Example sentences of "to be well [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young Anna is going to be well heeled but she will have to come to some arrangement with Beryl and Beryl would prefer , much , to deal with the devil himself . |
| 2 | If you seem to be well organized and in command of the situation then you are likely to get an equally efficient response . |
| 3 | Efficiency is essential in the fast food world of city life , so storage has to be well organized and cleverly designed to leave worktops clear and uncluttered . |
| 4 | The point of preparation is to be well tuned and at the same time flexible to new interpretations and ideas . |
| 5 | It went to the extent of stating , ‘ … the TUC could not at any stage commit itself in advance to approve or acquiesce in the methods to be adopted to reach full employment simply because those methods can be shown to be well fitted and even necessary to the achievement of that objective … |
| 6 | BMW claims that this far more sophisticated ( and , no doubt , expensive ) rear suspension finally lays to rest the spectre of lift-off oversteer which has so bedevilled the 3-series over the years — albeit to a much lesser degree with the outgoing model which , in Sport form at least , we found to be well balanced and responsive rather than inherently tail happy . |
| 7 | The advantage of employing a specialist firm is that its tradesmen are more likely to be well trained and experienced in this field of building preservation , with a thorough and successful job being a more certain result . |
| 8 | The men would have to be well trained and supervised , not least to guard against incidental damage to native Galapagos animals . |
| 9 | It is therefore vital that they are given the right sort of care , so they can grow up to be well developed and strong physically , mentally alert , contented and emotionally stable . |
| 10 | Food hygiene courses continue to be well supported and already this year a further 100 employees have gained their Food Hygiene Certificate . |
| 11 | The ideas of problem solving appear to be well known or obvious , but most of us will be able to recall situations where we spent hours or days on a problem whose solution was ‘ obvious ’ once we found it . |
| 12 | The hospital appears to be well known and popular with local residents and therefore a vast amount of acute work … is undertaken . ’ |
| 13 | The trail , though clinging like a ribbon to the steep sides of the canyon , proved to be well sculpted and led without incident to the valley floor . |
| 14 | I knew before I started out that , weatherwise , the end of March is not the time to plan a journey to the Islands and my misgiving proved to be well founded as on Tuesday 23 March I found myself in the lounge at Dalcross Airport , Inverness watching gale force winds sweep snow across the runways . |
| 15 | The tennis courts at Arlebury Park are to be resurfaced shortly , and the football pitches at both Arlebury and Stratton Bates continue to be well used and are an ongoing maintenance expense . |
| 16 | This has to be well compacted before the 20m gravel is laid — to a depth of about 50mm . |
| 17 | However , it was reported on May 7 that 35 leading officials in the newly established intelligence service department of the Interior Ministry had been removed following leaks of secret information , and the screening of various sections of the security services was reported to be well advanced or completed by early May . |
| 18 | Other practical suggestions were that professional groups likely to come into contact with this issue need to be well informed and should be educated . |
| 19 | On the other hand heads have every right to expect staff to be well groomed and reasonably dressed at work . |
| 20 | The report stressed the need for a safety culture , saying that , the danger exists that an organisation 's safety policy , plans and monitoring arrangements which appear , on paper , to be well considered and comprehensive may create an aura of respectability … |
| 21 | The eggs need to be well protected since they are carried on the wind , continually exposed to the sun 's fierce rays , and blown across the sand . |