Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chill Pads , which maintain chilled products at temperature , are claimed to be longer-lasting than ice and more effective than eutectic plates . |
| 2 | Secondly , the past and current benefit to the employer must not merely be substantial or even valuable ; it has to be outstanding if compensation is to be awarded . |
| 3 | One of the differences between life and writing is that writing always has to be believable whereas life is n't ! |
| 4 | The action has to be more than complaint and exhortation . |
| 5 | Renal failure was considered to be present when plasma creatinine increased above 132 µmol/l . |
| 6 | These meetings could not be said to be unimportant because world Christianity ought to be seen to meet . |
| 7 | Rincewind turned to run , but the air suddenly seemed to be thicker than treacle . |
| 8 | Subterfuge was thought to be better than violence . ’ |
| 9 | Pregnancy order tended to mediate the effect of maternal age , so that weight and height of infants tends to be lower where pregnancy order is high in relation to age ( see e.g. Omran , 1976 , p. 524 ) . |
| 10 | Vapona make ‘ Moth Killer' which tends to be sweeter-smelling than moth balls . |
| 11 | Now my Lord it 's at the beginning of October things start to go wrong in erm and as it is pleaded on the first of October er , the plaintiffs were told the , in correspondence from the bank , that the financial terms that the finances that had been approved in principal , were only going to be available if security was offered in respect of a number of properties . |
| 12 | The High Court in Edinburgh heard that an investment analyst with the stockbrokers Bell Lawrie White had received information from the chairman of the waste management and construction group , Shanks&McEwan , that profits were going to be lower than City expectations . |
| 13 | Basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting Sun 's ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share . |
| 14 | Both Salomon Brothers Inc and more importantly Goldman Sachs & Co have moved Sun Microsystems Inc shares off their recommended buy lists : basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting its ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share ; Goldman believes Sun 's financial model may need to change more quickly than the company can realise ; the long-term judgment is based on Goldman 's view of Sun 's business as 80% to 85% client side where it thinks Windows , especially NT , will dominate in client-server systems , even where high-performance client products are needed . |
| 15 | If it does turn out he 's personally involved I 've got a feeling it 's going to be difficult as hell trying to prove it . ’ |
| 16 | In general , when they do use credit they are more likely than others to use types carrying a high rate of charge , though they are also relatively heavy users of mail order ( which carries no rate of charge for credit , though at the cost of prices which have tended to be higher than shop prices ) . |
| 17 | Whilst ambulatory surgical care has been shown to be cheaper than hospital care in Cali , Colombia , such evidence can not be taken as a general rule . |
| 18 | This probe had been shown to be better than actin as a control for the amount and quality of total ribonucleic acid loaded . |
| 19 | Parental control , relating to restrictions and rules for behaviour , was judged to be low when supervision was so negligent that the child was left more or less to do as she pleased . |
| 20 | At best , his work is defined by what is known to be available as source material . |
| 21 | Finally , in respect of the Wandjina , it appears to be more than chance that the word ‘ Wandjina ’ — sometimes spelled ‘ Wondjina ’ — can be formed from two Sanskrit words , ‘ Vand ’ and ‘ Jina ’ . |
| 22 | This seems to be true whether performance in measured in terms of growth in output , investment or employment . |
| 23 | That certainly seems to be true where television is concerned . |
| 24 | Andrew Lloyd Webber was reputed to be furious when Radio I declined to playlist Michael Ball 's hit , ‘ Love Changes Everything ’ . |
| 25 | Income elasticities of demand for food tend to be less than unity , can we differentiate agricultural products ? |
| 26 | Nevertheless there is a problem about the status of many of his theories and propositions if , and when , they claim to be more than speculation . |
| 27 | Family life for many appeared to be disintegrating as divorce rates rose : from 100 000 per annum in 1914 to 205 000 in 1929 . |
| 28 | Ministers said they were encouraged by reports from candidates that the party 's vote was holding up and appeared to be firmer than Labour 's . |
| 29 | Having laid the groundwork of his interest , the politician had to be ready when election time rolled around again , and at that point an incumbent who could re-apply to constituents whom he had frequent occasion to meet , and ask them for a continuation of their friendship , without suggesting for a moment that any of them had a duty to support him in recognition of an implied bargain for past favours , was in a far stronger position than a man whose only contacts with his constituents took the form of patronage letters . |
| 30 | The purpose test in s13A(2) ( a ) must continue to be satisfied when interest is paid by the managers on their shares , but the " control by management " test need not be . |