Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [prep] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in February 1726 Montrose instructed his commissioner in Scotland to organise his friends to support the plan of a reduction in emoluments for the collector , believing that this would discourage the new candidates and ensure Kirkton 's re-election , for the duke was determined ‘ to stand by him upon the above terms , I mean of a smaller sellary for the future ’ . |
| 2 | I recall in an earlier LRO article that a 3 litre version of this engine was made and is a good conversion . |
| 3 | ‘ At length I yielded … in obedience I believe to a higher Power . |
| 4 | Years before , Nietzsche had written : " the past is dearer to me than the present ; but I believe in a better future " . |
| 5 | Er er I think on a bigger job i it it 's perhaps a different story . |
| 6 | What I 've just been saying about the importance of time and movement in Proust 's novel give rise I think to a further question . |
| 7 | Elaine , a 16-year-old girl who has spent most of her life on the streets of Rio de Janeiro , in Brazil , puts it better : ‘ I dream of a better world , a world where children and adults are no longer abandoned , tortured and murdered because of who we are or what we do … |
| 8 | But if you want real change , if you long for a better future for yourself , your family , your community and your country , then read on . |
| 9 | If you hope for a better world then maybe if you try hard enough , it can be achieved . |
| 10 | ‘ Has anybody ever told you that you look like an older version of Jacqueline Bisset ? ’ |
| 11 | You also have to take care if you get onto an older horse afterwards . |
| 12 | Yes , you could do that , so , so y you go for erm a very high rate of taxation or you go for a lower rate of taxation which is |
| 13 | The rules on incorrect scores are simple and Draconian : if you sign for a score which is lower than your actual score you are disqualified ; if you sign for a higher score than your actual , the higher score stands . |
| 14 | On the other hand , if we look at a later decision-making episode in the same project when the pupils are temporarily in role as Indians who have to decide whether or not to receive a white stranger into their midst ( p. 53 ) , this is more likely to have been played seriously as a real game for by then the children , after several lessons on the same project , were steeped in the material sufficiently deeply to respect the rich complexity of the problem . |
| 15 | The salt we sprinkle on our food today is produced by the same methods our ancestors used , but we operate on a bigger scale . |
| 16 | Here , we move to a further degree of abstraction , since things are no longer of interest for some essence they may possess but for their exchangeable aspects . |
| 17 | It will be far better for us all if we move towards a greater understanding of each other rather than towards Clause 28 and all that . |
| 18 | Christians believe that the soul goes marching on — they hope to a better world , and atheists in eternal sleep . |
| 19 | Agencies ' reports will thus provide information on both the financial and operational performance of the activities they cover at an earlier stage than is possible in departmental reports . |
| 20 | The answer , of course , depends upon the quantity rule that firms employ , in particular how they react to a higher level of demand than they were expecting . |
| 21 | There are of course all kinds of truths that are not of this sort ; but they lie on a lower level altogether . |
| 22 | They 're bigger than us , they stand for a bigger establishment than we do , like , we 're just little and they stand for bigger things , and you try to get your own back . |
| 23 | They know about a bigger world . |
| 24 | They succeed by a greater division of labour , with most volunteers carrying responsibility for generalist advice while referring complex work to a few specialists . |
| 25 | especially if they get in a bigger house |
| 26 | And that means they arrive at a slower rate ! ’ |
| 27 | He takes her arm as they go for a closer look . |
| 28 | And a couple of days ago Fergus had suggested they go for a longer hike , up into the trackless hills where the Landy could n't reach . |
| 29 | I think that probably they labour under a heavier burden in that , right from birth , in many cases , things have been done for them , to them and they have had very little control . |
| 30 | Is it because they take in a smaller quantity of vapour or tablet dust ? and how far does the vial have to be from the nose before the dose is inactive ? |