Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [be] [verb] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , therefore , they appear to be reaching a higher level of competence . |
| 2 | ‘ The boys do their best , but the girls seem to be making a better job of it ’ gave the impression that boys ca n't dance as well as girls . |
| 3 | ‘ The boys do their best , but the girls seem to be making a better job of it ’ gave the impression that boys ca n't dance as well as girls . |
| 4 | It sounds as if we could learn a great deal from Germany and Holland about , in the health service , erm because their systems by now by all statistical tests of mortality and illness and so on , seem to be doing a better job than ours . |
| 5 | New tenants , particularly from non-conforming households such as single parents , tend to be given the poorer standard housing and are expected to prove their ability to look after and improve their home before being transferred to a better property . |
| 6 | If the right hemisphere is merely slower than the left on this task , then the more matches that have to be made the greater the relative right hemispheric disadvantage should be . |