Example sentences of "well [verb] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly because of the cost , and secondly because I was firm in my belief that there was no substitute for a reliable watch , an accurate depth gauge and a thorough working knowledge of a well proven set of decompression tables . |
| 2 | Two items , Oncques amor and Petite fleur , are first given in alternative setting played by chitarrone and harp , providing both comparisons and well placed variety of tone and texture . |
| 3 | Answering ‘ yes ’ to the second question means accepting some well tried principles of communication : |
| 4 | Quite often the interactions among insects , both social and sexual , lead to well demarcated patterns of infection . |
| 5 | Not a word was spoken as they made their way to the bar , but a well chilled bottle of wine was uncorked and waiting … |
| 6 | The decline of family life , the lowering of standards in the schools , the ‘ permissive ’ worm within , the irresponsibility of working mothers and their delinquent ‘ latch-key ’ children , the excessive leniency of the law , and the unwarranted interference of the ‘ softy-softy , namby-pamby pussyfooting ’ of the ‘ so-called experts ’ — these were well trodden avenues of complaint by ‘ law-and-order ’ enthusiasts and ‘ anti-permissive ’ moralists , warning of a vast historical degeneration among the British people . |
| 7 | So it is a wind-winnowing process that is responsible for the well sorted distribution of grain sizes that is characteristic of air-fall deposits . |
| 8 | I mean to my mind you might just as well spend your money on , what are you doing idiot , on a well made piece of furniture today like some of those we 've seen in , in |
| 9 | A well made piece of kit that will undoubtedly become more apparent on our banks during the coming seasons . |
| 10 | He was a hale fellow well met sort of Yorkshireman you know , a bluff Yorkshireman . |
| 11 | It is not reasonable to expect Hong Kong to continue to accept , year in , year out , large numbers of people coming from Vietnam — not because they have a well founded fear of persecution , but because they want to better the economic lot of themselves and their families . |
| 12 | A refugee is defined as someone who suffers from a well founded fear of persecution , and the process has to determine whether such a fear is well-founded . |
| 13 | Perhaps one of the least well understood aspects of trading is that of obtaining credit . |
| 14 | There was a well understood code of honour in these matters and guests invariably responded nobly . |
| 15 | These comments from the touchline may well contain points of value about the scientific game . |
| 16 | The notion of defining standards for practice is now a well recognised part of quality service provision . |
| 17 | The possibility of endometritis should be considered in all young women with intermenstrual bleeding and , in particular , Chlamydia trachomatis infection , which is a well recognised cause of endometritis and is currently the commonest sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | Our recommended list for this relatively-open and well filtered style of tank , with plenty of water movement , is given , plus some recommendations for other styles of community tank . |
| 19 | LOST AMONG apple orchards and water meadows beside the River Stour not far from Shaftesbury lies the well settled hamlet of Hammoon . |
| 20 | No longer can a company survive simply in terms of immediate market pressures but only in terms of an international market place and the general and well distributed creation of wealth . |
| 21 | The depicted letter from The Baroness Blatch may well provoke feelings of satisfaction and safety among our brethren . |
| 22 | The well known excess of leukaemia began around 1979 , at the same time as the increases found by this study in rural areas far removed from any nuclear installation — but all affected by population mixing associated with the oil industry . |
| 23 | We recently paid a well known converter of diesel engines to Land Rovers and Range Rovers a handsome sum to convert our 1960 Land Rover to a Rover V8 . |
| 24 | It is surrounded by a high creosoted wooden fence to which are attached glossy placards displaying the names of a well known firm of demolition experts and of the construction company in charge of the future redevelopment work . |
| 25 | Reg Dixon , British Gas South Western Operations Director said : ‘ British Gas is a well known supporter of energy efficiency and of protection of the environment . |
| 26 | It seems to me when deciding that case , the court of appeal were as Mr suggests taking a long-term view , I of course bear in mind the well known aphorism of Lord about er what happens in the long term , but er , my own view is , that in fact , a house should not actually be built as an investment at all it is something to live in , to make a home in , it is not something to make money out of , I very much regret the fact that er over recent years that view seems to have become somewhat old fashioned . |
| 27 | The way in which the slogan ‘ Bird Lives ’ spontaneously appeared on New York subway walls following the death of the legendary Charlie Parker is one of the well known stories of jazz . |
| 28 | The answer , I think , goes beyond the well known shortcomings of prison conditions . |
| 29 | Today 's well known examples of integration include such industry mammoth 's as Lotus ' 1–2–3 , Jazz and Symphony , Ashton Tate 's Framework , Microsoft 's up and coming Excel together with a host of upstarts like Twin and Integrated 7 from Mosaic . |
| 30 | This view shows the GC starting signal which fortunately survives in a well known collection of railwayana . |