Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no leader with whom I have a deeper sense of personal friendship and gratitude. * |
| 2 | Not the young Francis either , in whom I stood a better hope of experiencing the odd happy memory , but Francis as I 'd last experienced him with the tang of his Lucky Strikes , last night 's whisky and dejection all togged up as joie de vivre . |
| 3 | Youse find someone who makes a better pizza ? ’ |
| 4 | However , because salaries are low in many social services as compared to work in industry , many men are put off , and the employment of married women creates problems that society is not yet willing to face — the need for day nursery accommodation , for example ( which itself creates a further demand for staff ) , and for a more relaxed public attitude towards the working mother . |
| 5 | For example , Kunakh and Savchenko ( 1988 ) have reported somaclonal variation in two related stocks of maize , of which one displayed a greater variety of morphological features and adaptability . |
| 6 | Now , our special report in which we take a closer look at a topical issue . |
| 7 | Now our special report in which we take a closer look at an issue in the news . |
| 8 | Also linen is a more valuable product for which they charged a higher sale price . |
| 9 | Mr Smith has pinpointed the area from which he wants a better return . |
| 10 | If he opts for a basic valuation , for which he pays a lower fee than for either of the other two , he will normally receive a copy . |
| 11 | The term is now used more commonly in a broad sense in which it connotes a looser grouping of individuals , each exercising power and united by one or more of a number of features such as wealth , social origins or pre-eminence in achievement in a particular field . |
| 12 | the fish uses this to detect changes in water pressure , from which it gets a greater appreciation of sound and its position in the water . |
| 13 | Many of the traditions and crafts of ancient Wales are evident in the countryside and a host of pastimes are available for active holidays or , for those of you who prefer a quieter pace , picturesque drives together with walks along the coast and inland . |
| 14 | The obvious place to begin was by encouraging the evolution of the current native authorities into something which bore a greater resemblance to English local government . |
| 15 | Sometimes Bentham is represented as having held a significantly different view from that just described , according to which an action which it is right for me to do at any moment is either one which produces a greater surplus of pleasure over pain than any alternative action then open to me ( in which case it is the one right action ) or produces as great a surplus as any alternative ( in which case it is a right action ) , while all actions not thus right are wrong . |
| 16 | We noted that this switch entailed a move towards a more regressive system of taxation , i.e. one which takes a smaller proportion of higher incomes . |
| 17 | Paula might look as if butter would n't melt in her mouth but when her mind was made up to something it took a stronger woman than Grace to talk her out of it . |
| 18 | To the question , therefore , which ought to hold the first rank , Raphael or Michelangelo , it must be answered , that if it is to be given to him who possessed a greater combination of the higher qualities of the art than any other man , there is no doubt but Raphael is the first . |
| 19 | Th they they demanded a higher wage er for erm just because Er m a man was n't too dear if it was a good er harvesting day , a man was n't too dear at any price . |
| 20 | Some problems in the Marxist theory of history , and various new interpretations of it which allow a greater autonomy to political changes for example , the emergence of the absolutist state — were discussed earlier ; and in the present context I would like to focus attention upon two more recent phenomena , and to ask whether or not they can be considered as major changes of political regime . |
| 21 | It is also a must for anyone who wants a better understanding of , and comment on the events that are reported daily in the World 's Press . |
| 22 | Although he made some magnificent paintings and drawings of it he preferred a milder climate to produce his masterpieces . |
| 23 | Whatever the right labels , the attitudinist agrees that no properly ethical expression can be adequately defined in purely naturalistic or even metaphysical terms but offers what he thinks a better explanation of this fact than the invocation of non-natural properties , namely that such definitions ignore valuational or emotive meaning . |
| 24 | Because ‘ obedience in the Lord ’ reminds us we have a higher allegiance than that of purely human dimension . |