Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [det] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The height of the frame should be at least 2 cm less than the length of the bag so that the bottom of the bag will rest firmly on the surface on which the frame is standing . |
| 2 | They need to be compared to the evidence of such documents such as the Institute of Race Relations ‘ Policing against Black People ’ with its accounts of police harassment , assault and deaths in custody , and the Anti-Fascist journal Searchlight 's files on racial assaults on black people by the civilian population . |
| 3 | Jo and Tina were chauffeured every day to a small exclusive private school for the cosseted daughters of those Bel Air families who valued high moral standards and hard work more than the pretence of being regular folks . |
| 4 | was wanting each other more than the rest |
| 5 | Economic globalization implies a great deal more than the development of extensive trade links . |
| 6 | Here was this young creature , beautiful and restless , married to a man almost old enough to be her grandfather , and apparently setting out to make the very best of it , too , with no signs of regret or self-pity ; but the prospect of having a girl of her own age in the house , even for a few days , might well matter to her a great deal more than the extension and acceptance of a mere conventional politeness . |
| 7 | Many garden centres offer a great deal more than the stock range of houseplants , I have seen unusual specimens like daturas laden with superbly scented flowers , anthuriums ( aptly named the flamingo flower ) , streptocarpus , the new pot gerberas ( huge flowers in fabulous colours ) and the much improved New Guinea hybrid impatiens . |
| 8 | THE sum of the parts is sometimes worth a good deal more than the whole . |
| 9 | Only an upper limit on the flattening can thus be established , but this is a good deal less than the flattening of the Earth . |
| 10 | No , you could con twenty percent more than the barn that was existing |
| 11 | Swirl the mixture gently over the filling and bake for 15 min more until the meringue is softly set and streaked with gold . |
| 12 | Kuwait and the UAE agreed to reduce their output to 1,500,000 bpd each until the reference price was restored . |
| 13 | Initial mounting of such bibliographic files such as the Institute of Scientific Information citation indices and EMBASE at Bath , and the continuing support with the Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ) for the datacentre at Manchester are manifestations of this programme , which envisages the creation of up to five datacentres . |