Example sentences of "with the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the last-gasp attempts to save the Nationalist governments that were considered in Washington — with the wilder arpeggios such as encouraging the fragmentation of China or even , apparently , a series of punitive air strikes against the Chinese communists ( not to mention the sheer fantasy of creating ten new Chinese armies in six months ) — originated in the Far Eastern division of the State Department , and in fact the Administration , says Blum , had come close to re-intervention in the Chinese civil war on the mainland , but backed away at the last minute when it discovered that there was no viable force left to support . |
| 2 | Again , ‘ The main attraction is the red … and there 's an interplay with the colder colours … |
| 3 | The low patchiness of fruit associated with the richer ‘ fruit-floras ’ in America has resulted in the evolution of more diverse communities of frugivores with reduced dietary overlap , relatively small body size and sedentary ranging patterns , whereas in Asia , where fruit seems to be rarer in space and time , with fewer species , there are fewer frugivores with broadly overlapping diets ( e.g. terrestrial and brachiating primates ) , larger body size and more mobile ranging patterns . |
| 4 | For the time he has parted with the nobler characteristics of his humanity for the sake of a planetary power of locomotion . |
| 5 | Conner has grave doubts about how on-the-water umpiring , developed for 30 to 35-footers on the match race circuit , is working out with the bigger and faster America 's Cup class yachts . |
| 6 | Aurigny does not compete with the bigger companies on the direct from Jersey or Guernsey to the UK . |
| 7 | A MOUTHFUL : The new Mars bar with the bigger look |
| 8 | A mass-circulation paper was more risky , but it was much more exciting , and with the bigger sales that were on the cards , it could be very profitable . |
| 9 | Many dealers , realizing they need to offer the best possible service to their customers to compete with the bigger mail-order firms and direct sellers , are also keen to offer good standards of back-up and support . |
| 10 | Er on a slightly bigger scale entertainment again as we 're only a small college , we do tend to liaise with the bigger education establishment in the city , I E Birmingham University , Central England University formerly Birmingham Polytechnic and Aston University . |
| 11 | It it 's the bigger it 's the one with the bigger scale , yes . |
| 12 | I said , Well the men with the bigger books of twenty five percent , we could compensate them , you see ? |
| 13 | He has me fetch the plastic bucket from under the sink , then returns to the caravan with the bigger bits in the bucket saying he has some letters to write . |
| 14 | Everyday matters seemed too much for him since the murder , they knew he could not cope with the bigger issues . |
| 15 | with the , with the bigger strength you only take one , they only allow you one a day . |
| 16 | Jobs with the bigger practices have practically dried up , so we 're finding that we have to be much more flexible in the type of experience we 'll accept — a year working on a site for Wimpey , for example . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It has a firmer texture and goes well with the heavier sauces . |
| 18 | He streaked the junior men 's event with a distance of 57.18 metres and showed his worth by finishing third to Great Britain 's Paul Head in the senior men 's section , making 52.54 with the heavier hammer . |
| 19 | This process can be shown by normal carbon dioxide being passed through a tube containing algae in water with the heavier O isotope and carbon dioxide with the heavier O isotope being passed through another tube containing the same type of algae in normal water . |
| 20 | This process can be shown by normal carbon dioxide being passed through a tube containing algae in water with the heavier O isotope and carbon dioxide with the heavier O isotope being passed through another tube containing the same type of algae in normal water . |
| 21 | The algae in the tube with the heavier isotope in the water produced the isotope in the oxygen evolved . |
| 22 | Dynasty , a giant Canadian Hereford weighing over a ton was imported to sire larger bulls to compete with the heavier continental breeds . |
| 23 | In this case you have no time to check which rod you are striking with and it could lose you fish if you strike too hard with the stiffer rod and break off , or too gently with the softer rod and fail to sink the hook . |
| 24 | Use the runny kind of honey or mix some water with the stiffer kind to make it runny . |
| 25 | Much of their propaganda was produced in a popular idiom , such as poems and broadsides , clearly designed for people who might lack the sophistication to cope with the lengthier , more intellectual justifications of Jacobitism . |
| 26 | To the player , the difference between the two is that the 80–20 is the brighter-sounding string , and — I think , anyway — the one with the fuller bottom sound . |
| 27 | Though he does not develop the metaphor , Paul would , I think , agree with the fuller details to be found in I Peter : individual Christians are spiritual stones which go to make up the spiritual temple which is built on Christ ( I Pet . |
| 28 | However , there has been a superficial gloss lent to this music by its very popularity , which obscures the no less beautiful , but more demanding masterpieces of the later period , notably the Harpsichord Concerto and El Retablo , and the coupling of the latter with the sparser , bolder first version of El Amor brujo works well in principle . |
| 29 | Another ‘ scholarship girl ’ was shamefully treated by the rest of us because of her ( very slight ) Cockney accent , her generally ‘ non-U ’ turns of phrase , and her inability to deal with the simpler points of etiquette , whether at table or in the classroom . |
| 30 | The clarification of water by means of sedimentation becomes more complex with the use of dosing methods and upward-flow tanks , but , with analytical checks on the treatment the results can be much more consistent than with the simpler settlement in mill lodges , and there need be no interruption in supply caused by variations in the raw water or the need for cleaning out tanks . |