Example sentences of "well [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who are thin and lean may fare less well than their plump counterparts at times of shortage . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | Those aged 2½years or less at the onset of hearing loss fared considerably less well than their older counterparts . |
| 4 | I like watching er All Quiet on the Western Front as well cos it all sounds |
| 5 | As well as its general indications in anxiety , depression , and problems with relationships , counselling has been advocated for smoking cessation , modification of diet , alcohol misuse , postnatal depression , addiction to tranquillisers , and high risk sexual behaviour . |
| 6 | As well as its anti-microbial activities , an anti-proliferative function has recently been shown for L1 and tentatively ascribed to its inhibition of casein kinase II . |
| 7 | It rims the experimental sites at Winfrith in Dorset and Dounreay in Scotland as well as its central laboratories at Harwell . |
| 8 | The papacy had been born in the ancient world and owed many of its traditions , as well as its administrative functions , to late imperial Rome . |
| 9 | It is a scene of national psychopathology that has its humorous moments as well as its deplorable aspects . |
| 10 | His Zoonomia must ever be cherished for its poetic delights as well as its remarkable meditations on the origins of things . |
| 11 | In so doing he became a symbol of the age , and his poetry became its echoing music — with its brooding grandeur as well as its bleakness , its plangency as well as its ellipses , its rhythmical strength as well as its theatrical equivocations . |
| 12 | That war , like its successor in 1939 , had its civilian as well as its military casualties , and William Titford was one of them . |
| 13 | It is specifically targeting manufacturing , retail , teleservices , decision , support , information publishing and branch automation as well as its old standbys engineering , scientific and electronic design automation . |
| 14 | The following year the PLO fell apart , under attack from Syria as well as its own dissidents . |
| 15 | But this second mutation of Christianity was the work more of a change in the nature of the Roman world itself , its social and its political structure as well as its intellectual assumptions and its culture , than of anything we might call ‘ the impact of the barbarians ’ on it . |
| 16 | Young specimens will feed greedily on insects and fry , as well as its smaller brethren , while the adults will take anything from insects and larvae to fish of half its body length and small rodents . |
| 17 | It has been estimated that every year about 300 000 patients in the United Kingdom experience some form of harm as a result of being admitted to hospital , and if claims for medical negligence are to be minimised it is vitally important that doctors ensure that the patient has carefully considered the potential risks of any procedure as well as its likely benefits . |
| 18 | The sense of delight , of gentle wonder , the startled realisation of his sense of her bodily perfection and spiritual grace is consummated not merely in their mutual passion but more enduringly in that oneness which is beyond time and space , which understands the fragility of love as well as its strengths , its ethereal qualities as well as its physical needs . |
| 19 | Even when the military balance is in her favour , the Soviet Union will maintain a healthy regard for the political stakes in East-West rivalry , as well as its social undercurrents ; she will be aware that the ability to act effectively depends not only upon military trumps , but the psychological and moral intangibles of world politics . |
| 20 | The group is only too well aware of the value of prayer , as well as its social functions . |
| 21 | As well as its medicinal properties , it is associated with magic , and the down on the plant was used by witches to provide wicks for their candles when making incantations and casting spells . |
| 22 | Wulfstan quickly changed his tune once Cnut was king , but in 1017 memories of the destructive wars of the previous three decades must still have been very fresh , among churchmen as well as their lay brethren . |
| 23 | The language apart , Leonard also seems to have been drawn towards the scandal-provoking propensities of the social catalysts as well as their revolutionary emphases ; drawn towards them , at times suggesting some involvement with them , but always as an outsider to their cause ; never a fully committed revolutionary himself . |
| 24 | So , you can certainly get successful results from pressing wild flowers , but do n't expect them to keep their colours as well as their cultivated counterparts . |
| 25 | There was a zest and a commitment about Raith 's play against Kilmarnock — as well as their established qualities of organisation and industry — which Tommy Burns 's men singularly failed to match . |
| 26 | Board members often reported difficulty in attending area sessions as well as their other commitments . |
| 27 | One of the most important aspects of bereavement help is perhaps enabling a grieving person to talk about their negative thoughts as well as their sad thoughts ( which are the ones it is presumed we want to hear ) . |
| 28 | In Dunlop 's conception of an interdependent industrial relations system three principal actors , namely workers , managers — as well as their representative organisations — together with certain state agencies , all interact to establish a network of rules governing their relationship in the workplace , the rules being the output of the system . |
| 29 | Clergy and musicians need to use their imagination as well as their professional skills . |
| 30 | No doubt many people in advertising and public relations , as well as their professional associations , will protest that their work is not all about making money and that they do care about the communications they create and the messages they send to the public . |