Example sentences of "[subord] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fitch reckons that not all bond insurers deserve the top rating ; those that do , it believes , suffer because investors do not trust the triple-As assigned to the insured debt by Moody 's and S&P . |
| 2 | These are available where indicated on the individual Club pages for a first child sharing a room with 2 adults . |
| 3 | The officer was than joined from the next flat by security guard Christopher Coyle , 39 . |
| 4 | Even before 1905 , a solidly-based mass press had come into being , and in the last decade of the Empire there was an explosion in the publication of newspapers , while the number of books appearing more than trebled in the first decade and a half of the century . |
| 5 | He dropped it first , it seems , on considering sporting-dog breeds , notably greyhounds ; for these , although formed by the human artifice of selective breeding , had been given both structures and instincts useful in the wild . |
| 6 | Survival curves were identical for patients who were and were not operated on and were only slightly worse than expected for the general population matched for age . |
| 7 | A district with a high under 75 years standardised mortality ratio will tend to have people dying earlier than expected in the younger age groups , and applying national average rates of use of service to those groups will underestimate its relative need for health services . |
| 8 | Likewise , the lives of other soldier-heroes of the period , the Black Prince , du Guesclin , even that of Henry V , although written in the chivalric vein , stress that these men were successful largely because their inherent qualities of leadership had benefited from training and experience . |
| 9 | Perhaps one of the best autobiographies ( although written in the third person ) is Flora Thompson 's Lark Rise to Candleford ( 1945 ) , followed by her later ( and not , in my opinion , as good ) Still Glides the Stream ( 1948 ) . |
| 10 | He promoted county petitions supporting the vote of no addresses and the trial of Charles I. But although named to the high court of justice in January 1649 , he stayed away and returned to Parliament only after the king 's execution . |
| 11 | By reducing the tax distortion and increasing the amount of work a lot , lower taxes would be more than compensated by the extra work and incomes to which the tax rates were applied . |
| 12 | She could still hear the pounding of the waves on the rocks below , but felt lulled rather than threatened by the muffled boom , accepting it as an inescapable sound on an island surrounded by the Atlantic ocean . |
| 13 | The Official Solicitor 's report is particularly relevant because , although made for the limited purpose mentioned above , it is the report of an independent guardian ad litem which makes clear that all the children are opposed to any suggestion that they should return to the foster mother and her ‘ family . ’ |
| 14 | The horror stories of Eastern Europe can be more than matched from the Third World . |
| 15 | Although rooted in the positivist tradition ( especially in the case of Hirschi ) , control theories also owe a clear and acknowledged debt to the classical tradition . |
| 16 | Gross profit margins were lower than budget though , he said , which resulted in a ‘ less than satisfactory return on sales ’ — high sterling levels during most of 1992 and higher costs than anticipated during the early development phases of Series 3 had a negative impact , while modest sales levels to the traditionally lucrative UK corporate market meant that margins were below expectations . |
| 17 | These tenants included a higher proportion in the age-groups 74–79 , 80–84 and 85 and over than occurred in the general population . |
| 18 | In absolute terms , there were three extra households for every extra member of the population over this period , generating a very much higher level of new housing need than reflected in the overall population figures . |
| 19 | This , again , would mean that output is greater than preferred by the median voter when this institutional constraint does not apply . |
| 20 | Although born in the very purple of Whiggery , he displayed independence of judgement , and , in spite of his personal admiration for W. E. Gladstone ( tempered by a certain irreverence ) , he attached himself to the radical section of the Liberal Party . |
| 21 | But these limitations are more than offset by the sheer quantity of coins and hence of the designs made . |
| 22 | There will be increased printing costs and greater use of school facilities ; but these burdens will be more than offset by the extra revenue generated by parent support . |
| 23 | Small amounts of vitamins and minerals in beer are more than offset by the adverse effect of the alcohol on your nutritional state . |
| 24 | The benefit of favourable exchange rates was more than offset by the adverse impact of weaker precious metal prices , particularly rhodium ( see page 21 ) . |
| 25 | Although based in the informal sector , they used some modern sector facilities such as newspapers to advertise their work and because of lower costs were able to compete successfully with large furniture manufacturers . |
| 26 | ‘ These new Regulations — although inspired by the European Framework Directive — have given us the opportunity to progress one of the HSC 's main objectives : to promote better management of health and safety at work . |
| 27 | Willis ( 1983 ) found that black males aged between 16 and 24 were stopped ten times more than average ( although prosecuted in the same proportion as white juveniles ) . |
| 28 | Although invited by the Liberal Party to be their candidate for the Clapham Division 20 years ago or more , [ he ] was unable to accept the invitation , and contented himself with speaking for the Liberal or Progressive candidate at every available opportunity in many elections . |
| 29 | In Scotia , which had not been mentioned as part of the Archbishop Adalbert 's spiritual kingdom , a few members of the Norman party left at short notice , to be more than replaced in the next week or two by friends and kinsmen who wanted their posts . |
| 30 | The oppression of Black communities which justifies policy intervention but barely touches on policy implementation may be mirrored rather than challenged in the nebulous realm of academic research . |