Example sentences of "well [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally it is often used to explain why national leaders are better placed to mobilize collective effort in the national interest such as in the response to the second oil crisis in 1979 . |
| 2 | They would be better employed doing similar work like the nuns do for their church . |
| 3 | The money could be better spent protecting existing wildlife areas . |
| 4 | The commemorative battle was sufficiently well choreographed to avoid serious damage … although there were still plenty of cuts and bruises . |
| 5 | The threat , however , was apparent from the outset , for Montrose 's enemies the Campbells had been actively attempting to disappoint the duke 's recommendation , and were thus well placed to take full advantage of any subsequent trouble to strengthen Argyll 's following and weaken the interest of the family of Montrose . |
| 6 | However , encouragingly , our Export Department is well experienced and appears to be well placed to take full advantage of export opportunities . |
| 7 | Since the acquisition , a restructuring of the marketing and finance functions has provided increased focus for this business which is well placed to take full advantage of the developing Mexican economy . |
| 8 | They were well placed to exert political pressure , for in 1753 Captain Robert Cunningham was the candidate for the parliamentary seat for this district , avowedly standing as a friend of the Duke of Argyll . |
| 9 | Enterprise Engineering 's facilities are well equipped to handle new generation exotic steels . |
| 10 | This is of practical importance particularly in the case of closely held companies or wholly-owned subsidiaries where the conduct complained of may well have received unanimous shareholder assent , which would otherwise have the effect of regularising the transaction and hence preventing the liquidator from taking remedial action . |
| 11 | In this case a driver may well have exercised due care and attention but the offence of driving without reasonable consideration may still be committed . |
| 12 | On the one occasion when I made a direct appeal to her , in connection with the battle against the closed shop for journalists which I describe later , her response was gratifyingly supportive and it was no fault of hers that she was unable to persuade Lord Hailsham to a course of action that might well have altered journalistic history . |
| 13 | A number of those involved were artisans from the Kentish towns , some of whom , particularly those connected with the cloth trade , may have had a special grievance , as a sharp decline in cloth exports after 1448 could well have caused local unemployment ( 66 , pp.96–7 ) . |
| 14 | Such an act may well have provoked strong reaction in both ecclesiastical and lay circles , and Osred , exiled son of Alhred , was tempted back the following year from exile on the Isle of Man by the oaths of certain Northumbrian nobles ; but his supporters then deserted him and he was captured by King Aethelred and killed at Aynburg on 14 September 792 . |
| 15 | An ordinary freedom-fighter or revolutionary — and there were a great many of them operating in the Holy Land at the time — might well have won popular support for his actions , but could not have been acclaimed as the Messiah . |
| 16 | The Declaration was , however , drafted at the end of January at Nuremberg and the curia may well have had advance knowledge of the text . |
| 17 | They may well have had sexual intercourse regularly before the act in question and , because a sexual relationship may involve a degree of compromise , she may sometimes have agreed only with some reluctance to such intercourse . |
| 18 | The reason why marital rape of a cohabiting spouse is not considered to be unique and grave is that the couple may well have had sexual intercourse regularly before the act in question . |
| 19 | He may well have attracted public attention initially by excelling in hurley or Gaelic football , and have achieved some prominence as a county councillor . |
| 20 | Or perhaps the increasingly unstable environments of the late Cainozoic associated with climatic deterioration caused a selection for eurytopic organisms well adapted to withstand environmental instability . |
| 21 | It is possible they could be copies of a well known make called Valentino . |
| 22 | A staggering 17.9% of the total UK population of 7 to 10 year olds are expected to see it — and children are well known to have outstanding recall of cinema advertisements . |
| 23 | Personal loans and credit card facilities are too well known to require detailed comment here . |
| 24 | For example , at the next table at the Exmoor Forest Hotel , he had overheard two people talking to each other , a ‘ very well bred looking old man with a dry peevish voice whom I took to be mentally deranged and a woman who was either his daughter or his nurse ’ . |
| 25 | It is , however , much more difficult to construct and you would be well advised to seek professional help in making this feature . |
| 26 | However , companies without any experience of operations in Britain would be well advised to seek professional advice before attempting to carry out work likely to require planning permission . |
| 27 | In any situation there may be unforeseen pitfalls or legal difficulties , and any business contemplating preparing a set of standard terms , or changing an existing set , would be well advised to obtain legal advice rather than go it alone . |
| 28 | These have sturdy telescopic aluminium legs which are well braced to provide good support , and are fitted with pan-and-tilt heads to enable you to make smooth camera moves . |
| 29 | Ken Preston-Mafham has over 35 000 colour slides and more than 10 years of experience behind him , so he is well qualified to offer sound advice on the trials and tribulations of photography ‘ in the field ’ . |