Example sentences of "well [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also had previous experience , so we hoped all would go well for the second run . |
| 2 | Our heading has worked well for the second quarter of our route , so we 'll keep to it — but hold on , what 's this ? |
| 3 | This would be the most natural way of questioning any of the predicative adjectives in ( 30 ) — and could be used just as well for the second and third cases of ( 28 ) : ( 30 ) his accountant was sensible Helen 's profile is striking the new coin is octagonal Just as the contrast between how ? and which ? reflects the contrast of structural position between postnominal attributive and predicate qualifier , so the contrast of question words between how ? and what ? or what … like ? allows us to infer that an adjective in ordinary predicative position is not a plausible origin for the predicate qualifier . |
| 4 | By now , the household of The Kilns had taken on the shape which it was to maintain until well after the Second World War . |
| 5 | The theory that continents drifted about was proposed long ago by the German geophysicist Alfred Wegener , but most people laughed at him until well after the Second World War . |
| 6 | Extra time was deadlocked until well into the second period when both Bolton full-backs moved up , Cowdrill passed square to Brown and a powerful long-range strike hurtled past Digby . |
| 7 | The illusion that the country was performing adequately persisted , however , well into the second half of this century — partly because the empire provided protected markets for products that were not good enough for the most advanced countries , partly because of the accident of victory in two world wars . |
| 8 | But despite this slight shift in the taboos , as late as the 1920s Havelock Ellis and Albert Moll were still able to recommend little metal suits of armour fitted over the genitals and attached to a locked belt as prophylaxis for masturbation , and sex education books continued to inveigh against the solitary vice well into the second half of the century . |
| 9 | According to the LFS code book , temporary jobs in the first category can include jobs the termination of which " is fixed for , by example , reaching a certain date or completing an assignment , or by return of an employee who has been temporarily replaced " ( our italics ) i.e. jobs that could fit equally well into the second category whilst jobs in the second category are taken to include those with " a work contract for a specific task or a fixed period of time " ( our italics ) i.e jobs that could fit equally well into the first category . |
| 10 | ‘ The gun stayed in the pocket of your jacket in the Green Room until well into the second act . |
| 11 | Russia until well into the second half of the nineteenth century is a more striking example . |
| 12 | A high proportion of diplomats everywhere still began their careers , until well into the second half of the nineteenth century , by serving as unpaid attachés ; and it was not unusual for the head of a mission to ask for a son or a nephew to be assigned to it in this capacity . |
| 13 | However , Tom gets on well with the second chef , who shares his general outlook , and this sets the tone of the kitchen . |
| 14 | England were perhaps flattered by the scoreline against the Scots but did well in the second half to get the game moving in the direction that they wanted . |
| 15 | Within Outer London , the experience of Bromley and of Newham are almost mirror images : Bromley did relatively badly in the first and third periods and well in the second , while Newham gained in the first and third periods , but had the smallest increase in the second . |
| 16 | Well he , he did n't play well in the second half though did he ? |
| 17 | West Ham doing so well in the second division went to first division Luton , and by half time they were in front , a Pariss goal after forty three minutes , but Luton hit back in the seventieth minute through Black , and these two sides must replay . |
| 18 | October plantings make small plants which do not crop well until the second year . |
| 19 | His quickest time for a 30-question puzzle was three-and-a-half minutes , which he did in the national championships though doing less well on the second puzzle meant he missed coming top . |