Example sentences of "well acquainted with the " in BNC.

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1 The ideal management of any case of RSI involves a doctor well acquainted with the subject , and a good physiotherapist .
2 But as several people , well acquainted with the technicalities of robbery from innumerable television programmes , pointed out patronisingly : ‘ Do n't bother .
3 He would have been well acquainted with the Northumberland gardens at Sion House by the Thames ( originally laid out by the Duke of Somerset in the sixteenth century ) and supported an application by William Forsyth , one of his most promising pupils at Chelsea , for the appointment as head gardener there .
4 As there are many persons of distinction in England who are pleased to honour the art of gardening by making it a considerable part of their amusement and have been greatly assisting in the introducing of large numbers of new plants , shrubs and trees into the English gardens and as some of these noble persons have studied the science of botany and are well acquainted with the characters and true names of the plants … their example will render it necessary for the professors of Gardening at least to know the plants they cultivate by their proper titles …
5 You must be well acquainted with the materials of Part 2 in order to answer trainees ' questions but be careful not to provide information that goes beyond that given above ; try to amplify rather than extend the information .
6 I really enjoyed getting people going — yes , I 'm well acquainted with the wooden spoon .
7 Not that anyone was shooting up heroin at their desks or anything , but the glazed eyes of some of the dishevelled staff suggested that they were well acquainted with the teachings of Robert Nesta Marley and perhaps worse .
8 By now they are well acquainted with the area and its people and have nothing but good to say about both .
9 Both are very well acquainted with the area , but David is particularly knowledgeable , having lived in Buxton all his life .
10 The ideal candidate will already have industrial experience and be well acquainted with the requirements in Europe for toxicology dossiers concerning new and existing chemicals .
11 All under-fives workers are well acquainted with the debates and controversies surrounding pre-school provision in the UK .
12 Professor Keith-Lucas was well acquainted with the work of AIB , having served as an assessor during one of the public inquiries in the mid 1960s .
13 As a former congressman himself , he was well acquainted with the dangers facing the executive 's proposals when they reached Capitol Hill .
14 Though she knew that her father travelled to Switzerland , she had had no idea that he was so well acquainted with the Princesse 's household .
15 It is surprising , and possibly inappropriate , that a leading article on a middle ear condition should be written by someone who specialises in general practice , rather than by an otologist , and by someone who may be less well acquainted with the problems of long waiting times in Britain than a British specialist .
16 Now the first job he did was to get you well acquainted with the tools , which we had quite a number of them .
17 The steward was elderly , experienced and intelligent , and though he was custodian only of one of the minor properties in Leicester 's huge and international honour , by the sharpening glint in his eye he was in his lord 's confidence , and well acquainted with the mysterious and elaborate coffin so strangely jettisoned in the forest beyond Ullesthorpe .
18 Even had you not been so well acquainted with the family , I dare say .
19 Let us suppose that a person well acquainted with the woollen trade sets himself to inquire what would be the normal supply price of a certain number of millions of yards annually of a particular kind of cloth .
20 This two-year-old is already well acquainted with the Midlands track , having scored a comfortable three-and-a-half lengths success there on her latest outing .
21 Brook 's confidential and non-judgmental approach encourages young people to seek the advice of its highly qualified staff , many of whom are parents themselves and are well acquainted with the problems of adolescence .
22 Claire Rayner is someone else well acquainted with the complexities of the personal as one of Britain 's most empathetic solvers of problems .
23 She was well acquainted with the families of Paradise Street .
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