Example sentences of "[conj] well " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have found full cupboards and empty ones , children with books and children without ; schools and classrooms where the resources of the community have been mobilised , where well stocked classroom shops have been organised using packets , wrappers and tins collected by children , where great varieties of natural and man-made objects have been collected for children 's use in science and mathematics — and schools with none of these things . |
| 2 | Perhaps those who know the truth will be too lazy or too diffident or too poor to publish while whose who believe in error will be so rich , or well organized , or self-confident that they will control the presses and the television studios and dominate the ‘ free market in ideas ’ . |
| 3 | Indeed , none of his novels is well shaped or well written . |
| 4 | But it is the most distinctive characteristic of an observant or well educated mind to bring unity to what would otherwise be a meaningless scatter of seemingly random and unrelated phenomena , and I bow to few for want of intellect . |
| 5 | Apart from the small number of houses in rural areas where water is obtained from a suitable private source like a spring , mountain stream or well , most water is provided through pipes which are called ‘ mains ’ . |
| 6 | The great voice which calls us all has appointed that one card will remain blank and another shall be full , and not for any good or well they 've done to him . |
| 7 | The fraction less than 2 µm , which varied between 3.0–4.9% by weight of the bulk sample , gave illite as the dominant clay with 70–85% in well crystallised form , kaolinite 10–25% either very poorly or well crystallised , and mixed layer 5% with illite and chlorite poorly represented . |
| 8 | While such statements could be interpreted as being passive rather than negative in terms of the advancement of building surveying , the Report went on to state that building surveyors ‘ have been less ebullient [ than quantity surveyors ] in recent years — partly because they are less numerous and their work less homogeneous or well defined ; but , to a large extent because they have made a less prolonged and concerted effort to develop their skills and explore the horizons of opportunity , although there has of late been a welcome resurgence in this respect ’ . |
| 9 | If owing to pressure of other work in the office the ideal team is not available , senior management will need to pay greater attention to the job since either the line of delegation will be sparse at the top end , or well qualified and experienced surveyors will be forced to do mundane duties which could both lower morale and prove financially inefficient . |
| 10 | Drink the water at the spring or well , then curl up and go to sleep near the point of issue , after invoking the anima mundi . |
| 11 | However , in view of the fact that the fielding team is compelled to position two attacking fieldsmen , bowlers bowl either just short of a length hoping for a slip catch , or well up angling for a driven chance to short cover or mid-wicket . |
| 12 | Subversive activities are those which threaten the safety or well being of the State , and which are intended to undermine or overthrow Parliamentary democracy by political , industrial or violent means . |
| 13 | By the late 1980s British publishing was issuing over 50 000 titles a year , more than 40 000 of them new titles , or well over a hundred ( on average ) for every working day . |
| 14 | Many place names include a descriptive syllable — marsa ( harbour ) , ghain ( spring or well ) , ramla ( sandy ) , wied ( valley ) , ghar ( cave ) . |
| 15 | It was not thickly populated or well defended , but it was much larger than the islands the English already held in the Caribbean , so it provided land for English emigrants for some years . |
| 16 | But final family size can not be known until women are in their late 30s or well into their second decade of marriage . |
| 17 | I 'm not suggesting that your baby would n't be happy or well cared for , simply that he or she needs a mother who 's secure and happy with herself . |
| 18 | Since West German parties and voters have deep respect for professional competence , lists may include also experts not distinguished for party , activity or well suited to constituency campaigning . |
| 19 | Only in exceptional circumstances — a major effluent , a polluter who is proving difficult , or a discharger who is powerful or well known — is the officer 's area supervisor likely to take a personal part in the proceedings . |
| 20 | People are quite good at covering things up ; they say , I do n't know very much about literary theory , you talk to so and so down the corridor ; or Well , I do n't know African writing , but So-and-So does , and then people offer options on them , that to some extent is what we do here , within a framework of a fairly traditional English structure … people manage by excluding what they do n't want to deal with , really . |
| 21 | A few other members of the music world — too embarrassed or well mannered to have left — applauded with him . |
| 22 | She has n't been strong , or well , since Father 's death . |
| 23 | A and numbers in our , a s in a stage group too small to say definitely that we can pick out those T two tumours badly or well on the vascular count . |
| 24 | That 's what I th or well what I was just about to suggest . |
| 25 | The water authority will reject applications for the use of septic tanks when absorption tests are unsatisfactory or where the siting of the tank could result in pollution to a spring , stream or well used for drinking purposes . |
| 26 | Business therefore expanded at a great rate and labour was not as well organised or well informed as it is today . |
| 27 | Mr. Winnick : When the right Hon. Gentleman attends the Synod , or well before then , will he take the opportunity to congratulate the Archbishop of Canterbury on his excellent statement today , which , while expressing . |
| 28 | In Britain ‘ subversive activities ’ are defined as ‘ those which threaten the safety or well being of the State , and which are intended to undermine or overthrow Parliamentary democracy by political , industrial or violent means ’ ( Home Office , 1984 ) . |
| 29 | The radial shields are short and bar-like and carry a single row or well developed spinelets along their length . |
| 30 | You mean , during the day or well it took about an hour say . |