Example sentences of "[noun] a [adj] [conj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As the town became more prosperous in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries a new and greater university was built on the ruined foundations of the old .
2 In Ireland a similar but slower growth reflected both the political circumstances of the country and the slower rate of economic growth and urbanisation ( Roche 1982:Ch. 4 ) .
3 A leaflet , which outlines the plans as a way of making the town a safer and better place is to be , is available for traders and their customers in the pedestrianised area .
4 The women 's support groups and community organisation of the miners ' strike have given the union movement a new and wider perspective .
5 Instead of making sex a better and richer experience , current ‘ freedoms ’ have impoverished it .
6 Making Britain a brighter and better place in which to live requires a high quality physical environment — including housing , transport and reinvigorated urban areas .
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