Example sentences of "well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some stress has been thrown thus far on modernism and its advocacy , but a traditional critic may write as well or better than a modernist . |
| 2 | And within six years , wanting to register ( in The Criter - ion for 1934 ) the distinction of Binyon 's version of the Inferno despite its consistent inversions of prosaic word order , Pound found himself in the same situation , having to contend with those who had learned too well or too inflexibly the lessons he himself had taught them : |
| 3 | How well or badly they function . |
| 4 | How well or badly is current strategy working ? |
| 5 | The hunger that made Charlie , Charlot , chew the boiled slices of boot , moustache toing and froing under his nose , I understood as well or as little as the hunger of the grown-ups around me , my mother eating the woodworms along with the oats and the silence as everybody stopped to watch her . |
| 6 | To counteract this , an individual generally benefits from continual changes in the type of task being performed as well as continual updating on how well or badly the task is being done . |
| 7 | No Prime Minister has enjoyed this twice-weekly brains trust — and Margaret Thatcher was no exception — but few Prime Ministers did it as well or as consistently . |
| 8 | If there were too many contra-indications in the blood the vet would advise Tremayne that the horse was unlikely to run well or win . |
| 9 | Marx never interested himself in how individuals arrive at their sense of themselves or in what motivates them to behave well or badly . |
| 10 | I had no idea what life with a baby would be like and no idea how well or badly I would I would cope . |
| 11 | He knows they can all play well or badly — and they can all be beaten . |
| 12 | It is likely to have wider aims , such as deciding whether the employee is performing well or badly , analysing whether the employee should be paid more , or perhaps promoted , or selecting personal targets or identifying training needs . |
| 13 | ‘ Whether the market is buoyant or depressed and whether you are doing well or struggling , I strongly commend the practical advice contained in Cash Management . |
| 14 | According to Cochrane et al. ( 1985 ) , the land-use practised depends mainly on how well or badly the savannas are drained . |
| 15 | It is always sound to add any such volumes to personal collections , for however well or badly done , they will always be a source of inspiration — if only on how to approach certain topics . |
| 16 | Since this system exists , it means that — whether well or badly — social needs are satisfied … [ therefore ] there must be a definite equilibrium of the whole system … |
| 17 | So I had to come as well or be the perfect Male Chauvinist Pig . |
| 18 | If we do indeed reap what we sow , then it seems sensible to take a careful look at our packet of seeds — particularly in those areas of our lives which go either particularly well or badly . |
| 19 | ‘ Before when you were sick — which was not often — you got well or you died . |
| 20 | Although of course I did n't know her very well or for very long . |
| 21 | This ‘ lobon-gur ’ solution ( LGS ) was prepared by taking ‘ half a seer ’ of tube well or boiled water and adding to it one three-finger pinch of ‘ lobon ’ ( exactly up to the first crease of the index finger ) and two four-finger scoops of ‘ gur ’ , then stirring well . |
| 22 | The Sun only just manages to keep alight and it tends to be those few protons that are moving faster than average that keep it going — which is just as well or it could have used all its fuel and expired before we arrived . |
| 23 | Actors do n't just exist to please themselves , to have a good time , to act as they choose , either well or badly . |
| 24 | Our feelings so often determine how well or otherwise we shall choose to perform , and will also affect the quality of our work relationships . |
| 25 | If the child is behaving well or playing quietly the typical parental attitude is ‘ let sleeping dogs lie ’ . |
| 26 | Yates , 25 later this month , has been tracked by a number of top clubs , including both Liverpool and Spurs , but manager Neil Warnock yesterday admitted : ‘ His injury is not responding as well or as quickly as we had thought . |
| 27 | ‘ Hence , when money wages are rising , workers may , rightly or wrongly , credit such rises to unions and hope that by beginning or continuing to support them they will do as well or even better in the future ’ ( Bain and Elsheikh , 1976 , p. 64 ) . |
| 28 | Although there is a slight element of gamble with money purchase schemes , in that no one can forecast with certainty how well or badly a pension fund might do , in practice most trustees act very conservatively . |
| 29 | Although as a breed pension providers act very conservatively , and moreover , your money would be protected under the strict rules brought in by the Financial Services Act , no one can forecast with total confidence how well or otherwise any particular investment will do . |
| 30 | If the order is wrong , or if the plants appear badly dried , shrivelled , broken or in similar bad condition , now is the time to say so , and not weeks later , when they are not growing well or are dead , as so many complainants do ! |