Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [adj] [conj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | B.Butcher , the general secretary of one of the most stable and better run of the local seamen 's organisations of the time , made no bones about his own experience . |
| 2 | A half point was awarded but Stevens fought his way back into the contest scoring with a spectacular sacrifice throw and almost arm locking the much taller and heavier Kokataylo . |
| 3 | A half point was awarded but Stevens fought his way back into the contest scoring with a spectacular sacrifice throw and almost arm locking the much taller and heavier Kokataylo . |
| 4 | The more esoteric or higher understanding of the reality of one universal , wholistic creative principle ( monism ) is embraced only by those who are able to transcend the confines of theistic involvement as it is in any country or civilization . ’ |
| 5 | The second point of note is that in places hollows in the ground were bridged on low piers , rather than filled , the more usual and cheaper method . |
| 6 | Secondary education was available for the more fortunate and higher education was reserved for the privileged few . |
| 7 | Measured in dots per inch , the greater the number of dots , the more smoother and cleaner appearance the character/image will have . |
| 8 | I like this very much as an easy summer skirt — three pieces knitted right across your machine , hooked back on to fewer stitches for a small yoke to avoid bulk at the waist — equally becoming to the very slender or larger lady . |
| 9 | We look now at the method adopted in Belfast ( parallel to Labov 's telephone survey ) of complementing , by means of a rather wider but shallower study , the detailed information collected in the five communities . |
| 10 | It was only a short step from here to the so-called ‘ New Pop ’ of Duran Duran , Wham ! and Culture Club , with ABC standing by as a rather aloof and better-dressed alternative . |
| 11 | But the standard biography of her did , in my opinion , leave out too much of the rather conservative views she held and therefore gave the impression that Octavia Hill was a rather kindlier and gentler person than she really was . |
| 12 | Generally they give a good wash-fastness and provide a much wider and brighter spectrum of colours . |
| 13 | But the sheer warmth and solace of the strong arms about her were so reassuring that a few moments later she drifted off into a much calmer and deeper sleep . |
| 14 | A slight body shift by the defender is undoubtedly the best form of defence against a strong punch from a much bigger and heavier opponent , though the defender should always have a backup block ready , in case the attack is only diverted , not completely sent off course . |
| 15 | The foxhound is a much bigger and stronger animal than a fox : the leading hound or couple bowl the fox over and kill him . |
| 16 | With the wind dead on their stern , he had changed the genoa for a much bigger and lighter cut . |
| 17 | The Princess had known Andrew since childhood and had always been aware that beneath the brash , noisy mask was a much shrewder and lonelier character than he or his family would admit . |
| 18 | When his appointment as Secretary of State for Wales was announced , he told the House : ’ I look forward to explaining in Wales , as I have in England the way in which the community charge is a much fairer and simpler system ’ . |
| 19 | Two of the old Bunch ( Burroughs and Sperry ) merged into Unisys ; Digital Equipment ( DEC ) and Hewlett-Packard provided increasingly severe competition in the minicomputer range and as the main beneficiaries of ‘ down-sizing ’ ( in effect producing mainframe-level computer power on a much smaller and cheaper machine ) . |
| 20 | Today — such muddles often happened — she was wearing a cardigan of matted grey wool belonging to a much smaller and slighter inmate , a long brown skirt , brown stockings that wrinkled round her still-narrow ankles , and blue check carpet slippers . |
| 21 | For structures which essentially have to support only their own weight , a much lighter and stiffer form of wood could prove advantageous . |
| 22 | Days Mill was based on the site of a much older and smaller mill , probably built some time during the 16th or 17th centuries . |
| 23 | There are , of course , those only too ready to malign my whole project and offer instead a much shorter and simpler account . |
| 24 | This is caused by a much larger and heavier engine , which also means you need a rudder trim , conveniently supplied in this range . |
| 25 | Facing a much larger and heavier opponent , the mantis would make lightning strikes from its claw-like front limbs , then beat a hasty retreat out of harm 's way when the grasshopper retaliated . |
| 26 | When she came to Switham House , a much larger and better-kept establishment than Merchiston Lodge , she found Rosalia Alderley to have quite another motive . |
| 27 | Well when I come back to England today , as I do nearly every summer , it seems a fantastically rich and happier country than the one I grew up in . |
| 28 | See if you can get a similar report significantly quicker elsewhere and then make a decision as to whether a less powerful but quicker report will do . |
| 29 | Just as the 2lst century requires a more diffused and safer balance of interest in what needs to be an increasingly multilateral global village , there is a risk of economic , institutional and political power being centralised in the European Community , and that a new bout of economic empire-building may occur . |
| 30 | For long-distance cruising , the Calibra is the better choice , if only because it has a more absorbent and quieter motorway ride . |