Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [coord] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flow of information between a lower level and a higher level can be handled in a number of different ways which will have markedly different consequences for the speech recognition task . |
| 2 | Fabric boots had already made a comeback in quantity , encouraged by several years of hot , dry summers and a wider market . |
| 3 | Its policy during the Gulf War of 1991 strongly favoured a political settlement and a wider set of negotiations , including the Arab-Israeli dispute , but in the end remained consistent with United Nations resolutions notwithstanding the Soviet friendship treaty with the Iraqi government . |
| 4 | The nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw the continuation of trends already clearly visible — a consolidation of the network of diplomatic links between the European states and a further growth and elaboration of foreign offices . |
| 5 | With lower taxes and a smaller distortion there would be a lower dead-weight burden . |
| 6 | Tolkien did best when he kept mythic invention on the borderline between literal story and a wider suggestiveness ( Fangorn , Bombadil , Lúthien , Roads and Rings ) ; too conscious an approach to ‘ mythopoeia ’ would have ended only in allegory . |
| 7 | These people need unskilled jobs , pleasant homes and a better environment , not business parks . |
| 8 | ‘ We shall see tenants ’ rights extended under a Labour Governement and a greater involvement by tenants in the running of their estates , ’ said Dr Kumar . |
| 9 | Rest now , or risk further damage and a longer lay-off in the future . |
| 10 | Unemployment payments led to increased government spending and the trades unions wanted to tackle West Germany 's problems by higher wages to stimulate demand , and shorter hours and a lower retirement age to ease unemployment . |
| 11 | Our earliest play-text of The Winter 's Tale is that of the First Folio , also of 1623 , and whether this represents a play-text from the missing licensed text or a later version we do not know . |
| 12 | This could show a severe magnetic storm but a higher sensitivity is desirable for serious observation . |
| 13 | By varying the water quality , even in the same painting , advantage can be taken of this effect and a further area of interest of a difficult medium obtained . |
| 14 | But Toyota 's Crown Majesta has a higher top speed and a longer range that the Nissan Cedric ( below ) and Gloria models . |
| 15 | Plans have been drawn up for commercial offices and a smaller centre for church events . |
| 16 | This different institutional and legal background has contributed to public sector auditing having different procedures , different responsibilities and a wider role . |
| 17 | Chaired by a judge of the High Court or a higher court , it has 16 members , a majority of whom must be persons other than practising or academic lawyers . |
| 18 | No sooner was it known in France that he was in the Texel , than a courier was dispatched with orders for him to go overland to Paris , where he says he is to have the grant of a fresh commission and a larger squadron , sufficient to make a descent on any part of Great Britain or Ireland … |
| 19 | The stars were there , slightly altered , for it was a different season and a later year . |
| 20 | It is all very well to delay the onset of a retinopathy for a year or two , but to achieve this , is it justifiable that a diabetic has no social life and a poorer quality of life for 20 years ? |
| 21 | The potential gain from rail privatization would be a more commercial railway and a better service for the public . |
| 22 | Interleukin-2 is a new treatment therapy which can offer many people suffering from solid tumours their main hope of improved health or a longer life . |
| 23 | The plan is cruciform , with an apsidal eastern arm , slightly projecting transepts and a longer nave . |
| 24 | There is a concentration of specialised services and a higher proportion of admissions occur for elective treatments and through A&E than emergency GP referral . |
| 25 | Let's stick to this concept , I , I welcome it , I think it shows good thinking on the part of our officers and I would like to suggest that er , I take er , a back seat on this one , and I , I , I 'd feel probably , set up a sub-committee , I would think four or five is ample , and I would like to propose that Malcolm chairs this meeting , so that we have a fresh brain and a younger brain , looking at the future 's problems . |
| 26 | A large proportion of public expenditure and a smaller proportion of public revenue arises from the making by the government of contracts for the purchase and sale of goods and services . |
| 27 | Another possibility is to charge water according to the type of property you live in , for example , one band for a detached house and a lower band for a terraced houses . |
| 28 | Careful diplomacy and a wiser man than Otto might have avoided the disaster at the battle of Bouvines in July 1214 , where Philip Augustus soundly defeated John and Otto , for the Flemish cities with their economic interests had a natural ally in England and the duke of Brabant and the counts of Flanders , Holland and of Boulogne were played off Philip Augustus . |
| 29 | We have identified a British family and a further patient of Libyan Jewish ancestry with inherited prion disease ( PrP lysine 200 ) . |
| 30 | It is in their faith in " ordinary " people , whose qualities were far from ordinary in Wordsworth 's eyes , that we find the justification for political demands for popular power or a wider franchise . |