Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The glue should be spread on one surface only and if the material is cold to the touch , it should be gently warmed to ensure a better bond . |
2 | This has been greatly expanded to provide a deeper experience for visitors . |
3 | Aerial surveys can achieve the same thing , although the maps so obtained cover a smaller area . |
4 | We could stop after one pass through the data , but we can also repeat the running three-median procedure on the values just smoothed to produce a smoother result . |
5 | That idea I soon modified to incorporate a smaller actor , thinking it would be better if we lost the human size similarity altogether . |
6 | They treat such dissertations in an entirely different way from Ph D theses , generally appearing to put a lower value on them as contributions to the science . |
7 | Densan tended initially to limit managerial discretion much more and thus seemed to offer a better alternative for labour . |
8 | Firstly , it is an order matching system and thus tends to have a slower response rate than , say , LIFFE 's APT system . |
9 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
10 | It was better to stand out at the beginning than to go in with the expectation that he would soon have to provoke a further crisis by resignation . |
11 | If country banks were a product of the latter half of the eighteenth century , country banking functionally defined has a longer history , despite the fact that only a dozen institutions formally known as banks were in existence before 1750 . |
12 | While other research methods , such as interviews or questionnaires , can be effectively used to gain a wider picture , participant observation enables the investigator to understand behaviour through direct , personal experience . |
13 | Unlucky Wales : they are widely thought to have a worse chance against the tourists than either Neath or Llanelli . |
14 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
15 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
16 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |
17 | John could hardly have found a better influence . |
18 | Natural selection would then gradually have produced a hardier group of individuals capable of remaining for longer in the remote mountain regions . |
19 | In between these duties they still managed to have a lighter side , arranging dances at the Institute which became popular throughout the war , and their concert party entertained many during those dark days . |
20 | Such constitutions also tend to have a higher status than ordinary laws thus creating the need for a supreme body such as a supreme court with the power to declare laws passed in contravention of the constitution , invalid . |
21 | Exxon also agreed to make a further payment of up to $100,000,000 if further damage from the oil slick was discovered in the five years after this period ( 2002-2006 ) . |
22 | But I also want to address a narrower point in greater detail in relation to my own county of Cornwall . |
23 | In both features she is also seen to embody a wider set of assumptions about Mexico itself ; exotic , passionate , yet constantly struggling against pain and deceit . |
24 | Areas with a relatively high density of children also seemed to have a higher incidence ( table V ) , but a combined analysis was dominated by the recent oil impact measure . |
25 | A year later , in October 1964 , Khruschev 's fall from power also helped create a calmer atmosphere . |
26 | Modem glass also tends to contain a greater range of other metals such as arsenic and zinc . |
27 | Given firm instructions the dismissed minister would probably have made a better reformer than his successor , S. S. Lanskoi , who in August 1855 " proclaimed the rights of the nobility to be inviolable " . |
28 | Oliver said : ‘ A real professional would probably have used a finer cord . |
29 | ‘ She died in our midst six weeks later having got a swifter visa to eternity than we have to South Africa but we know she goes with us in spirit and will help our endeavours far more powerfully from above , ’ said Sister Bernadette . |
30 | The union will also try to provide a better class of men for the Merchant Service , and will see that crews join their ship punctually and in a sober condition ; it will help shipwrecked mariners ; it will provide assistance to members travelling in search of work ; it will establish a sick benefit and a burial fund . |