Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] a greater " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Buenos Aires fair has a greater trade and international emphasis that usual this year , as it is being held in conjunction with the third of the rotating Silar ( Salón International del Libro Latino-Americano ) events . |
| 2 | Whole schools do not happen because the head alone has a greater view of the school , they occur because everyone 's view of the school is extended and embraced ( Southworth 1988:327 ) . |
| 3 | A restaurant seating 100 obviously presents a greater risk of food poisoning than does a shop selling only wrapped goods and needs to dedicate commensurate resources to staff training . |
| 4 | Anyone who has served with him at the Department — and I am talking not just about his present ministerial team — knows that he not only brings a greater degree of expertise to his job than anyone I can remember but does it with great inventiveness in terms of improving benefits and with an exceptional degree of compassion and , above all , integrity . |
| 5 | For an offence of such relative insignificance , the mental element is one of considerable complexity , and possibly places a greater onus on the prosecutor than is warranted . |
| 6 | The prospect of exporting live horses for meat still causes a greater outcry than the continued export of half a million live British sheep each year . |
| 7 | But why should we imitate our competitors when Matroc probably supplies a greater range of ceramic materials for more applications than any other manufacturer . |
| 8 | But the fact that corporate activities are not subject to high levels of surveillance compared to , say , lower-class adolescents whenever the ‘ Special Patrol Group ’ ( UK ) swoop down on ethnically mixed neighbourhoods , and that they are not confronted by regulatory agencies with sufficient resources to maintain an adequate level of surveillance through frequent inspection , also constitutes a greater opportunity structure conducive to corporate crime . |
| 9 | Morton 's Adhesives and Specialty Polymers group probably has a greater diversity of products and markets — both in terms of end uses and of geography — than any other part of the company . |
| 10 | Britain probably has a greater percentage of gifted men and women per head of population than any country in the world . |
| 11 | Hendry also possesses a greater range than Davis , who may be hamstrung by his reluctance to take on long pots . |
| 12 | The Hot Autumn also marks a greater turning point in economic performance than occurred elsewhere . |
| 13 | This sense of ‘ apartness ’ reinforces the internal reliance of the mining community — or ‘ cohesive mass segregation ’ ( p. 69 ) — and also promotes a greater level of strike-proneness than is the case in more heterogeneous industrial settlements . |
| 14 | Er perhaps it er perhaps it also prompts a greater fear of not being in control , a greater fear of of er not being in in some way in command of the situation because then somebody might do something to you . |
| 15 | In education , although legislation promises increased power to parents and the opportunity for schools to opt out of local education authorities , it also promises a greater power for head teachers and , in the case of City Technology Colleges , a greater direct input from industry . |
| 16 | Even where the data is collected by trained interviewers , non-response probably remains a greater problem than with small samples , since the requirement of having a team of interviewers ( rather than one or two ) may result in a lower commitment to the goal of obtaining a high response rate . |
| 17 | In many respects the adoption of this approach increases the problems of containment and control and thereby demands a greater degree of commitment . |
| 18 | If in action scenes the surprise of key change often plays a greater role in underlining the words than the actual keys chosen , Campra nonetheless conformed to Lully 's usage and the theorists ’ recommendations in reserving keys with more than one accidental ( other than D major and B♯ major ) for moments of heightened emotion . |
| 19 | Trading abroad as an importer or exporter can be highly profitable , but it often involves a greater degree of risk than operating in the home market . |
| 20 | Vine-Lott claims that the Glasgow Stock Exchange actually handles a greater volume of private client business than London . |
| 21 | While night duty therefore affords a greater opportunity to ease , as a later chapter will emphasize , for most ordinary policemen and women this is little compensation for the boredom , for there are fewer opportunities for the diligent to ‘ make work ’ , the reverse process to easing . |