Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The massive transportation of goods by air would not have been possible without a faster method of documenting shipments . |
| 2 | The authors and quotations mentioned , however , are representative of a wider literature of evaluation , but it is the absence of favourable comments which supports the view that this small sample is representative of most other lesser developed countries . |
| 3 | Chomsky states that grammar must be based on two things : observation of language ability to satisfy the native speaker 's intuition about his language For example , it must be able to account for the native speaker 's intuition that active or passive sentences are related to each other ; that some pairs of sentences , though alike on the surface , are different at a deeper level . |
| 4 | If a subsidiary faces high taxes , for instance , the parent will set transfer prices as high as it can , lowering the subsidiary 's taxable profits and boosting its own , which are subject to a lower tax rate . |
| 5 | The report added that the Waddington screen controllers involved were ‘ not to undertake screening duties until their competence to do so had been subject to a further check ’ . |
| 6 | If she had spoken in charity to an unhappy invalid it had also been negligent of a larger truth : that they were representative of two very different principles — ; principles that might meet only in an hour of need , or in honest confrontation with one another . |
| 7 | Meanwhile we 're impatient for a larger return on investment . |
| 8 | Two of these are worthy of a wider audience and thus I make no apology for including them in this month 's Surgery ! |
| 9 | Elwood brings his will o' the wisp style of play into direct opposition to the more solid technique of home skipper Derek McAleese who is keen to give early notice that his side are worthy of a higher standing . |
| 10 | Superior rooms are also available ; these rooms are larger with a higher standard of furnishing . |
| 11 | Rather , being quasi-research activities , they are a means of promoting in students the higher-order thinking and reflection that are characteristic of a higher education . |
| 12 | ‘ It was n't a proper race anyway , all the runners would have been happier with a stronger gallop , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The general and flexible nature of the framework ensures that no design decisions made early on in the course of development are irrevocable at a later date . |
| 14 | Instead of pointing out the errors you may be told that it is very good but have been better in a darker wood ! |
| 15 | Aircraft are responsible for a higher level of greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought , largely due to the disproportionately strong effect of nitrogen oxide ( NOx ) at high altitudes , according to new figures from the Energy Technology Support Unit ( ETSU ) based at Harwell , in the UK . |
| 16 | This is not just because of the threat from disease , famine or a self-inflicted nuclear holocaust ; all social worlds are precarious in a deeper sense . |
| 17 | The reasons for unionism can be placed in two broad categories : those specifically concerned with religion , and those which are concerned with a wider range of social , political , and economic considerations . |
| 18 | The line of such a woodbank may be marked by pollarded trees , which have , in effect , been coppiced at a higher level , above the reach of cattle . |
| 19 | One Scottish observer noted that " both parties are angry to a higher degree than ever I saw them even in the Exclusion time " . |
| 20 | Between close kin it was possible for the exchanges to be one-way over a longer term , one person a net ‘ giver ’ at a particular point in time because of a reasonable confidence that he or she could be a net ‘ receiver ’ at a later stage . |
| 21 | Other companies may prefer ‘ bolt-on-on ’ acquisitions to takeovers — buying a division of another group may be possible at a lower multiple than buying a company outright . |
| 22 | If the holder of a licence makes default in complying with an order made under this section , he shall be guilty of an offence , and he shall be guilty of a further offence for every day on which the default continues after the expiry of the time fixed by the order . |
| 23 | Lower seroconversion rates in 9-month-olds than in 6-month-olds could be due to a higher incidence of infections with non-polio enteroviruses or other enteric pathogens , which are known to interfere with antibody responses to OPV . |
| 24 | If treatment is started with higher potencies e.g. LM 3 and above , then initial aggravations could also be due to a higher potency as with the centesimal potencies . |
| 25 | follow Lewis and Mo ( 1986 ) in arguing that the discrepancy may be due to a greater rise in the serious burglaries which involve insurance claims , and hence are more likely to be reported , especially given the increase in the number of personal telephones and the higher levels of home ownership . |
| 26 | This will normally be due to a later version of a module being created which contains the same problem as one previously reported , or the realisation that a module which is a variation of another contains the same problem as its variant . |
| 27 | This will normally be due to a later version of a module being created which contains the same problem as one previously reported , or the realisation that a module which is a variation of another contains the same problem as its variant . |
| 28 | On finally seeing these creatures , mating in the high forest canopy like cataracts of spun glass , we found them to be transparent with a deeper meaning , something which lay beyond them , in the undiscovered wisdom of the islanders themselves . |
| 29 | Prost was every bit as good at intra-team politics as Niki ; he was his equal in testing and perhaps slightly his superior ( as would be proper for a younger driver ) in combative driving . |
| 30 | The legislation they enact must be acceptable to a wider range of public opinion and will therefore be less subject to reversal by any subsequent government . |