Example sentences of "well [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was better placed in a university than in a school , and enjoyed more than he could have done in any other society the life of that great college , which was to be his home for the remainder of his life . |
| 2 | One should decide whether any information would be better given on a hand-out , or on the overhead projector . |
| 3 | Participatory democracy necessarily has implications for social life , and is better regarded as a way of life than as no more than a political device or method . |
| 4 | As they have just been inexplicitly stated , each of these views is in fact itself better regarded as a set of possible views . |
| 5 | Without entering into the fine detail of what is required for a system of institutional international law it is clear that merely historically-established conventions followed according to the discretion of the participants in international relationships between states is insufficient to constitute law and is better regarded as a form of anarchy . |
| 6 | And surely Isaiah Berlin was better seen as a liberal of the old school , a classic Millian , while Karl Popper arguably opened the way , via Lakatos , to Thomas Kuhn ? |
| 7 | For these reasons , Coffin is perhaps better seen as a case in which the Divisional Court , contrary to the evidence , concluded that the situation was such that a breach of the peace was likely , and that the officers were seeking to prevent that at the time when the assault took place . |
| 8 | While the above advantages are undeniable , and would all have a positive bearing on the regulation of insider dealing , self-regulation is better seen as a complement to , rather than as a replacement of , formal regulatory measures . |
| 9 | Indeed , Darwin 's proposal is much better seen as a theory about the origin of adaptations than as a theory about the origin of species . |
| 10 | Statutory inquiries may be better seen as a form of mediation or consultation . |
| 11 | ‘ It would be better sited beside a motorway , where the noise would n't give extra harm . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As they require considerable water quantities it is the insurance companies view that water is better applied through a sprinkler system as and where required . |
| 14 | Still less does one know whether people tend to resist suggestions from a machine that go against their unaided habits , or whether they rapidly and thankfully accept that some things are better done by a computer . |
| 15 | Few hotels are better equipped for a Club holiday . |
| 16 | As capital markets are not perfect , definitions vary from researcher to researcher and some things are better measured as a stock rather than a flow , so that documented wealth distributions are not simply the present value of all future income streams . |
| 17 | The room was tidy enough , after a fashion , but there was nothing of value on the mantelpiece and not one stick of furniture that would n't have been better employed on a bonfire . |
| 18 | Their rough-fighting , territorial edginess , for example , is better understood as a continuation of earlier forms of gang life in working-class neighbourhoods — rather than a sudden departure from tradition . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | William Jessop , John Rennie and Thomas Green all made contributions , while John Smeaton , better remembered as a builder of lighthouses , was almost certainly the leading civil engineer of the canal era . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He 's become better known as a zoologist , but has n't forgotten it was Swindon that offered him his first exhibition . |
| 23 | Though less information is available about craft culture among bricklayers , this occupation produced Robert Tatersal , Henry Jones , and John Frederick Bryant who is , perhaps , better known as a maker of clay-pipes . |
| 24 | However , up to the time of his partnership agreement with Scott , he had only completed approximately ten buildings , and was perhaps better known as a writer and administrator . |
| 25 | Sometimes appearing as a beautiful horse , saddled ready to ride , Lutin was better known as a hearth sprite . |
| 26 | The lowest price submitted for the work , £232,024 , was from John Kelk of No. 13 South Street , Grosvenor Square , who had already carried out some work for the Government , but is better known as a railway contractor . |
| 27 | The most effective is the use of a very large volume — 450,000 litres ( 100,000 gallons ) — of carbon tetrachloride , better known as a cleaning fluid . |
| 28 | It provides lots of building materials-type stuff of American origin that are of only limited use over here , but since it is meant only to be a very basic application , better suited to a visualisation rather than a concrete architectural drawing ( forgive the pun , by the way ) , this hardly matters . |
| 29 | Venetian blinds are better suited to a study or workroom where a simple , practical treatment is needed , and where they can be easily dusted over . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's why her style is better suited to a Policy Unit that is hers rather than to a CPRS which serves the Cabinet . ’ |