Example sentences of "well [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commemorative battle was sufficiently well choreographed to avoid serious damage … although there were still plenty of cuts and bruises . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | However , encouragingly , our Export Department is well experienced and appears to be well placed to take full advantage of export opportunities . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Enterprise Engineering 's facilities are well equipped to handle new generation exotic steels . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Declaration was , however , drafted at the end of January at Nuremberg and the curia may well have had advance knowledge of the text . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He may well have attracted public attention initially by excelling in hurley or Gaelic football , and have achieved some prominence as a county councillor . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It is possible they could be copies of a well known make called Valentino . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Personal loans and credit card facilities are too well known to require detailed comment here . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | It is , however , much more difficult to construct and you would be well advised to seek professional help in making this feature . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |