Example sentences of "well [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure we could let you out for that , McAllister , ’ Dr Neil had said , only for Sally-Anne to murmur modestly that since she was already well treated for time off she could not possibly ask for more . |
| 2 | On the east coast itself were the ports of Palaikastro and Zakro , which were well situated for trade with Anatolia , Cyprus , the Levant and Egypt . |
| 3 | With Thomas Sackville , Baron Buckhurst [ q.v. ] , as a cousin and constant support , perhaps even financially , Alford was ostensibly well placed for advancement , and he was able to secure election to borough seats in Lancashire , Cornwall , Berkshire , and Sussex so that he sat in nine of the thirteen parliamentary sessions of Elizabeth 's reign . |
| 4 | Oil Mill was particularly well placed for transport , for it had easy access to the road , canal and railway , a special branch line running from the latter across a substantial iron bridge to the rear of the mill , allowing direct loading and unloading . |
| 5 | Or they may move because their old location is not well placed for transport facilities . |
| 6 | A formal dinner means that the person opposite you is probably the only one well placed for speech readability ; those on either side of you are too close . |
| 7 | Although they were well placed for chalk , all other commodities had to be carried by rail or barge up-river to the works . |
| 8 | Their vision , of course , is well designed for use in what we humans call the ‘ dark ’ . |
| 9 | And as Henley and Shiplake were stations easily accessible from London , a course in the Harpsden vicinity would be exceptionally well located for train travelling golfers . |
| 10 | He was not , in fact , the first to work with the Longhorns : a blacksmith named Welby living on the borders of Leicestershire and Derbyshire had been attempting systematic improvement of the type using animals from the Derbyshire herd of Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow House , Burton-on-Trent ( a herd which by 1720 was already uniform and impressively well matched for shape and colour ) , and a Mr Webster of Canley , near Coventry , bred animals from the same herd with stock from Westmorland and Lancashire . |
| 11 | There is convincing evidence that a predisposition to alcoholism itself has a significant genetic component and therefore to examine the role of any genetic factors in predisposition to end-organ damage distinct from predisposition to alcoholism , any study should ideally include two groups of alcoholics , well matched for alcohol intake , with and without end-organ damage . |
| 12 | In 16 female Type 2 diabetic patients with clinically overt macrovascular disease , significantly higher serum triglyceride and lower total HDL-cholesterol levels were shown compared to those without macrovascular disease but who were well matched for age , duration of diabetes , weight and glycaemic control . |
| 13 | The patients were well matched for age and preadmission state of anxiety and depression ; the proportion of patients whose score on the hospital anxiety and depression scale was 10 or greater ( a level that indicates clinically significant anxiety or depression states ) was equal in each study group . |
| 14 | Patients randomised to each treatment were well matched for age , sex , smoking habit , alcohol intake , the duration of their previous dyspeptic symptoms , and their previous responsiveness to medical treatment ( Table I ) . |
| 15 | Setae which are particularly stout and rigid are known as bristles and are well exhibited for example in the Tachinidae . |
| 16 | The rest had been so well prepared for work by their previous sixteen years of socialisation that they found few problems . |
| 17 | Instead , Willis found that his lads were very well prepared for work in factories where they could use the same ‘ survival ’ techniques as they had learned at school . |
| 18 | The centre is well equipped for sailing , canoeing , mountaineering and skiing . |
| 19 | There are identifiable skills which the teacher knows and which need to be explained to the children and practised so that they are well equipped for life . |
| 20 | We are exceptionally well equipped for research — equipment includes a fluorescence activated cell sorter ( FACS ) , a peptide synthesiser and excellent facilities for tissue culture , molecular biology and bio-computing as well as extensive animal accommodation . |
| 21 | The Institute is well equipped for plant , animal and microbial cell culture and has greenhouses , growth rooms and growth chambers for plant propagation . |
| 22 | Despite its elegant exterior aspect , the old house was well equipped for interrogation . |
| 23 | There are many species of ‘ flying ’ squirrels , but none of these is so well equipped for flight as the colugo , their gliding membranes being not nearly so extensive . |
| 24 | Lucky child , to be so well cared for while others suffer so much ! |
| 25 | A well cared for example of this evergreen Frers design , benefiting from regular refits and upgrades , ‘ Chastanet ’ is comprehensively equipped for warm weather cruising and has always been in the running on the race course . |
| 26 | If Rohan really wanted control of the vineyard , would he consider it well lost for love once the first passion had cooled , as it inevitably would ? |
| 27 | The cat had done well to run for shelter … |
| 28 | Apart from this , however , there is no doubt that primates are very well adapted for tool using because their hands are so well ‘ designed ’ for grasping objects . |
| 29 | Today the human species has the knowledge of past mistakes , and the analytical and technical skills to halt destructive trends and to provide an adequate diet for all using lands well suited for agriculture . |
| 30 | Other sources say that by the seventeenth century big , stately , black longhorns were being reared in Yorkshire , Derbyshire , Lancashire and Staffordshire and that by the eighteenth century there was a large , rangy , big-hoofed plough-ox type which could also give acceptable though ordinary meat and the cows could give reasonable milk well suited for cheese-making . |