Example sentences of "well [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Each smaller work group attempts to perform better than their rival groups in both quality control and in the number of suggestions they offer to improve productivity . |
2 | They are confident of doing better than their 6–1 failure against Old Salopians in 1952 . |
3 | When it comes to Guinness , can UK prosecutors do better than their American counterparts in putting Boesky 's tipoffs to good use ? |
4 | Oldies like ‘ Heaven ’ and ‘ Red Light ’ rattle and hum in grand style , far better than their recorded versions , while their latest single , ‘ Burns My Skin ’ , proves to be a glorious , bloodcurdling emotional release . |
5 | I met executives who knew the inside of a Concorde better than their own back yard , who had telephones stuck permanently to their ears . |
6 | Firth , Hubert and Forge report that some people get on with their mothers-in-law better than their own mothers , but for the most part these relationships are regarded as likely to be tricky : people treat them as an ‘ occupational risk ’ of marriage and regard themselves as ‘ lucky ’ if they work out satisfactorily ( 1970 , pp. 414–15 ) . |
7 | Now what has happened here is that on the previous public enquiry over the Tetsworth site , Tetsworth , Great Milton and various other Parish Councils have the defence of producing sites which they think are appropriate or better than their own site , and they mentioned Wheatley . |
8 | While there are some differences between these various studies , the broad conclusion which emerges is that while in the areas of arts , social sciences , education and business studies mature students perform better than their younger counterparts , in areas such as science , engineering , health related studies and medicine there is some evidence that they are less likely to perform as well . |
9 | Microsoft claims FoxPro 2.5 performed at least four times better than its closest rival , Borland 's Paradox 4.0 , in tests carried out by a third party consultant.FoxPro 2.5 will eventually be released for non-Windows DOS , Apple Mac and Unix platforms . |
10 | All other things being equal , a lighter car will accelerate harder , brake more easily and handle better than its heavier equivalent . |
11 | Even after all these years my English is not so good and I like still honeycake better than your heavy Christmas pudding ! ’ |
12 | The result is that you often know your grandchildren better than your own children ! ’ |
13 | GET TO KNOW ME BETTER THAN MY BEST MATE DOES ! |
14 | In the air at around 3,500 feet I found that , provided one held it with the antenna close to horizontal , the ICOM IC-A20 MkII could produce quite accurate VOR indications at distances of well over 25 nm from the VOR — rather better than my own King KX99 does . |
15 | And yet I know it almost better than my own street . |
16 | Oh God , I hope my belly spoke for me better than my fucking brain , in other words . |
17 | But now that I have I can sense him as a personality much better than his biscuit-rich brother . |
18 | As a public figure hero-worshipped by countless youngsters , his drug-taking was a sad business , but few people in any field have ever used their fame better than his long-distance walks which have raised vast sums for charity . |
19 | Tufnell deserved better than his final return of one for 71 from 31 overs on his Test comeback after that worrying time in hospital with a burst appendix . |
20 | Where a discharger would consistently do better than his existing consent , standards have sometimes been tightened . |
21 | Certainly , it seemed to me , he deserved better than our little company … |
22 | Those who are thin and lean may fare less well than their plump counterparts at times of shortage . |
23 | Intermediates could see even less well than their imperfect ancestors , and it is no consolation that they are building better eyesight for their remote descendants ! |
24 | Those aged 2½years or less at the onset of hearing loss fared considerably less well than their older counterparts . |
25 | Of course there 's no one more supportive when the chips are down , and no one is prouder of you when you 've done well than your old mum … . |
26 | Well if we genital dislocation of the hips |
27 | Well if your next door neighbour 's got the window open the burning debris lands on her bed or his bed and away you 've got a fire situation , okay ? |
28 | I like watching er All Quiet on the Western Front as well cos it all sounds |
29 | Richard Harden , who batted particularly well until his fractured hand , is the vice-captain and must be a strong contender . |
30 | Iris Murdoch 's war-time communism had given place , well before her first novel ever appeared , to an interest in Sartre 's Existentialism : a natural stepping-stone , in the 1940s , along a well-trodden path that leads out of the simplifying preconceptions of Marxism ; and though earlier partisan interests flickered back half into life in the 1960s , during the Vietnam war , she had already abandoned Marx , and publicly , before the 1950s were out . |