Example sentences of "having a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such consultancies were seen as being prestigious in the eyes of candidates , having a wider field from which to chose , an extensive research resource immediately to hand , and the largest data banks . |
| 2 | Giving further solidity to the PTGI set-up have been the recent moves into the fields of distribution and having a wider portfolio of products with the United Distillers range of spirits brands . |
| 3 | If they are not replaced , then the victim will become hypovolaemic ( having a lower than normal total blood volume ) and may die from the consequent reduction in circulating blood supply to the vital organs . |
| 4 | The study sample did not differ significantly from the totality of new referrals in terms of age distribution , sex ratio , or referring agency , apart from having a lower proportion of referrals from old peoples ' homes ( 8/100 v 10/378 ; χ 2 =4.87 ; p<0.05 ) . |
| 5 | Having a lower osmotic potential than a standard . |
| 6 | In the control group there was no correlation between age and the sweat spot test score while in patients there was a moderate but significant negative correlation , older patients having a lower sweat spot test score ( rho=0.45 , p=0.035 , Spearman correlation coefficient ) . |
| 7 | An example was cited where by cutting back on BSB claims and by adjusting his grain acreage slightly downwards , a farmer could gain very substantially by making his farm eligible for extensification premia through having a lower stocking rate . |
| 8 | This means that the fish have material washed down to them as well as having a greater area of the varzeas ( Amazonian flood plains ) in which to forage , introducing both food and herbs not otherwise available to aquatic life , in a form that can be used by them . |
| 9 | Above all , they give people a sense of having a greater control over their own destiny . |
| 10 | The takings would be split with his partner in a previously agreed manner , with Thomas Duke having a greater share being " leading man " . |
| 11 | On the basis of tests carried out in the North Sea by the Laboratory , Bayne believes that organic pollutants may be having a greater impact on marine life than heavy metals such as lead , mercury and cadmium , which had hitherto been widely blamed for most of the damage . |
| 12 | Yeah it is , it 's going out and doing the business as well but it 's got ta have a lot more intellectual input er in you know in terms of having a having a greater insight into how a company works , how an airline operates , how the marketing department operates and so forth . |
| 13 | Your birthday tea ready but you were having a better time somewhere else ! |
| 14 | Blacks and Whites were remarkably similar on this item , with Asians having a better perception of the police . |
| 15 | I start thinking , ‘ Am I entertaining the person over there having a better time ? |
| 16 | In Ipswich , the Amberstone Bookshop was having a better time of it after a steady year , supported by some strong local titles . |
| 17 | The report concluded that a pupil 's performance was closely related to his or her father 's occupational status : the higher that status , the better a pupil 's performance , not only in leaving school less early but in having a better academic record and , in the headmaster 's judgement , more ‘ promise ’ . |
| 18 | BRITISH shoppers can look forward to having a bigger say in their deaths when funeral supermarkets hit the streets . |
| 19 | If you want to include iron losses ( occurring in the magnetic core due to the periodically change flux ) as well , you should better consult a book having a bigger section on transformers . |
| 20 | but er at the end of the day there has to be a purpose for it so unless you , you , you put it into action , then you , if you just read , then you 're in danger of having a bigger judgment than somebody that was ignorant |
| 21 | But nevertheless , quietly , the community is getting more and more involved and having a bigger say at that level . |
| 22 | It is embarrassing being young and wanting to be more liberated than you are , yet not being , and pretending to be more liberated than you are , or that you 're having a racier time . |
| 23 | In 1988 , the Brazilian won his first title when the ‘ 11 out of 16 ’ rule applied , despite Prost having a higher gross total . |
| 24 | Having a higher osmotic potential than a standard . |
| 25 | In ordinary cars the higher temperature is produced by having a higher compression ratio and one is used to having high performance cars which have a high compression ratio and need special grades of petrol to avoid knocking and pinking and other effects detrimental to the car , and of course that leads to the need for lead to be added to petrol to stop knocking . |
| 26 | The British Friesian quickly became very popular and by the late 1940s it was the country 's dominant breed , although it was sometimes decried for being uglier , having a worse udder and giving lower quality milk than the Ayrshire and the Shorthorn . |
| 27 | The professor added that he could envisage his daughter having a worse husband . |
| 28 | She , the guide , may seem to be several steps removed from the hurly-burly of normal life , living in another dimension , having a clearer vision of past and future than we normally attain . |
| 29 | We end this section by having a closer look at the Bank of England , the UK 's central bank . |
| 30 | ‘ The whole of Teesside will benefit from having a cleaner river , not just the 200,000 people living in the Stockton and western Middlesbrough areas who are served by the works , ’ he said . |