Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [verb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sand had been shipped in to form a deeper and wider beach , to accommodate up to two hundred people . |
| 2 | Even if it is not used much the trenchant criticisms of it would appear to demand reform , as it appears to be a blunt instrument which ‘ should be honed down to produce a greater quality of justice . ’ |
| 3 | It is then possible that a sequence both of coordinate transformations ( 12.19 ) and Ehlers transformations ( 12.20 ) in the potential space can be applied alternately to generate a further class of solutions with an infinite number of parameters . |
| 4 | The Government has also rejected calls for older Magnox nuclear power stations to be phased out to support a higher coal burn . |
| 5 | This would be soiled over to give a better finish than presently shown . |
| 6 | The largely ceremonial meetings which began in Madrid on Oct. 30 were expected to last three days and were intended merely to initiate a wider negotiating process . |
| 7 | Also it was particularly strong in the latter years of the war , particularly in the last 18 months , when many , many first and second tour people were coming back to do a further tour , I have wept many a tear for some first class fellows that pestered me , pestered me beyond belief , writing to me every week . |
| 8 | The viewfinder is blanked off to show a smaller image . |
| 9 | Patrons who pay ten pounds to see and hear what is going on deserved a better service than they got . |
| 10 | do is end up making a bigger profit |
| 11 | Perhaps it was felt also to have a wider , more general meaning . |
| 12 | The House of Commons was moving forward to assert a greater degree of control over the colonies than before ; partly to evade this , William created a Board of Trade and Plantations , made up of civil servants and privy councillors , that was unlikely to pay much more attention to the Commons than its predecessor , the Lords of Trade , had done . |
| 13 | The scheme was set up to encourage a broader section of the public to buy works of art by living artists , thus opening up the art market while at the same time helping artists to earn an income . |
| 14 | Other life offices introduced a similar area into their conventional with-profits policies as an option , though the higher death benefit which was provided inevitably meant a lower retirement benefit . |
| 15 | Bankers close to the deal say that Morgan Stanley was forced reluctantly to accept a lower commission structure because Italy was being offered this by other banks competing for the business . |
| 16 | Dr Rolleston was retiring quietly to let a younger man prepare for what we were beginning to think was inevitable . |