Example sentences of "well [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major sector to be affected by the removal of NTBs could well be small to medium-sized companies . |
| 2 | However , this matter can not be considered resolved and may well be central to future development of our understanding of wall flows . |
| 3 | The repercussions of alienating another solicitor in this matter might well be serious on other occasions in practice when a favour or understanding is required . |
| 4 | It could well be useful in certain respiratory conditions he thought , but there was a danger that just as a candle burns out much quicker in oxygen , one might ‘ live out too fast ’ . |
| 5 | But the change might equally well be due to economic factors which made vine growing unprofitable . |
| 6 | On a colour naming task , by comparison , inverted writers showed a significant RVF superiority where non-inverters showed no significant difference ( interaction significant ) , but as inverters were more often of the familial type of left hander this result might equally as well be due to familial sinistrality . |
| 7 | It may well be contrary to modern judicial philosophy that a defendant should be liable in the absence of fault but this involves as its consequence that an innocent plaintiff should bear the loss . |
| 8 | Finally , the high turnover at the polls might be indicative of changes in the local population , or prudential calculations amongst particular electors as to whether it was worth one 's while trying to exercise one 's right to vote ( on the logic that people will not bother to turn up to the poll if they believe their preferred candidates have no chance of success ) ; it could equally well be indicative of various forms of electoral manipulation and influence , such as the artificial creation of new electors , the ability of returning officers to prevent one side 's supporters from polling , or the ability of some members of the local elite to " persuade " electors not to register a vote in opposition to their wishes . |
| 9 | The same may well be true of other courts . |
| 10 | If the river was not graded before the rejuvenation occurred the nick point may well be indistinguishable from other irregularities present in the stream . |
| 11 | Big may well be beautiful for casual weekends , but for day , business or evening use , small is the only thing to carry . |
| 12 | It can be shown to have uses and it may well be advantageous for working-class children to learn it for certain purposes . |