Example sentences of "[was/were] well [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The groups were well matched for demographic variables and also for most important diabetic attributes , although mean systolic blood pressure was recorded as 9 mm Hg greater in the control group ( 95% confidence interval 2.1 to 16.0 mm Hg ; p=0.011 ) and 14 patients in the prompted group were documented as having signs of leg ischaemia compared with only four controls ( χ 2 =5.7 , df=1 ; p=0.017 ) . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | The two groups were well matched for factors affecting outcome ( Table I ) . |
| 7 | Having worked offshore on oil platforms for the last 13 years , Derry and Fran were well prepared for the rather isolated nature of life on the island . |
| 8 | Lothian and Borders police said they were well prepared for the friendly invasion . |
| 9 | This was probably not the whole reason ; for his levity and jocularity were well tuned for making enemies . |
| 10 | They were well placed for taking the offensive , being 200 miles behind the enemy front line and 150 miles south of the coastal plain . |
| 11 | Although they were well placed for chalk , all other commodities had to be carried by rail or barge up-river to the works . |
| 12 | Back at Lukla our intrepid group of sherpas , who had made our journey through this seldom explore , high-altitude region possible , were well rewarded for their stalwart efforts on our behalf . |
| 13 | And in the general confusion over Sunday opening , there was the opportunity of sneaking a few extra days of trading , and most booksellers who took this up were well rewarded for their efforts . |
| 14 | Estimates were cautiously low and there were good results for interesting , good quality works , many of which were well suited for private collectors . |
| 15 | Both Mac and Morrissey were well known for slagging off the entire rock world outside their own small circles . |
| 16 | Some pioneers ( Ron James was a famous example ) were well known for their peerless protection ability . |
| 17 | A number of other young men in the Town Boys group were well known for their ability to drink impossible-sounding quantities of beer . |
| 18 | Thus Aquitaine remained a far-off , unknown country and its inhabitants were well known for their fickleness and treacherousness . |
| 19 | The contents of the jiffy bag were n't important but they were genuine , and the solicitors were well known for handling City problems . |
| 20 | It seems likely that once the board schools were well established for both sexes , by the 1880s , the same thing will have been true of girls . |
| 21 | We were well established for even three months . |
| 22 | Bowel symptoms were well controlled for prolonged periods in 11 patients ( 85% ) and further laser procedures were only required every 19 weeks median ( range 6–53 weeks ) . |
| 23 | Initial laser treatment had been successful and bowel symptoms were well controlled for the first two months after radiotherapy in all patients . |
| 24 | Despite the Depression , the family were well provided for , and spared the rigours that many others endured . |
| 25 | In fact , he has continually made a point of recording that he was not a boy from the wrong side of the tracks , as some tried to indicate , but that his mother/grandmother made sure they were well provided for . |
| 26 | To ensure that his widow and her family were well provided for , Prasutagus left half his wealth to the Emperor , which is also what was expected of a dependent ruler . |
| 27 | His younger children were well provided for , and his heirs retained the lease of Eltham until 1839 . |
| 28 | Needless to say , they were well primed for The Smiths . |
| 29 | Contact 's staff were well qualified for this type of work . |
| 30 | They were well paid for women 's work , but brought neither the status nor pay of male artisans . |