Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] well [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it fits less well with a situation in which the ‘ rules ’ under which the negotiation takes place are regularly changed to the extent that the nature of the ‘ game ’ may itself have been changed . |
| 2 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 3 | It now looks very well in a 15in pot , staked against wind damage and regularly fed , and in its first year yielded a crop of more than 3lb of berries . |
| 4 | The bassoon , in addition to the unison-combinations in which it figures above , blends very well with the horn without removing from the latter its distinguished quality of tone . |
| 5 | The new brick facing blends very well with the surroundings and adds to Ray and Beth Arnold 's work over several years in restoring Horderley to the appearance of a station . |
| 6 | I think just everybody participates very well in the lessons and make some good contribution . |
| 7 | Whether we take the retail prices index minus mortgage interest payments or producer prices , the rate of inflation has declined sharply in the past year and I suspect that the underlying measures of inflation will continue to decline in the next year — I can tell the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) , who is interrupting from a sedentary position , that the underlying rate of inflation compares extremely well with the position under the Labour Government of which he was a member . |
| 8 | ‘ But Denise copes very well with the breathing herself . |
| 9 | Indeed , in another passage in the Ali differentiates the haric elli ( and 40-akce ) and dahil grades of medreses on the basis not of geographical location but of their builders — the 40-akce and medreses being the foundations of the families of pre-Ottoman rulers and [ Ottoman ] vezirs and emirs , the medreses the foundations of the families of Ottoman sultans — method of classification which accords rather better with the actualities of his time ( late sixteenth century ) but which provides no apparent explanation for the terms themselves . |
| 10 | In terms of annual average growth rates in non-residential investment , the UK fares reasonably well throughout the period , contrary to some of the arguments put forward earlier . |
| 11 | " In general , Lenneberg 's ( 1967 ) contention that the extent to which a speaker will have a foreign accent correlates fairly well with the age at which the second language is learned has received extensive confirmation . |
| 12 | This analysis applies equally well to a star in the act of collapsing through its horizon : it grows redder and fades on a time-scale of |
| 13 | That reflects very well on the management and work force concerned . |
| 14 | One of the characteristics which distinguish " modern industrial " from " preindustrial " society is that in the former there is a wide circulation of " money " , where " money " means a general medium of exchange and a store of value which serves equally well as a reward for services rendered and as a means of purchasing commodities in the market . |
| 15 | even ri I mean rice does really well in a microwave . |
| 16 | The Black-blotched Butterflyfish ( Chaetodon ephippium ) is another species that does particularly well in an aquarium , when properly acclimated . |
| 17 | She manages pretty well on the whole but she 's a bit vague . |
| 18 | This style fits too well into the values and expectations most will have encountered from male relatives and heroes . |
| 19 | On the other hand , it fits very well with the fact that , while obviously having a relation of some sort with the noun , these adjectives are questioned not by the interrogative word usual for attributive adjectives , but by a word which typically is used to question adverbs . |
| 20 | That is why the suggestion ‘ Why do n't you try it ? ’ works so well as a selling technique . |
| 21 | This recognition system works perfectly well for a toad because any small , dark , moving object in its natural environment is an insect . |
| 22 | It is a system that works particularly well with the Yakuza because of the bizarre but rigid code of ethics by which the Japanese Mafia conducts itself , quite different from any other criminal society in the world . |
| 23 | This is best controlled with either a tablet and either a stylus or a puck but , given a steady hand , it works pretty well with a mouse . |
| 24 | Without any of the other switches in , the overdriven sound is smooth and reacts very well to the volume pot being backed off . |
| 25 | He knows very well from the deputations of trustees and directors of national galleries and of galleries and museums around the country that they have been hugely critical of the Government 's neglect . |
| 26 | Lecercle of course means death-knell but English has spoken through him , creating a new meaning for the noun that works very well as a metonymy : the bell 's tolling becomes the bell ( it has " sounded " ) much as the water boiling in the kettle has become the kettle as in the expression , " The kettle 's boiling " . |
| 27 | Er , but in the ordinary course of events er , this afternoon is , is I 'm dedicated to using as many cliches as I possibly can , erm , is , is , you know , that works very well as a way of protecting time for myself . |
| 28 | There are of course , certain similarities : one of them is the sustaining pedal which already works very well on a Mozart piano , although you have to use your knees on the earlier ones . |