Example sentences of "well [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A chamber-pot is said to be on offer with Mozart on the outside and Salieri inside ; and in the bookshops , serious biographical and analytical works are well hidden under a catch-crop of sugary Mozart nostalgia . |
2 | At dawn they were well hidden in a cave and the following night they were able to march to within a few miles of the beach where they were to be picked up . |
3 | Jack 's agent was already well ensconced at a table with half a dozen people , a couple of whom I recognised as regulars on the pro-am circuit . |
4 | The importance of Stonyditch Point as the end of the spit for a long period is emphasised by the position of Orford , which was well situated as a port when the Ness ended at Stonyditch Point and not in its present position some miles to the south . |
5 | The apartments themselves are very well furnished with a balcony , a fully equipped kitchenette , and private bathroom , each sleeping 2–4 people in a one-bedroomed apartment with sofa-beds in the lounge . |
6 | The novel was well received as a warning against excessive sensibility by the Monthly Magazine and the Critical Review , which praised its ‘ philosophic attention to the phenomenon of the human mind ’ . |
7 | In rats with chronic pancreatic fistula , the basal pancreatic protein secretion was well sustained at a level of about 10 mg/30 minutes throughout the seven hour experiment ( Fig 1 ) . |
8 | As such it is well placed at a centre point to visit all the other treasures of the region . |
9 | Haussmann indicated that the West German economy was well placed for a continuation of these favourable trends and , more broadly , for the challenges presented by the political and economic transformation in East Germany and for completion of the EC internal market by the end of 1992 . |
10 | ‘ Back in August , we would have been satisfied with a place in the top six , well placed for a title challenge in the New Year at this stage . |
11 | Cyril Bleasdale , director of ScotRail , and other senior managers who will meet the minister are optimistic that the figures will boost their case as well placed for a move to the private sector . |
12 | If London had been given time to study these , it would have seen that Smurfit is looking well placed in a world market notoriously prone to cyclical demand . |
13 | I think the most important thing is to try and find that gap in the market that is not well trodden by a lot of other people — to find something which you can do which is different from all the rest of them . |
14 | Charles Bruck is almost infallible in this repertory , and conducts the unidentified orchestra with delightful elegance and vivacity , well caught by a recording that sounds remarkably crisp for its age ( 1953/4 ) . |
15 | The first is The English Medieval House by Margaret Wood ( London , reprint 1985 ) which , although dealing mainly with larger houses , is well organised into a series of chapters dealing with features , such as porches , fireplaces , staircases , windows , and so on . |
16 | The Liverpool West Indian and African traders were especially well organised through a committee which instructed Liverpool delegates giving evidence before parliamentary and Privy Council committees , dominated the common council and mayor 's office in Liverpool and , by means of local government , funded propaganda and maintained a stream of pro-slave trade petitions . |
17 | The hut she now lived in had been well built by a woodman more than three years ago . |
18 | It is different : unlike most coastal villages on the western seaboard , it faces east , on a bay of Loch Carron , is well sheltered by a belt of trees on a high bank , has an equable climate that allows palms and exotic plants to flourish outdoors and enjoys immunity from heavy traffic and disturbance . |
19 | Go well prepared with a map and compass and warm waterproof clothing . |
20 | The point is well made in a verse like Isaiah 31:3 . |
21 | Talks are well advanced with a mystery company prepared to enter into a partnership , Clwyd 's planning director Phillip Eyton-Jones has told Rhuddlan borough 's tourism and amenities committee . |
22 | The similarities that appear on your lists may be an indication that you are well equipped as a couple for a particular occupation or ministry . |
23 | It is n't as well lit as a studio perhaps should be , but I rather like that . |
24 | The safeguards here may be very good , but they may not be so well understood by a police officer in another country who read about that suspicion . |
25 | The Buller of Buchan had more appeal , and he summarised it with glittering accuracy : ‘ It has the appearance of a vast well bordered with a wall . ’ |
26 | It is generally , and reasonably , assumed that the primordial density fluctuation spectrum is well approximated by a power law , P(k) k n ( where k is the comoving wavenumber ) . |
27 | The decorative effect of sectioning onyx is well displayed on a necklace from the Eanna Temple at Uruk dating from the Third Dynasty at Ur . |
28 | Yeah , well compared to a lot more I 've got a lot less |
29 | Long before this , however , the groundwork has been well laid for a sense of personal autonomy that is not in conflict with attitudes of dependency ( since assistance is simply to be expected and does not , as we have seen , entail subordination ) and that persists throughout life . |
30 | The larger , Q-beta RNA molecules are less well adapted to a test-tube environment but better adapted to the environment provided by E.coli cells . |