Example sentences of "[art] [adj -er] and [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternative electrostatic headphones are by nature precision assemblies and , like electrostatic loudspeakers , remain firmly in the upper price bracket except where the simpler and less costly electret principle with a pre-charged diaphragm or backplate has been used . |
| 2 | There is however much to be said in favour of the dearer and more specific articulation of substantive principles to guide the exercise of administrative discretion . |
| 3 | You drive along a narrow , twisting road half-way up a mountain of rocks and boulders , supporting nothing but scrub and heather plus a few of the tougher and more foolhardy breed of sheep , round a bend and then , suddenly , you look down and there is the valley , with its winding river , fertile fields , a village tucked away at one end , and a verdancy that knocks you for six with its lushness . |
| 4 | In this way Minton can be seen to have had an influence on the tougher and more abrasive realism that first emerged at the ‘ Young Contemporaries ’ exhibition at the RBA Galleries in January 1952 . |
| 5 | The broader and more difficult question remains . |
| 6 | Jobclubs are aimed at the younger and less skilled end of the market . |
| 7 | There is a sort of self-regarding coldness about these bravura pyrotechnics that brings Martin Amis to mind , although Conrad is the brighter and more perceptive writer , as well as possessing the maturer mind . |
| 8 | Those now outside the contented majority would rally , or , more precisely , could be rallied , to their own interest and therewith to the larger and safer public interest . |
| 9 | Not only did this dilute the power of the incorporated companies , but there was no replacement by an equivalent power , for the larger and more amorphous body of investors was hardly as able to lobby against interest reductions or other schemes to lessen the weight on government . |
| 10 | In the Dili area that winter , there were 300 Europeans and 5,000 native villagers working on their sweet potato , pineapple , and peanut plots or in the larger and more ordered government plantations on higher ground where crops of rice , maize , and coffee grew . |
| 11 | Remember , though , that since the valetudinarian English gave Pau up the climate has reverted to what it was , so you need to be there on a day of reasonable weather , otherwise the Boulevard will not be tea Pyrénées at all , but only of the closer and less pleasing scene . |
| 12 | It is , of course , history that what happened was not a crash programme of chauffeur training , but the lateral thought of do-it-yourself driving — the owner driver with the cheaper and more simple car such as the Model T. |
| 13 | The prouder and more articulate seaman had seen his pay and status in continuous decline from 1815 when , at the , end of the Napoleonic wars , " the government , without the least consideration for those who had battled on the ocean in defence of their king and country , disbanded the Fleets and cast adrift some thousands of Seamen suddenly to find employment in the merchant service " . |
| 14 | Rothwell ( 1982 ) , who also points to regional variations in the production of innovations , explains it not in terms of different local levels of entrepreneurship but in terms of the regional bias of R&D expenditure towards the South East , the older and more traditional technology structure of some northern regions , the unequal availability of venture capital between regions and the local planning environment for small firms . |
| 15 | The older and more knowledgeable horseman knew exactly what had happened and took immediate steps to neutralize this smell . |
| 16 | Here a door opened into the older and more modest side of the house , the side where , in stages of inferiority , less important guests , children and , in a still more distant wing , servants slept . |
| 17 | They came out into the corridor together , Rostov holding back as he allowed the older and more senior man to go before him . |
| 18 | Saga travellers are now jetting around the world , but in spite of the company 's undoubted success , as a 1989 report demonstrated there is little evidence that the British travel trade as a whole has fully understood the importance and increased spending power of the older and more prosperous customer . |
| 19 | This works best with the slower and more easily-controlled action of diNaEDTA , and is ideal for studying the location of delicate organic matter , such as shell membranes or algal and fungal filaments . |
| 20 | Hitherto the older waist-band had tended to slip on to the horse 's neck and either throttle him or prevent him from pulling hard ; hence the slower and less efficient ox had been generally used . |
| 21 | There can also be a knock-on effect of the higher and more innovative technology that some foreign firms employ , all through society . |
| 22 | Whereas Pope 's view of inconstancy begins in muck and ends in maggots , Leapor moves the discussion toward the higher and more generous ground of theology : |
| 23 | Unfortunately , the more we structure these issues the worse and more childlike behaviour becomes . |
| 24 | It now faces the harder and more protracted task of ensuring a smooth and efficient transition to free elections and a democratically-elected government . |
| 25 | In their turn , the stronger and financially sounder tenant farmers , or lairds , would extract money and labour from those a step lower down the scale . |
| 26 | The interaction between husband and wife was knocked off balance by a particular type of illness which resulted in a role reversal ; the stronger and more dominant partner became weak . |
| 27 | Frequently dependent on assumptions of common cause with film theory and criticism , television genre theory is uncomplicated by the longer and more complex history of aesthetics and poetics . |
| 28 | Early experience in exploring the environment at home should precede this , and will not only be stimulating as an activity in its own right but a helpful and positive preparation for coping with the wider and more varied situation of school . |
| 29 | Within that horizon , its doctrines may of course be affirmed and presented as true ; but the wider and more ample perspective of the study of religion in general can not permit such restrictions — though it may be engaged in by one who also , as a personal matter , adheres to a particular faith . |
| 30 | Such concerns bring into relief the wider and more fundamental problem of our criminal procedure : the conflict between certain procedural rights , such as the right of silence , and the object of determining the truth . |