Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun sg] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Some radio stations are run by public corporations with a degree of operational autonomy from government , on paper at least — as in Malawi , Ghana , Nigeria and Zimbabwe — but in each case a greater degree of government control exists than is true of the BBC , which provided the model for the corporations of these countries .
2 Member States would normally be given eighteen months within which to incorporate the directive objectives into their domestic laws , but it may well be that in this case a shorter period is specified .
3 In this way a greater insight into the ways in which population size and structure change may be gained .
4 In families that did not indulge themselves in this way a healthier climate prevailed ; children do not seem to have been unduly obsessed with death .
5 In this way a deeper understanding should result .
6 In one sense a later decision is more convenient , because it allows all useful information to be collated , and is more likely to lead to a considered expenditure of funds .
7 But in any case a lower proportion of men were employed in Scottish textiles than in English mills , partly because better-paid jobs were available to them in heavy industry .
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