Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj -er] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps a better definition of discourse processing is to state that it attempts to describe the ’ extra meanings ’ that come about due to the combination of individual sentences within a larger passage of text . |
| 2 | Open interest on LIFFE , perhaps a truer indicator of contract success in such circumstances , considerably exceeds that of the DTB . |
| 3 | And secondly , you 'll get a greater , obviously a greater amount of litter , because they do eat as they walk across the sites . |
| 4 | A criterion of reasonableness or rational basis is obviously a narrower standard of review . |
| 5 | This may be reasonably safe with a very long tow rope , but if there is only a shorter length of rope available the glider may overrun and smash into the back of the car , causing hundreds of pounds ' worth of damage to the glider . |
| 6 | My own belief is that while the ordinary , naive world of facts is real , so are the emotional , the transcendent and the ideal worlds which are only a newer form of perception or area of thought and have scope for limitless extension . |
| 7 | Thus a higher proportion of cabinet ministers are middle class and university-educated than is the case with backbench MPs . |
| 8 | Alternatively , you can enjoy higher internal temperatures than before without increasing your heating bills , but in this case there will be no direct savings , just a greater degree of comfort . |
| 9 | This is why organisations like Oxfam argue that virtually all non-concessional debt should be written off by creditors , not just a smaller share of debt taken on before a certain date . |
| 10 | While car makers demand lower prices , they want suppliers to take over a bigger share of production and become more involved in the design and development of parts . |
| 11 | ‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month . |
| 12 | ‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month . |
| 13 | Within a decade , Fothergill was able to give Marshall a descriptive account of the flourishing Upton garden acknowledged , he said , ‘ by the ablest botanists we have , that there is not a richer bit of ground in curious American plants in Great Britain ; and for many of the most curious I am obliged to thy diligence and care . ’ |
| 14 | As he stood there , his glittering black eyes were the only feature that identified him as a living creature , and not a darker patch of shadow in the benighted forest . |
| 15 | Moreover a further level of complexity arises from the fact that both ATF1 ( 29 , 30 ) and CREM ( 28 , 31 ) exist in multiple forms . |
| 16 | For example , in Brazil , peripheral capitalist development is responsible not only for a lower level of participation of women in agriculture but also a lower level of integration of women in urban development . |
| 17 | There are a couple of duds on Double Good Everything but there 's also a sharper sense of purpose . |
| 18 | There was also a higher incidence of diverticulosis in the low fibre diet rats ( 41.2% v 0% ) . |
| 19 | The result was not only an increase in real wages but also a higher rate of inflation . |
| 20 | Also a higher rate of interest is charged for an overdraft we have not agreed between us , than for CheckOver or Vector . |
| 21 | Greenstein has reminded us of Marshall McLuhan 's distinction between " hot " and " cool " media , " hot " media presenting a complete pattern of stimuli , " cool " presenting an incomplete pattern and therefore requiring greater processing and hence a higher level of engagement on the reader 's part . |
| 22 | Hence a further development of research on work motivation ( p. 144 ) . |
| 23 | This entails both a greater awareness of text features and provision of more time for reading . |
| 24 | If this trend continues , we can expect greater numbers of each successive cohort to reach pensionable age and to have both a longer expectation of life and fewer chronic illnesses and disabilities when it does than its predecessor . |
| 25 | And lastly , there is a serious applied intent to my talk , for if a student is brought closer to the realities of language , there follows almost inevitably a greater sense of relevance , purposefulness , and motivation . |
| 26 | The safety threshold for electromagnetic fields was two milliGauss and if the NGC line gave out a higher level of radiation , this would be potentially hazardous , he said . |
| 27 | This suggests that there is now a greater degree of overlap in the characteristics of people accommodated in different forms of care . |
| 28 | Body weight is often a better indication of development in certain strains and if commercially bred animals are used weight may be the only available measure of developmental age . |
| 29 | The parents want to achieve a minimum of emotional involvement because they have no energy to think and no patience but the result is often a greater investment of time and effort through forcing the child via threats , smacks , and shouts . |
| 30 | As home-brewing returns , some groups are striving to bring back a milder version of Prohibition . |