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  • Every now and then members of the cast, well-drilled in body stockings, come on to prance as nymphs, spirits and canine creatures, looking as if they're waiting for a musical cue.

    Decade; The Tempest; The Kitchen; Parade – review 2011

  • The well-drilled chorus marched and sang effectively; conductor Patrick Summers infused what life and sweep he could into the two-hour evening.

    Sanitized 9/11 Heroics Heidi Waleson 2011

  • Six men and women moved around it with well-drilled precision.

    Food Fight 2009

  • They had the unhurried competence of a well-drilled football team.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • Six men and women moved around it with well-drilled precision.

    Food Fight 2009

  • Of the new arrivals neither Billy Jones from Preston nor Gareth McAuley from Ipswich are star turns, but both are trustworthy workers, capable of following orders as part of a well-drilled unit.

    West Bromwich Albion Premier League 2011-12 team guide 2011

  • If they could not out-bat or out-bowl India in their own conditions, they ought to out-field them, but instead they were outclassed by a young side well-drilled by Trevor Penney.

    How the finer arts of fielding caught on with England | Mike Selvey 2011

  • 'Galactic Marines' are well-drilled warriors, but on the planet Mezzo, they can also be prey ...

    Archive 2010-04-01 Michael Stevens 2010

  • This was not an inspiring performance against a well-drilled Wigan side who were without three first-choice defenders and suffered further losses to a thin squad when Hugo Rodallega was carried off with knee-ligament damage that could see him miss the next three months.

    Apostolos Vellios provides added value as Everton see off Wigan 2011

  • They had the unhurried competence of a well-drilled football team.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

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