Example sentences of "well [vb infin] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might well think that a word can not both label a property or a relation revealed to intuition and its meaning be a construct out of the meanings of other expressions . |
| 2 | Transnational corporations in the grain business , financing its production , trans ’ porting it around the world , building handling facilities , processing it , breeding fine seeds , might well consider that the inhibition of Third World grain production will maximize their profits . |
| 3 | Secondly , we may well doubt that the reconciliation of opposites is really a sound principle for defining poetry , whether it is truly applicable to all the texts one would wish to include under the heading of poetry or good literature . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you fucking well know that the enemy have been mortaring the village green for the past four or five minutes while you have been playing those fucking bagpipes ? ’ |
| 5 | Indeed , one may imagine that in their private lives these same authors may well feel that the visit of the in-laws or attendance at some social function or a distant relative , two of the few reminders of the once overwhelming burden of personal social relations , are curbs upon their own ‘ freedom ’ . |
| 6 | I do n't mind that television is trivial — one might as well mind that a banana is bent — nor do I much object to the BBC appointing a personnel director to implement witlessly trendy policies . |
| 7 | Wherever we see an ancient town church without a churchyard , we may well suspect that the town is the daughter of some mother village near by — now completely overshadowed by its offspring — and that it came into existence at a comparatively late date , since the Norman Conquest anyway , and most probably in the twelfth or thirteenth century . |
| 8 | Conservatives may well believe that the abuse of their authority by men is wrong , but that relationships in which one sex is in such a position that it could so abuse the other are in themselves wrong can not be admitted . |
| 9 | Some , who have experienced only the old-style rote learning of facts and dates , may well believe that the subject is already educationally bankrupt and will take a great deal of persuading that history is not only educationally solvent and viable but is vital to the balance and well-being of the curricular economy of the 1990s . |
| 10 | Thus , he argued , while we may well believe that the world is in fact designed by God , we can not prove it . |
| 11 | At the same time the actions of Theudebert and Chilperic , as well as those of the disloyal followers covered by the Treaty of Andelot , show that kings were expected to offer incentives , and we may well believe that the distribution of land and wealth was the major factor in ensuring that a king had a loyal following . |
| 12 | If I notice the banker fidget and look at his watch , I may well conjecture that the game is about to be brought to an end , and I may therefore feel tempted to defect . |
| 13 | And the reference to an avoidance of theology may well suggest that a separation from the queen of the sciences had already been achieved . |
| 14 | For example , the management of a retail chain specialising in inexpensive furniture might well decide that the goal of quality is not its first priority . |
| 15 | A fundamentalist might well assert that the situation bears witness to the resilience and tenacity of Christian faith . |
| 16 | Now it may well happen that the moon rises in the sky but because it 's in the earth shadow we ca n't see it . |
| 17 | It may well happen that the student in considering this comes to the conclusion that there is no contract between Pickwick and Podder . |
| 18 | Young people may very well judge that a job in a demanding high paid position is not worth it because the financial rewards are taxed away . |
| 19 | ‘ You might as well argue that a man who knows that he is mad is less to be feared than a man who believes that he is sane . |
| 20 | It is certainly a procedure where one could well argue that the potential for serious abuse is endemic and inherent rather than isolated and , with due care , preventable . |
| 21 | An extreme sociobiologist or ethologist might well argue that the fact that women largely enjoy home life is a result of their genetic inheritance . |
| 22 | Although we only hear fragments of the storm , the music has such presence , and its elements are so cunningly chosen , that we can quite well imagine that the rondo form of the interlude is itself continuing outside in the darkness . |
| 23 | Instead of a plot of intertwined complication , which would do nicely for a book in which its unravelling was the whole of the matter , you might well find that a plot which consisted of only one major twist or deception would suit you best . |
| 24 | He may well find that the economy does n't react as much to his measures as he hopes . |
| 25 | In this sort of book you may well find that the pattern of how-will-he-get-out-of-this is more convenient to use while underneath you get on with the purpose of your story . |
| 26 | Like many other executives who have reached the higher echelons , you may well find that the career evolution methods you used earlier can no longer produce the results you seek today . |