Example sentences of "if well [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And it can make a good soup , if well cooked . ’
2 However , if well treated , they made generous neighbours and always marked the birth of a neighbourhood child with a pouchful of gold sovereigns .
3 ‘ I shall always feel it a bounden duty on my part ’ , Gould later wrote to Sir William Jardine , ‘ to sing their praises for if well treated they are the most harmless kind of creatures imaginable . ’
4 It was , however , the politician 's ability , if well connected in London , to secure pardon for gentlemen implicated in Jacobite plotting , but who were not obvious leaders which proved a valuable management tool .
5 However , the opening attempt at such a panorama , even if well observed , can only be provisional .
6 Even if well fed , they can not stop searching and exploring , as this has become an end in itself in their behaviour repertoire .
7 Some teams have made great progress : if well organised they can screen diabetic patients at least as well as outpatient clinics .
8 I most scrupulously carried out my promise to her , despite the dishonest if well meant advice of various people who suggested that I should deposit her letters in a great library .
9 Yet it will strike others as suspicious , if well meaning , sleight-of-hand .
10 The new sequence begins with a provocation which , if well directed , generates a new offence from the provoked teacher .
11 If well organised , workfare might provide these needs , although the social status of being on workfare would probably be as bad as , if not worse than , that of being unemployed .
12 The scene is nevertheless necessary and , if well sung and acted , very moving .
13 Stability : if well pegged to the ground tent is unmoveable .
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