Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent work in the eastern suburbs on the later winged-corridor building has added a further complexity , revealing an important sequence of later Iron-Age ditched enclosures alongside a stream , in one of which lay a two-phase timber round house associated with pottery , slag , bone and worked flints . |
| 2 | BRITISH Rail has promised a better deal for Teesside travellers . |
| 3 | BRITISH Rail has promised a better deal for passengers with a new timetable shake-up to take effect from May . |
| 4 | One of my Oscars has developed a lower jaw which is twisted . |
| 5 | Japan 's growing influence as a member of the Western camp has encouraged a greater questioning within Japan of how far to accept what the West has to offer . |
| 6 | The Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award has had a happier track record . |
| 7 | Ian has made a better recovery than we dared hope , but it is still important that we do not take his fitness for granted . |
| 8 | Since the Second World War the Sussex has become a stronger colour-marker , much neater of shoulder than the powerful draught type of old , shorter in the leg and better in the hindquarters , and it still produces lean , marbled meat , especially in the prime cuts . |
| 9 | Hanning has produced a smoother result than repeated medians alone . |
| 10 | The advent of the private car has made a greater percentage of the population mobile , we can reach many different areas today by private car . |
| 11 | The Department of Employment research programme has produced a rosier picture than local studies or the experience of local homeworking campaigns . |
| 12 | This study has shown a larger proportion of electrocardiographic changes ( 91% ) than previous studies , even though some of these included sinus tachycardia as an arrhythmia . |
| 13 | The longer term has seen a greater willingness on the part of the judiciary to challenge the exercise by Ministers and civil servants of their discretionary powers . |
| 14 | The development of interest rate and currency swaps has offered a further fillip to the eurobond market , by increasing borrowers ' flexibility in issuance , as well as enabling them to profit from comparative advantage in borrowing in different markets ( see Hammond , 1987 ) . |
| 15 | In October , they issued a new set of tariffs which provide that a car owner who suffers a loss has to make a larger contribution and introduce the principle and concept of a premium reduction for certain security devices . |
| 16 | This research aims to provide a clearer understanding of the problems of adopting new technology and the implications which this can have on training provisions for UK businesses . |
| 17 | The study seeks to establish a clearer concept and fuller details of the knowledge needed by teachers to enable them to teach effectively two mathematical topics : elementary trigonometry , and areas and volumes . |
| 18 | BNFL 's donation towards the scheme is £25,000 while Sellafield Charity Snowball Committee has given a further £2,000 . |
| 19 | Yet , as we have noted , more recent work has adopted a wider focus and a more analytical approach to the subject . |
| 20 | Recent work has suggested a greater production of CRP stimulating cytokines from mononuclear leukocytes in Crohn 's disease patient . |
| 21 | That will be an uphill battle , and difficult to prove anyway , because the industry under private ownership needs to earn a higher return on capital — by several percentage points — than in public ownership to attract shareholders . |
| 22 | That will be an uphill battle , and difficult to prove anyway , because the industry under private ownership needs to earn a higher return on capital — by several percentage points — than in public ownership to attract shareholders . |
| 23 | IBM has found a lower limit to the width of the line that can be burned in the absorption band . |
| 24 | Both Boeing and McDonnell Douglas are making shorter versions of their small jets , and Holland 's Fokker wants to make a bigger version of its 100-seater . |
| 25 | Now the exercise has moved a further step forward , with yarn ranges presented to knitwear manufacturers and retailers . |
| 26 | Only the tertiary sector has maintained a larger share of the cake , an average of over 4 per cent during the period from 1978/79 and 1986/87 , compared with 1.04 per cent for general education in the decade from 1978 to 1989 ( see Figure 9.4 ) . |
| 27 | We suggest that the first-born child tends to get a bigger party and more presents than subsequent children . |
| 28 | Simon 's had a harder war than you realize , he 's still under a strain . |
| 29 | The resulting interpretation of the couplet is no spectacular advance on the appropriate sense many readers attain very quickly ; but our investigation has built a surer foundation for the validity of the interpretation . |
| 30 | Willi has done a better job with Georg than I ever did with Peter . |