Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adj] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there were such ‘ memory peptides ’ and each was present in the brain in the concentration of scotophobin , then to code for the memories of a human lifetime would demand that the brain contained a mass of peptides weighing something of the order of 100 kilograms — or rather more than the weight of an average human . |
| 2 | Is it more or less progressive if the exemption is raised from 2000 to 5000 ? |
| 3 | I had more or less finished when the copper who had pulled me appeared from the back office and lifted the flap in the desk to get by me . |
| 4 | There is no particular reason ( or at least none in anything that we have discussed so far ) to expect either side in the arms race to become steadily more successful or less successful than the other . |
| 5 | Neither state is more or less truthful than the other . |
| 6 | If towing is permitted with only a wing-tip man , it is vital that the pilots all recognise that this is only safe if the ground is more or less level and the wind is very light . |
| 7 | There was a real bond of friendship and understanding between many of the great churchmen of this age and leading warriors ; it would be a nice point to decide whether the happiness of St Margaret 's marriage to King Malcolm of Scotland ( see p. 210 ) was more or less remarkable than the depth of St Anselm 's friendship with Hugh of Avranches , the first earl of Chester , the savage hammer of the Welsh . |
| 8 | The same applies to the general deterrent argument : its effectiveness depends on whether the penalty for murder affects the calculations of potential killers at all , and , if it does , whether life imprisonment is seen as significantly more or less severe than the alternative of a long , fixed-term sentence . |
| 9 | Of all the treatments for obesity , none could be more physiological or less psychological than the operation known as jejeunoileostomy or ileal bypass , in which most of the small intestine is short circuited thus greatly reducing the amount of intestine available for absorbing food . |
| 10 | It does not matter if our objector allows or insists , as no doubt he will , that it was in some consistent sense probable or highly probable that the smell would occur . |
| 11 | However , the test of what is ‘ reasonably practicable ’ as opposed to ‘ practicable ’ , is not just whether the measures taken are financially or physically possible but the degree of risk must be balanced against the sacrifice involved . |
| 12 | The third sub-type of academic course is less easy to describe , but it is broader or more general than the two-subject degree . |
| 13 | It must be appreciated that , although the population of the world is about a million times larger than the population of a large village , the model needed to make a reasonable study of some major world trends and problems is not necessarily much larger or more complex than the village model . |
| 14 | Well I do n't like it very much but it has this very interesting discussion as to whether a fax was cheaper or more expensive than the telephone |
| 15 | According to the relative specialisation models , both hemispheres can perform a given function but one is faster or more efficient than the other . |
| 16 | The distinction between the effect of a deed under seal , and that of an agreement by parol , or by writing not under seal , may seem arbitrary , but it is established in our law ; nor is it really unreasonable or practically inconvenient that the law should require particular solemnities to give a gratuitous contract the force of a binding obligation . |
| 17 | As you have an 8:1 compression engine ( or slightly higher if the cylinder head has been skimmed ) set the timing to 3 deg A T D C and the pinking should disappear . |
| 18 | It can be as utilitarian as the rigid polyurethane foam commonly used in the reinforcement of GRP bodyshells , or as elegant as the aluminium or Nomex honeycombs employed in pukka aerospace sandwich materials ( as seen recently through holes in the wings of Tornado jets involved in the Gulf conflict ) . |
| 19 | Under the Local Government Act 1929 it was the positive duty of the local authority to recover the whole of the expenses ( or as much as the person could afford ) . |
| 20 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 21 | The hunger that made Charlie , Charlot , chew the boiled slices of boot , moustache toing and froing under his nose , I understood as well or as little as the hunger of the grown-ups around me , my mother eating the woodworms along with the oats and the silence as everybody stopped to watch her . |
| 22 | Business plans can be as simple or as complicated as the designer wishes , but their prime function is to set well-defined goals and to identify the resources in terms of time , finance , accommodation , equipment , personnel and training that will be required to meet the objectives . |
| 23 | moving towards CDL or even CDL as the teacher learns to handle the system and the unit . |
| 24 | If they collapse immediately , then they are either too wet or too dry and the mixture must be amended before use . |
| 25 | In Switzerland the limitation period is five years , i.e. is neither more nor less favourable than the average for a dispossessed owner . |
| 26 | This is the exact opposite of and neither more nor less correct than the practise adopted in civil engineering analysis of soils and aggregates . |
| 27 | Such a move is less than entirely satisfactory because the relationship between the theory of competence and the data on which it is based ( ultimately intuitions about acceptability ) becomes abstract to a point where counter-examples to the theory may be explained away on an ad hoc basis , unless a systematic pragmatics has already been developed . |
| 28 | If anything , the deepening and lengthening recession made it more rather than less unlikely that the electorate would turn to Mr Kinnock as an economic messiah . |
| 29 | Bremsstrahlung , which , although much weaker than the beta radiation , is penetrating . |
| 30 | I was very happy about the way things went although extremely apprehensive before the Conference took place since we had so many jigsaw pieces to slot in . |