Example sentences of "well into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great wave of Greek influence in Rome began in the mid-second century BC with the conquest of Greece , and lasted well into the first century , by which time it had become a well-established fashion for young men of well-to-do families to complete their education in Athens . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Coming towards winter , birds have usually scoffed the berries of Viburnum opulus by late autumn , but the big , bottle-shaped hips of Rosa moyesii last until Christmas and holly berries should persist well into the New Year . |
| 4 | Taken somewhat aback by the speed and scope of their success , and worried about the proverbial ‘ bursting bubble ’ , they planned no future releases until well into the new year . |
| 5 | A successor is being head-hunted but may not be appointed until well into the new year . |
| 6 | ‘ Well into the new year , I think . |
| 7 | The keepers still have to cull their set numbers of hinds and this goes on until it 's done — often well into the new year . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ The gun stayed in the pocket of your jacket in the Green Room until well into the second act . |
| 13 | Russia until well into the second half of the nineteenth century is a more striking example . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Easter rising of 1916 as an act of national liberation , unquestioned in the dominant catholic — nationalist culture from 1922 until well into the 1960s and 1970s , still holds a cherished place in the hearts of the majority of the people . |
| 16 | These services were well patronised and lasted well into the 1960s . |
| 17 | Martin Luther King 's civil rights campaign had resulted in legislation against the segregationism which existed in parts of the USA well into the 1960s . |
| 18 | This remained a crucial obstacle until well into the 1960s , when attempts began to synthesise the two ideologies , in what has become known as Liberation Theology . |
| 19 | We have all heard of the addiction caused by long-term taking of tranquillisers but did you realise that the effect of sleeping pills can last well into the following day and many antihistamines ( commonly taken to relieve colds or allergies ) can make you so drowsy that you should not drive for some hours after taking them ? |
| 20 | Towards the end of the eighteenth century began the vogue for flagellation , which was to run well into the following century . |
| 21 | Throughout the eighteenth century and well into the following one , politicians could aid or hinder the career of a revenue officer , and they did not hesitate to employ that ability for their own ends . |
| 22 | Sections of the quality Sunday papers , especially the colour magazines , were still being read well into the following week . |
| 23 | ‘ Lady ’ Betty pursued a career of hanging and flogging well into the 19th century and Declan Donnellan 's account of her life is told with a distressing mixture of savagery and sentiment ; the hangwoman herself is portrayed by Sally Dexter with hateful harpiness relieved by startling moments of tenderness . |
| 24 | These arguments in favour of , or against , granting the press its freedom continued well into the 19th century . |
| 25 | This is not the best conversion , but fits well into the long engine bay . |
| 26 | It probably grew to the status of a town with special civic privileges during the Roman occupation , and seems to have survived well into the Saxon period . |
| 27 | With great daring Philip actually wrote in his third Report that occupation of the villa ‘ certainly lasted until the very end of the fourth century , and possibly well into the fifth century ’ ( p. 60 ) . |
| 28 | One of our more perceptive archaeological historians , Malcolm Todd , could write in 1981 in his survey of Roman Britain 55 BC — AD 400 : ‘ Archaeologists are now much more confident of their ability to demonstrate urban occupation until well into the fifth century in many of the cities and towns of Britain than they were twenty years ago ’ , but hastily adds ‘ though this confidence is not shared by all historians of the period . ’ |
| 29 | The Dictionary met with immediate acceptance amongst the public , especially the lower classes , for whom it acted , until well into the Victorian age , as an important means of self-education . |
| 30 | To have a dual occupation was an ancient way of life that lingered on in this area well into the Victorian period . |