 | ‘ But he has no regard for human life and will be better suited as a terrorist than a soldier . ’ |
| 22 | Make it clear that if they are unable to wholeheartedly support school policies then they would be better suited in a post elsewhere . |
| 23 | There may be some sense of cohesion in the North-East , Yorkshire , Lancashire , or the South-West , but even if this sentiment is totally lacking in the rest of England , it can be argued that these areas would be better administered by a series of regional ministries . |
| 24 | Elliptically relating this " philosophical task " to academic philosophy ( including the history of philosophy ) , he declared himself to be better qualified for a philosophical chair than a purely philological one . |
| 25 | The energy currently expended on this pointless debate would be better directed towards a concerted effort to persuade the government and local education authorities to fund a better teacher-pupil ratio in the early years . |
| 26 | They too , spoke enthusiastically about , for example , the opportunities offered by The Machine Gunners for emotional empathy with the world of the child versus the world of the adult ; the emotional pleasure pupils frequently found in empathizing with Billy 's relationship with the hawk , and the themes and topics raised by Kes ; the complex nature of the link between humans and animals offered as a theme in The Red Pony ; the thematic possibilities of the Irish location of Across the Barricades together with its handling of prejudice ; and the understanding of allegory and its special features which might be well illustrated by a reading of Animal Farm . |
| 27 | With this additional business Courtaulds will be well positioned as a major supplier to the automotive market in Australia . |
| 28 | I would like to be well versed on a particular subject at work and sought out for my advice |
| 29 | ( Indeed it could be that the fullness of humanity summed up in Christ would be well represented by a woman and a man concelebrating . ) |
| 30 | We feel that Christian Aid , as an organisation , be well served by a more pioneering approach rather than following the dictates of the market economy in this matter . |