Example sentences of "do [adv] well as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the recession , there is a prospect that more of that money will flow back out of Washington afterwards in refunds to taxpayers who did not do as well as in the past . |
| 2 | ‘ But one thing I do n't want to happen as time goes by is to sit down and say that I did n't do as well as I might have done in another tournament because I did n't put in enough effort . |
| 3 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
| 4 | Third , you have to believe that they can do as well as you . |
| 5 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 6 | ‘ You do n't do as well as she 's done in the majors without being a very good player , ’ said Jim Webb , the LPGA 's deputy commissioner . |
| 7 | Roger did not do as well as hoped in his ‘ A ’ levels , but will probably go to Birmingham to do a BSc in Computer Engineering . |
| 8 | She 's just come out of Saint Mary 's did n't do as well as she thought , or everybody else hoped she would do in her A levels , so is now retaking one . |
| 9 | We 've got ta do as well as we can and we 've got ta try and get promotion this year . |
| 10 | We 've got ta do as well as we can and we 've got ta try and get promotion this year . |
| 11 | They , you , are our inspiration , the reason we 've come as far and done as well as we have , the energy that drives us forward into the future . |
| 12 | Often he is afraid that these jobs will not be done , or not done as well as he would do them . |
| 13 | These had always done quite well as buses were not then allowed on Anerley Hill . |
| 14 | Soilless composts will do very well as they are , keeping them slightly on the dry side , but be very careful , as such composts take a long time to dry out but then do so completely with alarming rapidity , and are exceedingly difficult to wet through to the centre of the root-ball . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , you will do very well as you are , child , ’ she replied . |
| 16 | I think this is clearly Miller 's main use for the character of Alfieri and he tries to make this more realistic by making Alfieri a lawyer though I do not think that this is done very well as Alfieri does not say anything which would justify him being a lawyer as all Eddie asks him are things he would have asked anyone though perhaps he asked him because he was a ‘ lawyer ’ and he respected this and knew he would get confidentiality . |
| 17 | But managing director Mr Peter Jarvis admitted : ‘ Because of the squeeze on spending , retailing , particularly in the South-east , is not doing so well as we had hoped . ’ |
| 18 | Usually , to please Father , I would also go on a quick visit to one of his shops and sometimes I wondered if they were doing as well as he pretended . |
| 19 | A co-operative may have more difficulty in raising a large initial sum of venture capital and hence be at a greater risk of starting with too big a burden of interest on loan capital ; but , having got started on a sound financial footing , it would be under no special difficulty in doing as well as ordinary firms . |
| 20 | One group holds those who read at low levels but who are ‘ doing as well as can be expected ’ . |
| 21 | Mcallister does seem to be overshadowed by him when he is on the pitch , looking for him to take the lead , provide the inspiration etc which strach is no longer doing as well as he once did . |
| 22 | They are n't renowned for becoming millionaires after their footie days are over , so I suppose it 's a case of doing as well as you can while you can . |
| 23 | But f***ing Newcastle … we did n't get this much parise our first season back … and I think we were doing as well as they are . |
| 24 | cos these blooming policies are not doing as well as I expected |
| 25 | I think they 're doing as well as can be expected . |
| 26 | The 10-month-old Italians were said to be ‘ stable and doing as well as can be expected ’ at London 's Great Ormond Street children 's hospital . |
| 27 | The two eldest kids are doing as well as they can and are bearing up as best as can be expected , ’ she said ‘ But my youngest boy has n't left my side since it happened . |
| 28 | We er we got very close to beating Bellevue at Bellevue which was okay I mean everybody 's a bit rusty so and we were experimenting with tyres and everything and er it was only a challenge , but it was nice to get the first meeting on the way and er I was very impressed by some of er the team members of what I saw , I knew er team mate Dean Bargger was doing particularly well scoring 11 points and er he 's really a promising er youngster which I think we can get a lot of use out of , and er in general I mean you know Ellis Stevens was doing particularly well as well , so if those two can keep doing well during the season , then okay mine had a few problems , she only scored 3 points , but that was just a one-off so yeah I thing we look quite strong on paper again now . |