Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [adj] [conj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because we used the upper and lower summary points in finding the slope , the a L and a R estimates will always be the same . |
| 2 | The iron road bridge over the Thames , originally built in 1831 , is a fine suspension bridge designed by William Tierney Clark , who subsequently built a similar but larger bridge across the Danube in Budapest . |
| 3 | We could solve our problems only if education received a higher and higher budget , either from the proceeds of an expanding economy or from receiving a higher proportion of an economy in steady-state . |
| 4 | The average Republican voter boasted a middle-class or higher standard of living . |
| 5 | Black leaders showed a new and sharper determination in calling for equality ; they were no doubt encouraged by Eleanor Roosevelt 's support for their cause , though the New Deal did little in practice for them . |
| 6 | I 'd been muttering unhappily to a couple of friends about how hopelessly disorganized a particular campaign I 'd got involved with seemed to be when a strange man next to us started a similar but louder tirade about how useless Switchboard was , how everyone knew they were ripping off money from their fund raising and what a lousy job they did in his ( extremely small and third-hand ) experience . |
| 7 | Thus they chose the flatter and lower ground where the canals lay . |
| 8 | It was not merely that many people were dismayed by Labour 's tax plans : they also felt a wider and deeper sense of mistrust , that Labour 's numbers on revenue and spending simply did not add up . |
| 9 | Hot favourite : through the 1980s the Great British Breakfast took a larger and larger share of total main meals served . |
| 10 | Subsequent attempts to diversify the economy have foundered not only on corruption and inefficiency , though these have played a part , but because Zambia could not mobilize the funds for new investment , since the growing debt burden took a larger and larger share of the national cake . |
| 11 | Given the choice in such circumstances , many of InterCity 's customers on low or fixed incomes — in particular students and senior citizens — preferred the cheaper but slower coach option . |
| 12 | The main opposition , in fact , came from some of his ministerial colleagues , especially his eventual successor as Chancellor , Ludwig Erhard , who preferred a broader and looser arrangement . |
| 13 | As expected , Mr Lamont extended the VAT base and the 20p band , left the basic and higher tax rates untouched , froze thresholds , cut mortgage interest relief , over-indexed duty on cigarettes , beer , wine and petrol , and made a modest effort to tackle Britain 's rising unemployment . |
| 14 | Sotion and Ps. -Aristotle quoted them to confirm the remote origin of philosophy outside the Greek world ; but the main argument was represented by Magi and Brahmans who had a better and older reputation among Greek thinkers and historians ( Diog . |
| 15 | The initial impetus for the development of the railway came from British planters who wanted a cheaper and quicker way to transport goods to and from their plantations . |
| 16 | Because he wanted a stronger and healthier nation , for much the same reason as Hitler did , on the other side of the Alps — to turn the men into warriors and the women into the mothers of warriors — he started what were known as colonie marine e montane , to which needy children were sent on holiday . |