Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] with a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Today , herbivory in the crowns of mature trees in lowland rain forest in geographically distinct regions in the New and Old Worlds leads to 13.8–14.6% tissue loss in the leafy branches of trees , but consistently less in epiphytes , while in Ghana it has been shown that those plants with a rapid flush of leaves are consistently less severely attacked than those with a slower leaf production . |
2 | The study also shows that grasslands with a high above-ground biomass lose their standing crop more rapidly than those with a lower biomass . |
3 | Moreover , patients with an alcohol intake higher than 100 g/day had higher lamininin concentrations than those with a lower intake ( p=0.03 ) . |
4 | Patients with ARF of 10 or less days duration had a lower median ( interquartile range [ IQR ] ) carbamylated haemoglobin concentration than those with a longer duration of ARF ( 29 [ 27–35 ] vs 72 [ 60–83 ] g VH/g Hb ; p<0.01 ) . |
5 | Hamilton argued that , because selection is stronger on earlier ages , alleles with advantageous effects early in life would be more likely to be fixed by selection than those with a later age of action , an argument that implies that populations are continually adapting , and so are not in equilibrium . |