Example sentences of "well [subord] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) , despite an initial strong lead in opinion polls , fared less well than predicted , winning 21.88 per cent of the vote and 88 seats . |
| 2 | Sow the seed in early to mid-spring , or late summer , preferably the latter as viability falls rapidly , outdoors where they are to grow — chervil does not do well if transplanted . |
| 3 | Both preserve well if glycerined ( see panel ) . |
| 4 | Some produce little useful pollen of their own , even though they set well if fertilised by another tree . |
| 5 | Raw fruits also keep well if stored in the fridge , where they will remain fresh for several weeks . |
| 6 | But rapid anti-Hebbian modification of the mutual interactions between the neurons at one level should work rather well if combined with slower Hebbian modification of the synapses feeding excitation from a lower level . |
| 7 | I thought this idea might work well if transposed to pressed flowers . |
| 8 | Unused buttercream will freeze well until needed . |
| 9 | Add all the remaining ingredients ( the fruit and nuts ) to the bowl , and stir well until mixed evenly . |
| 10 | he was doing well till buggered off . |
| 11 | Lionfish are the most gregarious of the large aquarium fish and respond well when kept in a small group , again providing an impressive display in a tank devoted to them exclusively |
| 12 | ‘ I thought I 'd gone too soon , ’ she admitted afterwards , but her mount battled on well when challenged by Copper Thistle to win by a length and a half . |
| 13 | The marathon four mile trip brought out the best in Keep Talking and he rallied well when challenged by the useful Irish raider High Peak to win by four lengths . |
| 14 | The relatively good performances of those with an OU credit or one A-level would reinforce Smithers and Griffin 's and Walker 's evidence that non-traditional students selected on the basis of some evidence of academic achievement can be expected to perform well when compared with traditional students . |
| 15 | While this study is limited to one university and deals with a relatively small intake of mature students over a period of six years it does demonstrate that non-standard entry mature students can do particularly well when compared with other students . |
| 16 | Uncapped openside flanker who took his chance well when summoned to replace Bartmann at Leicester . |
| 17 | Although on the record this solo was played on an acoustic guitar , it also works very well when performed on an electric instrument . |
| 18 | Copes reasonably well when stressed , but can be rather sensitive at times . |
| 19 | The anemones will prefer being planted in full sun , as their flowers do n't open so well when put in a shady position . |
| 20 | Played very well when introduced and seemed to enjoy himself . |
| 21 | And there has been some encouragement from within industry , reflected , for example in Business in the Community ( BiC ) , founded in 1982 and sponsored by firms such as IBM and Marks and Spencer as well as supported by the DoE and the Manpower Services Commission ( later the Training Commission , itself absorbed by the Department of Employment in 1988 ) . |
| 22 | There were some diverting interviews with the old buzzard himself — Burroughs is to drugs what W. C. Fields was to booze — and Cronenberg seems to have caught the humour , as well as contrived some stunning special effects . |
| 23 | No , erm well as written by . |
| 24 | Disk-resident MIBs will be able to be loaded and activated dynamically as well as unloaded and de-activated in order to free memory . |
| 25 | Disk-resident MIBs will be able to be loaded and activated dynamically as well as unloaded and de-activated in order to free memory . |
| 26 | But while there is evidence that young children can be bored or confused by doing work too advanced for them , as well as frightened by bigger children in the toilets or playground , there is no evidence that early teaching of the three Rs leads to top marks and academic success for the child later on . |
| 27 | All you need do is have a lift-up lid instead of a solid base or shelves added under the actual seat part and you have immediately doubled the usefulness of the piece as well as gained some footage . |
| 28 | The vihuela tablatures contained villancicos and romances — with the melody in red figures– as in Luis Milan 's El Maestro ( Valencia , 1535 or 6 ) , so that it could easily be sung as well as played . |
| 29 | But in reality small firms are often backwards in terms of resources , capital and innovation , as well as limited in terms of job numbers . |
| 30 | I got a room in the inn , and despite the windiness of the house and the army of earwigs that people it , I was very snug : a friend who has been there in winter gives amusing particulars regarding the draughts that are vocal as well as felt in this palace of the winds ; he found it necessary to nail up his bed-room windows with many plies of blanket , and thus to allow day and night to glide unnoted past , for all was dark — yet were not the breathings of the winds hushed ! |