Example sentences of "[be] [adv] great [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The odds against assembling a well-designed body that flies as well as a swift , or swims as well as a dolphin , or sees as well as a falcon , in a single blow of luck — single-step selection — are stupendously greater than the number of atoms in the universe , let alone the number of planets ! |
| 2 | Most forms of alternative medicine work harmoniously and synergistically together to produce combined effects which are often greater than the sum of the individual effects attributable to each . |
| 3 | While the numbers affected by these disincentives are far greater than the membership of the underclass , the underclass is the most severely affected . |
| 4 | We argued from the above that the two should correlate closely if the neutrophils are seeking a mucosal chemoattractant , less so if the chemoattractant is in the lumen , in which case the inflammation should be disproportionally greater than the blood loss . |
| 5 | Subscriptions and students ' fees were not adequate to provide a properly staffed establishment , and the choice made of this method of financing the College , in preference to direct government funding ( which would have had to be much greater than the government grants received from 1795 to 1813 ) was to hamper the growth of the College well into the present century . |
| 6 | Small , discrete pieces of information may have little significance in isolation , but when collected together , they can be much greater than the sum of their parts . |
| 7 | Buyers on their part will make similar calculations ; and if at any time the price should rise considerably above 36s. they will argue that the supply will be much greater than the demand at that price : therefore even those of them who would rather pay that price than go unserved , wait ; and by waiting they help to bring the price down . |
| 8 | However , as members of the Channel Tunnel Research Unit and others have pointed out , the longer term dynamic effect may be much greater if the image of Kent as a business location undergoes a transformation as the result of related investment in supportive infrastructure , especially transport . |
| 9 | The cost transfer necessary would be far greater than the cost of the price subsidy . |
| 10 | By definition , the altruistic majority must promote the reproductive success of the selfish the reproductive success of the selfish organism , the mutant , will be far greater than the altruist , and within a few generations of selfish individuals . |
| 11 | But this increase may not be as great as the rise in the numbers of older people if there is an improvement in their state of fitness as Jefferys and Thane ( 1989 ) suggest . |
| 12 | Indeed , it has been postulated that the potential effect upon child mortality of raising levels of maternal education may be even greater than the effect of changes in fertility patterns . |
| 13 | Be assured that the risks taken now would later on be even greater as the disease progresses . |
| 14 | What work of fiction could possibly bring together Toulon , who had a dreadful year , and Biarritz , a side whose parts — including the incomparable Blanco — were always greater than the whole ? |
| 15 | Moreover , if she were to enforce a purely nationalist policy in respect of nuclear matters in Scotland , that could have consequences that she would regret — because the quantity of Scottish fuel reprocessed at Sellafield is vastly greater than the amount of overseas fuel brought to Dounreay . |
| 16 | As a result , my telephone and fax bill is much greater than the bill for board and lodging . |
| 17 | ‘ The number of closures is much greater than the Government believes it to be . |
| 18 | Subsequent to this there is an amplified second phase of neutrophil chemotaxis which is much greater than the original . |
| 19 | As a result total revenues would be lower in the industry in years of good harvest , and when there is a very poor harvest prices rocket through the roof because of the inelastic demand and therefore the change in price is much greater than the change in quantity er .. consumed on on the market . |
| 20 | A plan consists of time , resources and indicated action but the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts . |
| 21 | The high value of E/G in some materials such as carbon-fibre composites , highly oriented polymers or certain copolymers may mean that the decay length — is much greater than the length of the standard specimen . |
| 22 | The coupling is generally greatest if the displacement vectors lie along the same axis , and the linking atom is relatively light . |
| 23 | The load angle defined in Chapter 5 is then negative and the motor produces a braking torque TB ( fl which is generally greater than the pull-out torque . |
| 24 | The vapour mixture is thus proportionately richer in component A. The mole fraction ofA in the vapour is thus greater than the mole fraction of A in the liquid . |
| 25 | The important point to note is that with all discount securities the yield is always greater than the discount rate ; i.e. , from ( 4.10 ) , r > d . |
| 26 | One can show that this increase in disorder is always greater than the increase in the order of the memory itself . |
| 27 | In other words , managers ' salaries have to be made incentive-compatible , so that the penalty for sending a false ‘ good ’ signal is always greater than the penalty for sending a true ‘ bad ’ signal . |
| 28 | The baggy suede jacket over a cashmere jacket , costly jeans and light brogues all bespeak a casual wardrobe allowance which is probably greater than the amount most people spend on a new car . |
| 29 | Prey loss is greater when the predator individuals are immature , because of higher degrees of digestion ( see below ) , but it is also greater when the prey species themselves are immature ( Lowe , 1980 ) . |
| 30 | Even in the presence of a cold block , pin 2 mRNA levels increase in the unwounded leaf 1 in response to a mechanical wound to the cotyledon , as anticipated , and the increase is substantially greater than the trace increase in level induced by excision of the unwounded cotyledon . |