Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [adj -er] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Indeed , we shall progress from , what could be termed , straightforward communications into the much wider and valuable area of information exchange . |
| 2 | If so , imagine the suffering of those poor souls subject to hay fever , of whom there seemed to be a perversely larger than average number among our guests . |
| 3 | Backstitch a little larger than required size of buttonhole , taking a stitch into each stitch of knitting . |
| 4 | Next also produced a much worse than expected slump in interim profits to £16.2m from £30.9m previously . |
| 5 | ‘ This is a much higher than average response . |
| 6 | Other facts , however , such as a much lower than expected rate in more distant relatives , make a single gene theory seem unlikely . |
| 7 | Surely this must be the way forward for the G M B and a much fairer and democratic way for our grass root members , who after all are the backbone of this industry , it 's their we discuss at our section conferences , it 's their wages , it 's their terms . |
| 8 | There are reasons , therefore , why Britain might be expected to have had a somewhat higher than average share of its workforce in manufacturing industry . |
| 9 | The short-eared owl assemblages have a slightly higher than expected proportion of postcrania , and the snowy owl , red fox , mongoose and coyote all have very much higher values , perhaps the result of decapitation of prey and loss of the skull . |
| 10 | They will not be able to take an American-style percentage of the damages if successful , but will be able to ask for a slightly larger than normal fee . |
| 11 | The explanation is not that the occupations concerned contain a substantially higher than average share of temporary workers , but rather that a higher than average proportion of the temporary workers concerned supply their services via an agency . |
| 12 | The first was the group of monographs in original ( unrepaired ) leather bindings , which showed a substantially higher than average need for repair , with 25% of them proving defective , and the second was the group of monographs in paperback bindings , which contained a lower proportion of items needing repair ( 2% ) than monographs in any other type of binding . |
| 13 | The follow-on P6 will represent an even greater though unstated amount of investment . |
| 14 | The follow-on P6 will represent an even greater though unstated amount of investment . |