Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] greater [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the outcome bears no relation to either an efficient market or the declared aims of government policy , it sets up pressures for those who feel injured to seek political solutions , which mean greater government intervention and greater inefficiency — a treadmill with which I regret to say we are all too familiar in the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | Cleo says it will continue to maintain and support the product ‘ for several years ’ , but hopes to upgrade SCO users to its own 3270LINKix product , which offers greater functionality . |
| 3 | All these contradictions represent opportunities for curriculum managers , who are themselves products of an ancien régime which laid greater stress on the teacher as professional leader and entrepreneur than in most other countries . |
| 4 | In a climate of opinion which laid greater stress upon collective success than upon the fame or reputation of any one individual , could the desire for fame , which might impair the effectiveness of the army , survive ? |
| 5 | The most dramatic shift in recent years has been from soft to underwire garments , which provide greater support and ‘ shape ’ . |
| 6 | Currently in some areas , concern is breeding action towards designing better methods of testing and , more fundamentally , towards a shift in policy which places greater emphasis on regional and school-based methods of assessment . |
| 7 | However , all Shetlanders seem to agree that classes are tied up with wealth and occupation ; and most Shetlanders agree that class is a concept which has greater salience in life outside Shetland and therefore among incomers . |
| 8 | Although the PTR is the measure on which decisions about resource allocation are often based , it is the size of the class as taught which has greater implications for children 's learning experience . |
| 9 | Now , they can work towards a qualification which has greater value when it comes to looking for a job or a place in further education . |
| 10 | Non-manual groups are more likely than manual groups to have loans from insurance societies and banks which involve greater tax concessions or lower interest rates than loans from building societies . |
| 11 | Lining up in opposition are those who favour less use of the legal options in truancy cases , preferring policies which place greater emphasis on the causes of truancy . |
| 12 | You may think that I am too harsh and write with lack of sympathy for the children , expecting them to struggle with concepts which cause greater minds a great deal of thought . |
| 13 | In spelling out its arguments for the proposed pattern , the Council was once again reinterpreting the balance that had been at the centre of its concerns from the beginning : there was nothing in the Charter and Statutes ‘ which prevented greater recognition from being given to an institution 's own internal procedures where these could be shown to be rigorous and effective . |
| 14 | We will certainly continue to encourage diversity through grant-maintained schools , CTCs and locally managed schools , all of which give greater opportunity and choice to parents and pupils . |
| 15 | Alnico , the workhorse nickel-cobalt-iron magnet , was first launched in the 1930s , followed by samarium-cobalt in the 1960s , which allowed greater miniaturisation of electronics . |
| 16 | What people actually believed about their country and the world around it was derived either from foreign radio stations , which enjoyed greater credibility the less their news coincided with the local stations , or from rumours . |
| 17 | Tasks which placed greater demands on interpretation and judgement resulted in lower success rates . |
| 18 | In the 1920s and 1930s there was a change of policy within the colonial powers which placed greater importance on the need for African colonies to be financially self-supporting . |
| 19 | But this never occurred , as the railways charged high rates for the carriage of dead meat , which required greater handling , than they did for livestock . |
| 20 | Pursuant to the Directives ' aim to promote comparability of the accounts of companies of the various member States , companies are required to adopt one of two prescribed formats for the balance sheet and one of four for the profit and loss account but in doing so they may use either the prescribed ‘ historical cost accounting rules ’ or the ‘ alternative accounting rules ’ which pay greater recognition to the impact of inflation by a type of current cost accounting . |
| 21 | This change reflects the effects of the energy crisis in oil and gas in 1973 , which prompted greater emphasis on energy conservation , and the effects of economic recession ( figure 6.11 ) . |
| 22 | This shift in focus was further supported by educational initiatives such as TVEI and GCSE , which demanded greater relevance and allowed for the integration of teacher placement courses into the in-service training provision . |
| 23 | The 1970s and 1980s saw large increases in turnover and in the average size of transaction , which meant greater risks for the jobbers who often wanted to know the direction of the deal before quoting a price . |
| 24 | I believe that it is important that we are able to offer our members timely and constructive assistance , and that we encourage new ways of working which facilitate greater choice and effectiveness . |
| 25 | To offset the loss of Glasgow business , extra stops were added to the daytime service which was revamped to serve towns such as Warrington , Wigan , Lancaster , Oxenholme and Penrith which offered greater business prospects . |
| 26 | It is worth noting that although the children produced passages which facilitated greater learning , the changes which they made were not necessarily ones which would be picked up by a readability formula . |
| 27 | A common modern technique is similar to guitar finger style using a CC-G-C or a similar fifth and octave tuning which gives greater versatility without re-tuning and can be further extended by the introduction of an extra fret between the 6th and 7th . |
| 28 | A true geodesic has a criss-cross of poles which gives greater stability in high winds |
| 29 | Already one can see the old ‘ paternalism ’ of the industry with its hierarchies and job guarantees having to give way to different business practices which take greater account of technical exigencies . |
| 30 | April 1923 , which had greater significance than was realised then — the Duke of York married lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon , who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth — now the Queen Mother . |