Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] a greater " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's aim is evidently to shift the taxation of motorists on to petrol ; this will link the tax more closely to vehicle use , and so provide a greater incentive to economise on fuel . |
| 2 | Shin/instep protectors which close with velcro are more heavily padded than the tube variety and so allow a greater leeway in impact . |
| 3 | In the iron and steel industry for example subcontractors not only employ a greater proportion of older workers but the gap between their working hours and those in parent companies lengthened from 2 per cent to 14 per cent between 1960 and 1978 . |
| 4 | Not only do a greater proportion of phone boxes work , but there are more boxes today than there were before we introduced the privatised control system . |
| 5 | Part of the process has been to leave melodies incomplete , in an enigmatic and obscure fashion , sacrificing them to the technical prowess of symphonic ‘ textures ’ which perhaps have a greater degree of interest and a more intellectually appealing complexity . |
| 6 | To a certain extent this bias is rectified in the snowball samples as those interviewed were in various stages of involvement in heroin use and thus show a greater degree of variation in terms of both their social and heroin career profiles . |
| 7 | It is also likely to vary according to country — employees working in severe climates generally receive a greater amount of leave than those working in more equable climes . |
| 8 | They generally present a greater barrier to takeovers in EC member states than technical barriers , in particular in Spain , Italy and France . |
| 9 | Instead , its objective was to reduce exchange rate volatility and thus promote a greater degree of exchange rate predictability . |
| 10 | A Byzantine historian remarked of the Franks in the sixth century that ‘ although they have become Christians , they still keep a greater part of their ancient religion ’ . |
| 11 | Paradoxically , they also encourage a greater reliance on means-tested benefits , which are divorced from employment records . |
| 12 | British backbenchers may cast envious glances at their American counterparts who both have a greater impact on executive-initiated legislation and conduct more thorough investigations of the bureaucracy , but the problem remains of how to transfer political institutions from one political system to another . |
| 13 | They also have a greater tendency to rate themselves as ambitious , highly sexed , strong-willed and well endowed . |
| 14 | Disabled people , in particular , often have a greater degree of self-sufficiency than many able-bodied people however . |
| 15 | The earliest surviving parish registers consistently record a greater number of baptisms than burials . |
| 16 | Unquoted companies are not subject to such disclosure requirements and accordingly represent a greater risk . |
| 17 | Intuitively , any wage increase reduced employment and all workers therefore face a greater probability of being unemployed . |
| 18 | ‘ Older buildings , particularly those of a less substantial form of construction , therefore present a greater risk . |
| 19 | Certainly , it seems reasonable to assume that individuals whose temperamental make-up is more ‘ psychotic ’ , and who therefore have a greater predisposition to psychosis , will be in greatest danger of passing over the threshold into overt illness , just as those of anxious temperament are more likely to develop an anxiety neurosis , and persons whose blood pressure is more labile will carry an enhanced risk of heart attack or stroke . |
| 20 | Some people are more aware of the goals they are working towards than others and subsequently have a greater sense of direction and purpose . |