Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bipeds evolved larger digestive tracts which one would normally expect to find in a longer , heavier stomach cavity in front of the hips , which would present anatomical problems in balancing . |
| 2 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 3 | The ten-week India campaign could hardly have started on a worse personal note when it was announced , just as England flew in on 29 December that his marriage was over . |
| 4 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 5 | You might also prefer to work to a looser tension for this type of all over cable pattern . |
| 6 | For some specialised yarns , say those with knops , or the hairy yarns , you will probably need to work at a looser tension for the cables to show but this is not to their disadvantage since the cables , loosely worked , frequently add to the richness of the finished look . |
| 7 | The lower transfusion requirements in the regulated group reflected milder illness with less investigational blood loss but may also have related to a greater initial endowment of red cells and their precursors . |
| 8 | If the money had been spent on social and industrial problems then the American economy might well have grown at a higher rate than it has , and technological innovation might have been more rapid in areas which directly contribute to trade . |
| 9 | That kind of morale booster is infectious and they could well have won by a bigger margin . |
| 10 | Some secured creditors might yet prefer to gamble on a better deal with GPA in examination . |
| 11 | Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences . |
| 12 | Chelmsford could certainly have done with a bigger pool of players . |