Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Jim Kantelis , an OUS representative on the team , says : ‘ Members of the group were extremely strong willed and independent types and that made for some very healthy debate . ’ |
| 2 | They proved much easier to collect than direct taxes and made it possible for government revenue to keep pace with the swift rise in production . |
| 3 | You may find , for example , that curved designs are much easier to create than solid ideas , or vice versa . |
| 4 | Where possible , cut out the ends of the rotted area so that the new piece will fit at an open angle , making it much easier to fit than right-angled joints . |
| 5 | As she went she arranged her violets : " Put their feet together , dear , and the flowers will fall into a pretty natural shape , " she had been told ; not so easy to achieve when neglected violets had such short legs . |
| 6 | always keep a special look out for cyclists particularly when overtaking or turning , bearing in mind that two wheels are much less easy to see than large vehicles . |
| 7 | Very clear and pretty complete account really of , of what I 've you to cover but it was quite a lot of ground erm she went over and er some of it may be less easy to understand than other bits . |
| 8 | But biological characteristics still seem generally less easy to change than social characteristics , and egalitarian feminists remain more interested in social than in biological explanations . |
| 9 | Married women are less likely to move than unmarried women . |
| 10 | If individual deterrence did work as the theory suggests , we would expect that if we introduced a new kind of harsh punishment designed to deter , the offenders who suffered the new punishment would be measurably less likely to re-offend than similar offenders who underwent a more lenient penalty . |
| 11 | lone mothers were less likely to work than married mothers 42 per cent compared with 54 per cent ; |
| 12 | Lone mothers are less likely to work than married mothers . |
| 13 | 4 Think pink for a powerful lip colour that is easier to wear and less likely to run than dark colours . |
| 14 | This makes indirect taxes , such as excise and import duties , much cheaper to collect than direct taxes , though the difference is less marked for VAT , which requires the authorities to deal with a large number of mainly small traders . |
| 15 | Codes are less formal , more easily amended and less time-consuming to operate than legal provisions . |
| 16 | If the Issue Department buys government securities ( either old ones soon due to mature or new ones issued by the government ) , it will buy them with extra money that it prints . |
| 17 | The completion of the internal market would therefore appear to imply the removal of such protective devices , but member states are not likely to comply until protective measures at the Community level are in place . |
| 18 | In either event it is no longer safe to assume that non-human animals are just small versions of us , so direct extrapolations are going to be a risky business . |
| 19 | It was not fair to say that he– parents had had no time for her or for Joe ; all four of the family had worked together , and , as the settlement grew , they had enjoyed churchgoing and Easters and Christmases with their neighbours . |
| 20 | This evidence is not sufficient to suggest that low rates of sudden deaths in Bangladeshi infants are achieved at the expense of high neonatal mortality . |
| 21 | Level sites are generally more economic to develop although deep sewers may be required and care with layout must be exercised to give interest and variety . |
| 22 | Designed to enhance and protect both new and previously sealed timber and cork floors , water-based Beaver Clear Satin Floor Varnish is safer and more pleasant to use than solvent-based varnishes which give off strong , unpleasant smells that can cause headaches and nausea , particularly when used in confined areas . |
| 23 | This is usually a result of family and marriage ties and so an employer might expect young unattached female staff to be more willing to relocate than married women . |
| 24 | Financial and technical problems are always easier to solve than human problems . |
| 25 | Nothing is more nourishing to doubt than hazy mists of vagueness ; but clear thinking disperses them and leaves a clear-cut choice either to believe or to disbelieve . |
| 26 | But we ought to make the journey as safe as possible — can we ensure that at least beneficial results are more likely to ensue than unfortunate results ? |
| 27 | Attention will also be given to whether pro-development objections are more likely to succeed than anti-development ones . |
| 28 | What is interesting , however , is that a Government Social Survey entitled Labour Mobility in Great Britain 1955–1963 , published in 1966 , found that married men were more likely to move than single men . |
| 29 | Two specimens tend to be more likely to fight than small groups . |
| 30 | The evidence suggests that lone fathers are more likely to work than lone mothers ; indeed their working hours are similar to those of fathers in two parent families . |