Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , say the researchers , a large-eyed person is assessed by an iguana as being nearer or larger than he or she really is , or perhaps a large-eyed person simply looks more threatening . |
| 2 | The study of something for its own sake , for the sake of knowing , understanding , grasping it and for nothing else , is an essential characteristic of education , lower or higher , though more obviously of higher education . |
| 3 | Either lower or higher doses are then injected serially until the weal or the symptoms disappear . |
| 4 | I think our survey showed it could be as high as fifty per hectare in fact , er but we did n't have a full response to the survey and er there 's nothing er in the results that would lead us to a conclusion that it should be lower or higher , so we 're quite happy to accept that assumption . |
| 5 | The basic sequence was clear enough , and to most nineteenth-century naturalists and geologists it was self-evidently a progressive development from lower or simpler forms of life to higher or more complex ones . |
| 6 | One 's overall sense of The Possessed absolutely refuses to confirm any such duality , and one can pay the novel no simpler or fuller tribute than by saying so . |
| 7 | The markers can be in the form of the shorter and/or longer chromosomes produced by induced , unequal reciprocal translocations , or spontaneously arising metacentric Robertsonian fusions in laboratory or feral populations . |
| 8 | To boost your chances of a close encounter move quietly through the countryside and wear clothing which is n't noticeably lighter or darker than the surroundings . |
| 9 | All other colours are formed by mixing together various amounts of these colours and by adding black or white to make lighter or darker versions . |
| 10 | Besides , the easier or higher any one 's fortune is , this duty rises in proportion . |
| 11 | The first claim insists that once a crisp decision has been made by a body sanctioned by convention , and the content of that decision is fixed by conventions about how such decisions should be understood , judges must respect that decision , even if they think a different one would have been fairer or wiser . |
| 12 | Fragment A is more difficult to analyse as the evidence is incomplete and the habit of keeping to a set rate of progress may not have evolved at the A stage of composition ; but it could have been completed between June 1758 and April 1759 , in a shorter or longer time depending on whether he wrote one verse or three each day . |
| 13 | There are , of course , many who are disqualified for shorter or longer periods depending on their employer 's method of paying them . |
| 14 | There was also a variety of other people who lived in the house , for shorter or longer periods . |
| 15 | It is part of the College 's general policy of encouraging students who might , for whatever reason , consider themselves excluded from Further or Higher Education to make full use of the College 's — and their own resources . |
| 16 | Laboratory technicians and assistants maintain laboratory and workshop equipment , usually in secondary schools or institutes of further or higher education . |
| 17 | At 16 they are more likely to be studying at school ; by 18 they are much more likely to be studying at an establishment of further or higher education . |
| 18 | Some of these will go into Further or Higher education and help and advice are given . |
| 19 | It was a lot to do with the school I was at , and worrying about these other girls being prettier or cleverer than me . |
| 20 | Beyond such common features , however , it has been shown that there are marked diversities between national labour movements as well as within them , in relation to their goals and objectives ( broader or narrower conceptions ) , structural features , size and membership densities . |
| 21 | Retrieval of documents on a search topic , by using terms for a broader or narrower concept , relies heavily both on the searcher 's ingenuity and on any additional relationships that the database indexer might have added to link the natural language index terms . |
| 22 | Until 1988 he was Chief Inspector of Further & Higher Education of ILEA . |
| 23 | Although institutions of higher education to some extent reshaped their admissions procedures before and after the Further & Higher Education Act 1992 , they still appear to pay little attention to the effect which their policies have on schools and colleges . |
| 24 | And they prefer to make it easier than harder . |
| 25 | Lamer and lamer , but Bob was discreet enough not to press . |
| 26 | And as it becomes easier and cheaper to span the globe , knowledge of local wrinkles is becoming more important , not less . |
| 27 | Audio tapes are much easier and cheaper to produce and use than video . |
| 28 | Last year , Sir Richard Body brought in a private member 's bill to introduce within five years a ban on the use of sow stalls and tethers — devices that make it easier and cheaper to manage the animals during their four months of pregnancy . |
| 29 | But in terms of its being easier and cheaper to disband and its not carrying the same legal authority , it is not the same as marriage . |
| 30 | Choose a predominantly white or pastel-coloured suite , and liven up the room with colourful wall coverings , curtains or blinds and accessories , which are easier and cheaper to change than a bathroom suite . |