Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [adj -er] [conj] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Effects like these are far from isolated and would seem to indicate a deeper and more worrying problem with the actual System itself . |
| 2 | The original purposes of the RSG system introduced in 1981 -82 were to provide a fairer and more objective method of grant distribution and to eliminate previous incentives to high spending . |
| 3 | The bus that goes east from Reykjavik can be used to visit the better-known and most important sites . |
| 4 | The trouble was that to create a slimmer and more efficient industry , the Chairman of British Steel , Ian MacGregor , needed money to help with investment and redundancies . |
| 5 | In a context where design debate , narrowly conceived , seems to be meeting with little success in evaluating design 's social import , the questions raised — is design the means whereby we can shape future socio-technological systems to create a richer and more emancipated life or simply the often impotent agent of techno-economic systems ? — become a means to general design understanding . |
| 6 | Bishop Patrick said that attempts to create a fairer and more just world were being blocked by business interests . |
| 7 | In the new Parliament we must therefore reintroduce the Asylum Bill , opposed by Labour and the Liberal Democrats , to create a faster and more effective system of determining who are genuine political refugees , and who are not . |
| 8 | At the very least , Hong Kong must prepare to be a little more self-reliant for growth in the 1990s : public spending , particularly on infrastructural projects , is likely to assume a bigger and more virtuous role . |
| 9 | Mr Major replied : ‘ I would be delighted to see a stronger and more successful Merchant Navy . |
| 10 | It 's all part of their efforts to build a better and more rewarding career for themselves . |
| 11 | I would hope that the hon. Gentleman would agree that many people of all political persuasions in Lanarkshire are working together extremely hard to build a better and more prosperous future for the area . |
| 12 | The revolutions in eastern Europe and the fall of communism in Russia presented the west with a rare historical opportunity to build a better and more prosperous world . |
| 13 | Women 's subordinate status means that , unlike men , women do not have an interest in mystifying reality and so are likely to develop a clearer and more trustworthy understanding of the world . |
| 14 | The nursing profession is moving forward rapidly , and in its evolution it needs to develop a clearer and more comprehensive set of skills . |
| 15 | ‘ To Lawrence , the world is intrinsically a beautiful place , yet we will turn it into filth to get a smaller and less beautiful object out of it . ’ |