Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] for a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Management may be prepared to pay this higher cost when labour is scarce and has to be attracted from alternative employment , or when a union is making strong demands for a higher quality of working life . |
| 2 | Since the interview with Shaun Ward in the April ‘ 92 issue , and the recent huge success of Simply Red 's ‘ Stars ’ album and tour , I expected ( and thankfully received ! ) a fair few requests for a closer examination of Shaun 's playing . |
| 3 | As you know , I 've been on the look out for some years for a smaller company we could have a friendly merger with , but there 's nothing even remotely promising at the moment . |
| 4 | The group left with tearful farewells for Plymouth where they 'll be spread amoung different families for a longer stay . |
| 5 | Cough up for greater acceleration , increased top speed , improved shocks for a smoother ride ( pity — I hoped they 'd electrocute your opponents ! ) , and snazzier tyres for better off-road-holding . |
| 6 | Le Pen , who was re-elected unopposed as president , referring to calls by mainstream conservatives for a tougher stand on immigration , claimed that the party had effectively seized the leadership of the French right . |
| 7 | It enabled them to hold their own in the face of calls from male experts for a greater professionalization of the field . |
| 8 | Originally , books of this type were commissioned only by kings and the highest nobility , but by the fifteenth century secular workshops had been set up , particularly in Paris and other cities in France and the Low Countries , so as to provide such books for a wider public . |
| 9 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has recommended a new scheme to the government for setting future targets for a cleaner water environment . |
| 10 | However , these new proposals did not satisfy Slovak demands for a greater measure of autonomy . |
| 11 | After some manoeuvring in order to reduce the amount of electoral competition and therefore the risk of " splitting the vote " , UUUC won 10 seats for 58% of the votes , that is fewer seats for a greater percentage of the poll than in February . |
| 12 | Similar strategies have been pursued in most Western European and Australasian democracies for a longer period , notably in the UK , where limits on what parties can spend in local constituencies are remarkably stringent . |
| 13 | Support these motions for a better future , arming our grass roots has never been more important . |
| 14 | There were strong pressures from still further national minorities for a greater degree of control over their own affairs . |
| 15 | Easson noted : ‘ One of the things we need is to be together with these guys for a lengthier period , whether pre-season , or an off-season tour . ’ |
| 16 | However , during and at the end of the war the government made many promises for a better future . |
| 17 | Unlike the new Cistercian seekers for a simpler form of monastic life , Anselm — however much he shared a personal preference for simplicity — disapproved of a discontented search for something better than the present community provided . |
| 18 | Because you will know in advance when you need the cash , you can use a 90-day-notice account or even tie it up for five years for a better return . |
| 19 | Where , the environment trust , since our initial meeting have spoken er , both with Essex County Council and community groups in the area and have made substantial progress erm on the idea of er , using some of the land to the rear of er , the existing Franklyns block er , so they do want to come back with some wider proposals for a larger scheme which will be much the same as regards the Franklyns block but will include nine er , additional homes erm , and they will be two three bed houses and seven er , two bedroom houses . |
| 20 | The district judge may extend the period of four months for a further period or periods each not exceeding four months , if reasonable efforts have been made to serve the summons and provided that the application has been made before the preceding 12 months expire , or if later , in the court 's discretion ( Ord 7 , r 20(2) ) . |
| 21 | The job is to purge the good-riddance-to-Quebec attitude among Reform Party supporters , and to get backing in the western provinces for a further set of constitutional changes , incorporating Quebec 's insistent claim to be recognised as a distinct society . |
| 22 | Long-standing tensions also emerged in Soviet Georgia during 1988 and 1989 , inspired in part by nationalist pressures for a greater degree of autonomy within ( if not total separation from ) the USSR , and in part by differences of a social and ethnic character within Georgia itself . |
| 23 | We will set four new standards for a better service to : |
| 24 | Cohen 's caution echoes a warning from the CBI that earlier hopes for a better Christmas on the high street may prove unfounded . |