Example sentences of "well [conj] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew better than to offer help , after all these years . |
| 2 | Murray ( SDLP ) picked up transfers from all parties but not enough to do better than to become runner-up . |
| 3 | At your age you should know better than to bring rubbish into the house . |
| 4 | A conscious decision is needed to get government out of things the private sector does better and to concentrate government on the basic things that only governments can do . |
| 5 | The Garden , under its Director Professor D.S. Ingram , specialises in taxonomic botany , which serves as a backbone to studies of biodiversity , biotechnology , and applied botanical research , as well as to plant physiology , genetics and many other plant-based sciences . |
| 6 | Opium was probably known in Roman if not in Greek times , and was used to promote sleep as well as to relieve pain . |
| 7 | In practice , however , such arrangements have often tended to cause further confusion ( particularly for consumers ) , as well as to create acrimony between the authorities concerned . |
| 8 | The answer is fast , focused , relevant information ; information that enables senior executives to formulate and review strategy as well as to monitor performance . |
| 9 | Mechanisms could easily be incorporated to reduce the chance of name and ethnicity determining the likelihood of being shortlisted , as well as to monitor discrimination . |
| 10 | We should choose to promote environmentally aware and responsible science — as well as to prioritise investment in environmental science itself . |
| 11 | It may seem at times that there is little common ground between the two generations , but if a parent is patient and ready to take an interest , and to listen as well as to give advice or pass criticism , there is plenty to talk about and share together . |
| 12 | Kerry ) , deliberately developed the breed as a small animal able to fatten as well as to give house milk , probably by selection from the local mountain dairy cattle , and gave his name to the breed by the early nineteenth century . |
| 13 | The authorities had intended to encourage an ‘ early to bed , early to rise ’ regime as well as to save electricity , which is always in short supply in China . |
| 14 | Additional encouragement and training for children might be provided by congregational ‘ creative ’ days , when young and old alike meet together to make music , as well as to take part in other activities . |
| 15 | It can also be a tool of social and economic policies to help the aged , the homeless , single-parent families and the handicapped to obtain housing , as well as to provide flexibility in the attraction of key workers . |
| 16 | Hidden behind a shrine-like structure are two touch-screen video programmes , designed to introduce visitors to Korean daily life as well as to provide background information on the more important exhibits . |
| 17 | These courses could be used to improve existing skills as well as to provide training for newcomers to the industry — be they school leavers or persons purchasing a farm . |
| 18 | The SBS had been established in Dover to help naval forces attack shipping as well as to make beach reconnaissances . |
| 19 | In return for the abolition of export taxes , the CRA and the SRA , representing large- and medium-sized farms , would seek to persuade their members to stop evasion of value added tax and of property and incomes taxes , as well as to raise productivity . |
| 20 | Such a policy must , however , be accompanied by a clear commitment to use the resulting revenue to reduce the rate of tax , as well as to increase child benefit . |
| 21 | No one showed himself more resourceful in circumnavigating clerical consciences and objections or more resolute in extracting from them his needs ; even force — used tactfully — was employed to ease conscience as well as to produce cash . |