Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [conj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Solvents are used instead of alkalis , if they are more convenient or faster acting , particularly butoxy ethanol on heat modified soils and methylene chloride on carbonised grease . |
| 2 | Government , employers and educators alike are now convinced that higher education should be expanded radically during the next decade , to include perhaps twice as high a proportion of school leavers and others than has traditionally been the case in the UK . |
| 3 | It would not be altogether surprising if higher education did inculcate a certain distaste for dirtying one 's hands , for products and things ( money , in this context , is not a thing ) . |
| 4 | The study has been criticized for incompleteness of data , but it was a major step forward , and the results obtained were so positive that further research was stimulated . |
| 5 | With so much more volatility in markets , it is perhaps inevitable that greater stress will be put on senior executives as they strive to adapt to , and cope with , ever faster changes . |
| 6 | Local produce is more tender and better quality . ’ |