Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is emphasised by the fact that the Doric was the favourite order of the Greeks and was used above all others for important buildings ; to the Romans the Corinthian had a greater appeal . |
| 2 | The two noddies are fairly similar , but the lesser has a longer beak and the brown , as its name suggests , has a paler brown back . |
| 3 | The English have a greater talent than any other people for creating an agreeable family life ; that is why it is such a threat to their artistic and intellectual life . |
| 4 | The first fighter to use P–5 Mustangs in the Eighth Air Force , the 357th had a faster rate of kills than any other unit within the Mighty Eighth The 357th featured may top ‘ ace ’ pilots and five survivors , Chuck Yeager , Clarence Bud Anderson , Leonard Kit Carson , Richard Peterson and Tommy Hayes were all present at Oshkosh to be reunited with five Mustangs that had been painted in the markings carried by ‘ their ’ wartime aircraft . |
| 5 | It thus encouraged the Japanese to adopt a firmer stance in negotiations with Russia . |
| 6 | The 1970s saw a further shift in population trends . |
| 7 | The political élite paid it more attention than it did radio , even though the latter had a greater importance insofar as size of audience was concerned . |
| 8 | The same procedure is followed on the second and top wires , the latter taking a bigger load than the first two . |
| 9 | Patency at 48 hours is about 85% and , interestingly , this is similar to the patency rate 48 hours after thrombolytic treatment , but the latter has a higher frequency of residual stenosis . |
| 10 | It must not be forgotten , however , that although a particular period may contain a low proportion of defective items , if publications from that period are in great demand , a larger number of defective items from that period may be issued ( and may suffer further damage ) than from a less popular period , even if the latter contains a higher proportion of items in need of repair . |
| 11 | But the campaigns of the 1340s have a wider significance , for they mark the beginning of a change in attitude to foreign war amongst the English nobility . |
| 12 | In some cultures there are still some established religious and social rituals surrounding death that help all the bereaved have a better understanding of how they are supposed to behave at certain times . |
| 13 | As Basil Yeaxley put it back in 1925 : " the spiritual has a wider character than the religious , just as the religious does not fall wholly within the spiritual " ( Yeaxley 1925 : 46 ) . |
| 14 | The former have a lower degree of CD and are always thematic . |
| 15 | It is in this sense that the former has a greater valency and so constitutes a better learning investment . |
| 16 | They could also argue that in general there is frequently a difference between morality and legalism and that the former has a greater claim on their allegiance . |
| 17 | These and the close co-operation between police and prosecutor probably enable the former to have a greater input than is formally allowed for . |
| 18 | Comparisons of species represented in pitfall traps and artificial traps show that the former provide a better sample of small mammals in an area . |
| 19 | In my case , being of Scottish descent does not necessarily mean an appreciation of Scottish humour ; I feel the Irish have a finer touch , giving life and subtlety to a jest . |
| 20 | The very old and the young have a weaker mind than those in their prime and are for this reason more vulnerable to spirit attack . |
| 21 | On July 22 Tariq Aziz travelled to Cairo for talks with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak , and the following day the two held a further round of talks in Alexandria with King Hussein of Jordan . |
| 22 | NOWHERE did the 1980s have a greater impact than on the services which at sectorisation became Network SouthEast ( NSE ) . |