Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adj -er] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Studio D especially , Christopher Barry remembers as being , ‘ very much smaller than most studios at Television Centre , certainly very much lower in height , which meant the lamps were down lower as well , and therefore hotter for the actors and crew . |
| 2 | A large number of delegates called for the replacement of the entire central committee ( at the time consisting of 120-160 full members and 30-40 alternate members ) in a secret ballot , a move believed to have been prompted by President Chadli and his reformists in an attempt to bring in younger and more reform-minded deputies . |
| 3 | Instead , we had only reached Trujillo and the mist had clamped down thicker than ever . |
| 4 | Though the companies that remain will no doubt respond to increasing demand when the upturn comes , imports could be sucked in faster and the trade gap widen . |
| 5 | Stronger societies were taking over smaller and weaker ones , which resulted in a downgrading of the credit rating of the predator . |
| 6 | Company pensions enabled them to lay off older and less productive workers with a clear conscience and health care directly promoted more efficient production . |
| 7 | In the most potentially serious accident , a ski-rack came off worse than the out-of-control 10-year-old who hit it . |
| 8 | Unlike the last occasion they ran into each other , this time Sheehy came off worse and his plane was grounded as a result of the damage . |
| 9 | I went in for a tackle with Brian Mooney and I came off worse because I broke my right leg . |
| 10 | But with better support from friends and professionals , both mother and child can end up healthier and happier . |
| 11 | Half of the body moves along the ground on many little legs — the front half rears up taller than a man , with many little arms . |
| 12 | The fabric of our schools , public buildings and roads store up bigger and bigger bills for the future . |
| 13 | He sat up straighter and locked both hands on the wheel . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sorry to interrupt , ’ they say politely on the phone , and I sit up straighter and always feel guilty . |
| 15 | But seeking your assistance , ’ and Calatin sat up straighter and looked pleased . |
| 16 | Once the width between the eyes had been determined and marked out , George worked on both eyes ; that way , neither eye ends up larger than the other . |
| 17 | Each of these matters will be taken up later but first we need to outline the growth in awareness of the organisational needs of local authorities . |
| 18 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 19 | When suffering eye tests in the darkened cubicle at the back of his shop , almost the only thing Henry ever managed to see was the pitying smile on Beamish 's face as he flashed up smaller and smaller letter sequences , all of them probably spelling ‘ You are a fat shortsighted twerp ’ ! |
| 20 | In the next over , Derek Pringle claimed his third wicket of the innings when Paul Johnson went to cut a delivery that again got up higher than anticipated . |
| 21 | When you love , you lift yourself up higher than any Nazi trash could pull you down . |
| 22 | The fire was built up higher than usual to guide them back to the camp , but also , Riven thought , because they were imagining the packs of grypesh coming after them out of the heights of the hills . |
| 23 | Its top lip begins to extend and grow like some sort of elephant-horse , and the corners of its mouth pull up higher and higher so that its mouth looks longer and longer , as if a heavy-handed rider is pulling mercilessly at it . |
| 24 | We can see the horse 's corners of the mouth pull up higher and higher , and the muscles in the face take on more and more definition . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , it wo n't hurt there for a bit till I can get down , ’ murmured Peggy , and struggled up higher and on to the topmost branches . |
| 26 | The big lift took them up higher and higher until they reached the top floor when it stopped with a little bump . |
| 27 | The bonds linking the brothers ended up stronger than they had ever been . |
| 28 | If he comes back tonight I 'm going to end up madder than him . |
| 29 | The need now is to foster the diversification of the rural economy so as to open up wider and more varied employment opportunities . ’ |
| 30 | This whole fucking area is sewn up tighter than a nun 's crotch , ’ Gregson grunted . |