Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] to a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haldane wrote that he had ‘ lifted public affairs to a higher level ’ . |
| 2 | It would have been better to hold the debate during the day , when television coverage would have taken the views of hon. Members to a wider public . |
| 3 | Family responsibility to care for its members has become shared with health and education authorities , social security and social services to a greater extent than ever before , and there has always been a concern that the welfare state may undermine family ties and produce welfare dependency . |
| 4 | Beamish decided to communicate such views to a wider public . |
| 5 | Mercedes explains that the biggest problem in developing the five-speed unit is the necessity to reduce mechanical and hydraulic losses to a lower level than had been achieved previously . |
| 6 | Yet despite similar tendencies elsewhere it does appear that conformity to company goals is demanded from Japanese workers to a greater extent . |
| 7 | It has lots of similar properties to a larger computer , in so much that it has a similar , what is referred to as a central processing unit , and in some instances similar peripheral devices , but if one can imagine that for certain applications where these have been collectively gathered together in erm the ultimate setting on a single integrated circuit , then one has a microcomputer , comprised of a microprocessor , some memory and some appropriate interfacing devices to the outside world . |
| 8 | The majority held that the case could be decided upon the narrow ground that the action for enticement should be extended beyond the strict relation of master and servant to embrace other contracts for personal services , but support was also given in varying degrees to a broader proposition that a plaintiff might sue for the knowing violation of the security of any type of contractual right . |
| 9 | The analysis at the University of Surrey by Sara Arber and her associates ( financed by the ESRC as part of their Ageing Initiative ) of the 1980 General Household Suney suggests that elderly men also provide such services to a greater degree than has been assumed ( Gilbert et al. , 1989 ) . |
| 10 | Cellular proliferation was increased in the proximal colon ( bromodeoxyuridine labelling index , higher fibre 9.3 , low fibre 8.4 p<0.05 ; flow cytometry , % cells in S phase higher fibre diet 7.9 , low fibre 6.9 ; p<0.01 ) and there was a shift of proliferating cells to a higher region in each crypt . |
| 11 | Compared to the Soccer World Cup the rugby appealed to the ABC1 and younger elements to a greater degree . |
| 12 | However , BBCBASIC(Z80) has 2 functions ( RAD and DEG ) which perform these conversions to a higher accuracy . |
| 13 | In what way does stating ( correctly ) that some people possess these qualities to a greater degree mean that Sinead does not ? |
| 14 | But in the course of developing our case we have found no grounds upon which I could have validly chosen my present ends except that they are the ones to which I spontaneously tended when most aware ; on what grounds then could I persist in preferring these ends to a further advance in awareness which would undermine them ? |
| 15 | Dare one say that the England pack , in the defeat of Ireland , had these attributes to a greater extent than the Wales backs in the defeat by France ? |
| 16 | Only a life history approach can allow us to follow these threads to a fuller understanding of each person 's singular present . |
| 17 | Carlo Ripa di Meana , the EC environment commissioner , promised that the Commission would consult industry and consumers on its anti-pollution plans to a greater extent . |
| 18 | perhaps a final factor has been the differing styles of the individual consultants , so that the firm appeals to a wider spread of clients . |
| 19 | His influence proved to be a great success , but he still strove to introduce his now famous wines to a greater audience . |
| 20 | But would you and your fellows spontaneously so react if you could break through traditional assumptions to a fuller awareness of the recurring situation ? |
| 21 | The many routes to a healthier diet will be described later in the book . |
| 22 | This was used to fund the production ( by students in the Department of Publishing , Print Media and Communications ) of a new leaflet to publicise Napier student live projects to a wider range of employers . |
| 23 | There are safer ways to a safer world |
| 24 | By opting out one decides to delegate some of the managerial decisions to a lower level . |
| 25 | Problems were also created as a result of its movement away from military contracts to a wider portfolio of private label customers looking better quality products . |
| 26 | The basis for supposing that there are hereditary factors in the aetiology of peptic ulcer disease is provided by studies showing aggregation of peptic ulcers in the families of affected individuals to a greater extent than that found in the general population . |
| 27 | This criticism was to some extent pre-empted in the report by recognition of such difficulties and there has been a movement in recent years to a further disaggregation of the relevant geographical unit . |
| 28 | What is remarkable is that Mrs Thatcher has interfered in departmental matters to a greater degree than many of her predecessors . |