Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] be well [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a result it is better protected against cold winds than it used to be . ’ |
| 2 | In the field of cancer therapy it is well known that irradiation can cause tumours and yet they can also be treated by radiation and many of the drugs used in chemotherapy for tumours can also cause tumours . |
| 3 | By the time the pollice get on the scene they 're well gone . |
| 4 | But within his own terms of reference he was well informed and attentive . |
| 5 | The figures also demonstrate how well matched are the action and control samples : that in both places they were well matched on age , proportion with an involved relative/ friend , proportion in owner-occupied housing , and on OBS score ; they were less well matched on gender and on proportion without an inside lavatory ( though the difference was not great ) , and least well matched on marital status and on proportion living alone , with the Ipswich control sample and the Newham action sample being more likely to be married and ( therefore ) not living alone . |
| 6 | I 'm watching Chris and Dave fool around at a disc presentation ceremony , a routine they 're well versed in by now , and talking kilt tartans to Matt Cameron from Soundgarden , who were due to play here with Guns N' Roses the following night but the gig 's been cancelled . |
| 7 | Her husband , Jack , used to sell fruit and vegetables from a horse and cart , going as far as the top of Baldersdale to find custom He was well known to all the elder members of the Hauxwell family , including Hannah 's mother and father . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ On the day we were well beaten . |
| 9 | Scalars and vectors are in fact the simplest types of tensors , and from SR it is well known that if an equality can be proved between vectors ( or scalars ) in one inertial frame then the equality remains true under Lorentz transformations to other inertial frames . |
| 10 | As one of the country 's leading suppliers of standard and extra heavy trees we are well placed to bring quality confidence to your landscape . |
| 11 | Er reading old books there the they talk about the and er around and the beds and all that you know and the jollity people they 're well known about it . |
| 12 | Under permanently wet conditions , small mammal bone becomes soft and easily broken , and it has been found that small mammal bones preserved in wet caves become extensively broken , whereas in dry caves they are better preserved , but other factors may also modify such an assemblage . |
| 13 | For example it is well known that asthma and eczema are linked but what is frequently overlooked is the way that a person 's asthma can be bad at a time when their eczema is quiet and their eczema can be its worst when the asthma is quiet . |
| 14 | In the building trade it is well known that the cost of building a new building may be less than the cost of modifying an old one . |
| 15 | In France he was well known and his work sought eagerly . |
| 16 | In Britain it is well known that the 1968 Donovan Report identified bargaining structures as a major strategic variable in determining the effectiveness of industrial relations . |
| 17 | But in your case it 's well needed . |
| 18 | At dawn they were well hidden in a cave and the following night they were able to march to within a few miles of the beach where they were to be picked up . |
| 19 | Some of my friends went to the City They 're better paid — but spare your pity ; There 's more to life than pounds and pence — My quality of life 's immense : A cosy office , nearly new , Equipped with latest PS2 . |
| 20 | Although Reiter 's disease usually follows NGU in this country , in other parts of the world it is well recognized as following certain forms of dysentery . |
| 21 | Now the G M B parliamentary group is a powerful and influential organization it 's well balanced between front-benchers and back-benchers , between men and women and between the youthful and , how shall I put it , the more experienced and as you would expect , its members are prominent in the attack on this weak , incompetent , and rudderless Conservative government . |
| 22 | It seems clear that they had corresponded during 1796 , and by the time they met again at Stowey they were well acquainted with each other 's work . |
| 23 | If Father Branche was surprised he did not show it , but no doubt he was well used to English women in Rome and the kind of things they were likely to do . |
| 24 | At the time of privatisation it was well known that the city bus station was subject to a compulsory purchase order by the council and would be taken over for whatever sum . |
| 25 | This last time I was better prepared . |
| 26 | Now after five albums and two TV series they are well known to thousands of children throughout Britain , and their songbooks have become standard music-lesson texts in schools in Scotland . |
| 27 | The receiver is not , however , obliged to fulfil existing contracts and because of this it is claimed that in this regard he is better placed than the company which of course must stand by its contracts . |
| 28 | At the present time it is well served by British Rail , so is mainly a dormitory village for commuters to Hull , Beverley and Driffield . |
| 29 | He or she may — and probably will — possess a more subtle view of ‘ professionalism ’ than the capacity to deliver examination results , but at the same time it is well known that many parents and politicians see those results as the crucial way by which schools account for their success or failure . |
| 30 | By this time he was well associated with Kent and on the death of his father he was left a considerable estate in Westcomb near Greenwich . |