Example sentences of "well [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With cooler air , more cloud , and so less sunshine , even grass grows less well than on the lowlands . |
| 2 | In the event , however , Labour actually suffered a swing against it compared with 1986 , lost a net total of 20 seats and , in some boroughs , even performed less well than at the 1987 general election . |
| 3 | There may also be changes in performance , with some schools doing better and others less well than in the past . |
| 4 | She managed so well that on the Wednesday in Hartford she even got her encore , which she had rehearsed and never had the chance to perform , ‘ The Last Rose of Summer ’ . |
| 5 | You know perfectly well that under the present system someone who sticks to his principles and speaks out against injustice is n't going to get a job or a council flat . |
| 6 | Buttons landed perfectly and came away from the jump so well that by the time her father had collected himself and his horse Artemis and Buttons were alongside them . |
| 7 | Lowe was quick to learn the various practices of the law profession , and decided upon conveyancing — transferring property from one person to another by purchase , lease or deed — as that branch of the law where his deafness was less of a handicap , and did so well that in the Michaelmas Term of 1829 , he took the prescribed oaths publicly in the Temple Hall and emerged as a Barrister of the Middle Temple — a most unprecedented event which created a sensation in the profession . |
| 8 | Martin Luther , whose own convictions had been tempered and proved like the finest steel , knew well that in the hour of trial each man must have his own convictions , or he will find himself with none . |
| 9 | In fact it works so well that within a few days of installing it friends were asking if they could fax me printed documents that they had always wanted to store on disk . |
| 10 | Well if through the winter months when there 's no fire in there , no nothing in there the damp is bound to be coming through there . |
| 11 | They need flat water to perform well and on no account should they be taken into waves , since , not only are they difficult to manoeuvre well , but they are also liable to snap because of their length . |
| 12 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 13 | The seats against the stair well and at the end of the canopy were fixed , but the others were reversible . |
| 14 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 15 | I am grateful for my hon. Friend 's comments , because the significant fact about St. Ivel 's sponsorship is that it is a perfect example of sponsorship working very well and of the use of the business sponsorship incentive scheme , which I just mentioned . |
| 16 | It looks splendid , it reads well and as a coffee-table volume , worth dipping in to regularly , it is great stuff . |
| 17 | As a cushioned trainer it performed well and with the addition of GRID , PU in the midsole and external collar straps , it 's far more stable than any of its predecessors . |
| 18 | Last time he did well and with the odd jog that he does for training , he should do it again . |
| 19 | However , the Irishman countered well and with the scores at eight each the Dubliner eventually won on a count back of 30–28 . |
| 20 | We need two million pounds more from the corporation er , and obviously we will be making that our first priority for investing into Essex er , and to obviously erm as Paul said er you 're prepared to make that a priority as well and through the housing corporation . |
| 21 | He spoke as though they knew each other well and over a long period . |
| 22 | Pilots and controllers in the Channel Islands understand one another 's problems very well and in a way which is perhaps without parallel in British civil aviation . |
| 23 | In spite of her handicaps it seems that your sister is managing really quite well and in a non-complaining manner . |
| 24 | South east also doing well and in the south east , looking at the it seems to be the case , one ca n't put too strong an el too strong erm a sort of weight on it but it seems to be the case that in the south east it 's the food , drink and tobacco sector and chemicals which are tending to , to lead the way there erm Scotland also strong export demand . |
| 25 | Marian 's work now suits her particularly well and in an effort to redress some of the solicitor 's problems described above she has begun to be involved in advocacy training for solicitors assisting in courses run by the College of Law — helping others towards the successful career which she demonstrates is possible from whatever your legal origins . |
| 26 | Well and before the war . |
| 27 | All went well but for a small hitch . |
| 28 | He played tennis with them under the willow-trees by college , playing not well but with a brisk gusto . |
| 29 | and the final year I think there 's sort of less on the timetable but people tend to do more work for it and do a project as well but in the , in the first year erm you know it 's not that difficult to , to pass it erm er and there are always the , the , the referred papers in September so if you 're , if you 're keen |
| 30 | ‘ I decided that was the job that appealed and it 's just as well because at the interview I talked myself out of the other jobs by being so keen on the post office . ’ |