Example sentences of "do very [adv] in " in BNC.

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1 They usually can ; but they do n't do very well in the marathon four days later !
2 A The natural water conditions of the Severum , ( Heros sererus ) , are very soft and acid , with a pH of 6 , but aquarium strains will do very well in neutral to moderately alkaline conditions .
3 They are young and talented and if they choose to turn professional they could do very well in pro events and become a major coaching influence in Ireland .
4 its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me .
5 It had done very badly in the 1967 local elections , and in November Wilson at last devalued the pound — assuring a somewhat puzzled nation that ‘ the pound in your pocket ’ would somehow not be affected .
6 But many others , which tend to be more niche , specialised and smaller businesses , have done very well in world markets . ’
7 Sybase has done very well in financial markets and companies in Wall Street and the City , mostly because for a long time it could offer facilities such as triggers and stored procedures that Oracle could n't .
8 Sybase has done very well in financial markets and companies in Wall Street and the City , mostly because for a long time it could offer facilities such as triggers and stored procedures that Oracle could n't .
9 I think the game I think the game has done well in tackling that problem but I do n't think we as a society have done very well in tackling it in the country at large .
10 This country has done very well in the negotiations and we have got an agreement that is right for this country .
11 Certainly the petrochemicals industry as a whole has done very well in the past couple of years , and we with it .
12 It 's it 's very it 's all done very professionally in that it 's very well controlled .
13 This can be done very simply in a freshwater aquarium by using a nitrate absorbing resin which rapidly and safely takes up the nitrate .
14 This was done very effectively in the late seventies in campaigns by Whitbread , who ran a series of ads asking for public comments on a number of propositions about the law affecting pubs and licensing ; and subsequently by the major banks , who ran a joint campaign partly designed to deter the threat of nationalization — a campaign which attracted many thousands of replies from the public .
15 Although the unit obviously benefits girls who have tended either not to do very well in school , or who were regular truants , there is a tendency for more scholastically-minded girls to do worse educationally than they would have in school .
16 And they used to do very well in there .
17 She did not feel she was doing very well in her attempt to persuade herself that her life was full of joys and worth living .
18 She 's capable of doing very well in a major crisis .
19 I was doing very well in that school .
20 Sadly — we are not doing very well in any of these areas and we must take heed of the suggestions put forward by the N.D.O. and Trainers and any other good ideas proposed .
21 Erm , and we 're doing very well in college .
22 Just to repeat that scoreline in the Vauxhall League , division two south ; Abingdon Town two , Egham one ; and Abingdon doing very well in that League , looking good for promotion .
23 I mean community charge was a factor in the nineteen ninety London borough elections , but in nineteen ninety the Conservative Party was doing very badly in opinion polls .
24 Even though back home in Oz she was doing very nicely in the celebrity stakes with Young Talent Time and a part in the soap Home and Away ( which was eventually to follow Neighbours as an export to the UK ) , in the rest of the world she was virtually unheard of .
25 Both these species do very well in heated tanks .
26 John will , however , do very well in the 500 class because he is a good rider . ’
27 On the whole they do very well in the exams .
28 That never did very well in any of his surveys .
29 The marriage did not last , but Peter eventually did very well in Montreal as a printing salesman .
30 With only two exceptions you all did very well in your qualifying examinations and I am very proud of the school 's results , but , I am sorry , only twelve of you have been accepted for Form 1 . ’
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