Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] have a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very finest champagnes have a greater potential to age more interestingly since they start off with more . |
| 2 | The measure of efficiency is determined by the airspace between the two panes of glass : the optimum is 20mm , although some double glazed units have a smaller gap . |
| 3 | Essentially , the argument used is that because there is no competitive market in the capital of nationalized industries and no competitive market in their products , the published accounts have a greater significance in assessing economic performance than in the private sector . |
| 4 | Clearly higher-order filters have a steeper cut-off . |
| 5 | For the former , he is dealing with 13 lots of discussions ( including Scotland ) , although the contracts for some plants have a further year to run . |
| 6 | Despite of the higher rate of intestinal infections homosexual patients had a higher frequency of abdominal pain and weight loss only , while the frequency of diarrhoea or other symptoms was not different . |
| 7 | Some languages have a freer word order and use other devices to signal the difference between S , V and O. |
| 8 | These marine reptiles have a higher chance of preservation than many of the terrestrial species , and their carcasses often seem to have sunk to the sea floor , so that some localities have yielded numerous complete specimens . |
| 9 | Those in more technical areas had a greater sense of optimism because they would leave university with practical training . |
| 10 | Normal feet have a wider choice and often require a more diluted combination of control and cushioning . |
| 11 | Given the closer relationship between local testing programmes and decision-makers , and the use of blanket testing , such programmes have a greater potential for aiding policy formulation . |
| 12 | The pressure exerted by such groups had a stronger influence than management demands . |
| 13 | It was as if these verbal skirmishes had a deeper meaning . |
| 14 | Obese subjects have a slower rate of brown fate activity than those of normal weight . |
| 15 | As they showed in 1987 , today 's central bankers have a better understanding of their responsibilities as providers of liquidity and lenders of last resort . |
| 16 | This is in itself unremarkable and can be explained if , of the two types , the carbon-free granulites have a higher porosity , a weaker matrix or a greater proportion of long thin cracks that tend to close on application of small confining pressures . |
| 17 | The Liberal Democrats had a tougher view on controlling inflation than Labour , he said , including their commitment to an independent central bank . |
| 18 | Even the least of her previous employers had a better-kept property than this ! |
| 19 | A temperature of 450°C is usually accepted as the upper limit for soft solders , whereas hard solders have a higher melting point . |
| 20 | If all road deaths , including pedestrians , are assessed , only three countries have a better record than the UK , according to a Department of Transport report on road deaths in 1990 . |
| 21 | Customs then took three weeks to have a closer look at the booty ( oh yeah ) . |
| 22 | In many adult trauma centres exploratory laparotomy is an essential part of complete evaluation of the patient , and these centres have a lower incidence of missed diaphragmatic injuries . |
| 23 | In contrast to filtering the single-copy hybridisation data , false negatives have a higher effect on the correct determination of patterns . |
| 24 | Despite the disparaging views of some policemen , these women have a harder job than any of the ‘ Action Men ’ in the riot police units . |
| 25 | Releases from major acts have a bigger push and the marketing budget is much larger . |
| 26 | Many computers have a further field in the instruction , to specify subsidiary information required by an operation . |
| 27 | This was particularly noticeable in relation to the development and use of pupil self-assessment procedures in some of the art departments visited , as a method for encouraging children to have a clearer understanding of what they are attempting to do , to enable them to have a more informed approach to criticism , but also as a very beneficial diagnostic tool for teachers to evaluate the effectiveness of their own teaching programmes . |
| 28 | Party discipline in the Senate is even weaker than in the House ; several powerful senators have a better-than-nodding acquaintance with the petrochemical industry ; and the Senate Finance Committee , which starts looking at the bill on June 7th , has a Democratic majority of only 11 to nine . |
| 29 | b , Mature males have a higher mortality when searching for a female than on a female 's web . |
| 30 | In the control group there was no correlation between age and the sweat spot test score while in patients there was a moderate but significant negative correlation , older patients having a lower sweat spot test score ( rho=0.45 , p=0.035 , Spearman correlation coefficient ) . |