Example sentences of "[vb mod] well [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A top-level decision to embark on a nuclear weapons programme … might well involve falsification of records and a good deal of covering up . |
| 2 | A young couple might well anticipate marriage in the complacent and deeply rooted assumption that a pregnancy would be followed by a regularisation of the tie , but in the new economic and social situation the irregularities of the economy might well snatch away the spouse . |
| 3 | In the example here it might plausibly be supposed that the age of the pupils might well influence attainment or otherwise modify the effect of the causal factor . |
| 4 | Representation was most frequently by a friend or relative , or by a social worker , though there was a large unhelpful category labelled ‘ other ’ , which might well include welfare rights advisers . |
| 5 | But any new Warden might well have difficulty in taking over . |
| 6 | What a less law-abiding , trusting soul might well call harassment if they were feeling uncharitable ? ’ |
| 7 | So while you might well overhear Eeyore sighing to himself , and know therefore that he is n't trying to mislead anyone , it 's much less likely ( though not of course impossible ) that you 'll overhear Rabbit muttering ‘ There 's honey ’ to himself . |
| 8 | Alterations in diet and even hygiene might well produce indigestion and ‘ traveller 's tummy ’ , but this does not exclude the possibility that the time-zone transition produces similar or additional changes . |
| 9 | If a Champagne house buys its requirements in the form of must ( as opposed to grapes ) , débourbage might well take place at both the presshouse and the winery . |
| 10 | Given the Emperor 's dislike of Orléanism as a political creed and his aversion to the family as a whole , there was no possibility that he would willingly consent to the establishment of an Orléanist King on the Spanish throne — an event which it was feared might well raise hope among French Orléanists of a restoration of the dynasty in France . |
| 11 | In any case primaries could well give rise to organized campaigning , too expensive to be envisaged by all but the well-heeled . |
| 12 | It could well make life more awkward for ministers . |
| 13 | It should be clear from what is said above that from the purely practical classroom point of view , generative phonology has little to offer and could well create confusion . |
| 14 | Stress will certainly affect the levels of a number of hormones circulating in the bloodstream and it could well alter brain metabolism . |
| 15 | Cecil has not won the 2,000 Guineas since Wollow scored in 1976 , but Pursuit of Love is a genuine contender and it will take a convincing performance from either Forest Tiger or Dr Devious in today 's Craven Stakes to displace him at the head of Ladbrokes ' market — and other firms could well follow suit . |
| 16 | These activities could well take place in other areas , but the impression given in Team D was that this kind of informal or semi-formal engagement with vulnerable sections of the community , recorded only patchily , constituted a prominent part of the social work approach . |
| 17 | The not altogether clear provisions regarding audit , finality and certainty mean that adjustments could well take place long after a partner has left a firm . |
| 18 | You could well get sugar |
| 19 | In the first such case in the UK , Leeds-based John Richardson Computers Ltd has successfully argued that copyright should protect the look and feel of a program ; the court decided that a plaintiff does not need to show source code has been copied to prove infringement , and that copying non-literal aspects of a program , such as structure and organisation , could well constitute infringement ; the company 's dispute arose with a former employee over rival applications aimed at the pharmaceutical industry ; in the past , copyright cases have dealt exclusively with copying of actual program code . |
| 20 | For such a pupil blackboard work with small writing could well cause difficulty . |
| 21 | Last August Australia sent three naval ships to the Gulf ; Bob Hawke , the prime minister , made it clear in December that they would be put under American operational control and could well see combat . |
| 22 | The revelation of these differentials could well produce ill-feeling . |
| 23 | The married priest might be more obvious to the archdeacon on his visitation or inspection and to the rural deans in charge of the groups of parishes ; the unmarried concubinist could well escape justice . |
| 24 | Peter Brown , chairman of the Thomas Coram foundation , said : ‘ Unless the human imperative of individual dereliction is addressed alongside the more visual investment in environmental dereliction , and however well we spend it this means more money , the country will find itself in a downward spiral of inner-city social decay that could well substitute Drug Alley for the Gin Lane of Coram 's and Hogarth 's day . ’ |
| 25 | The return of Tony Hanson to the team that lost in the last five seconds at Broxbourne could be the inspiration , but with Doncaster playing second placed Oldham and Plymouth at fourth placed Brixton , the two teams above them could well lose ground . |
| 26 | Looking for an investment in a sure snow area , you could well consider Morillon which links with Flaine , Samoens and Les Carroz . |
| 27 | But to show pictures of major scenes in the chamber could well revive criticism of parliamentary manners . |
| 28 | But the shattered gabbro of the Troodos ophiolite may well hold water , and information gained by drilling into it may be of great practical value on this semi-arid island . |
| 29 | Links with industry may well involve sponsorship . |
| 30 | In a decade 's time , it may well show rock videos — and perhaps ‘ Miss Saigon ’ . |