Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj -er] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For press campaigns , which at least appear to be cheaper , a rather higher frequency of contact is usually aimed at : five , six or more OTS . |
| 2 | The result — a rather higher rate of completion of power stations and higher spending four or five years later in the mid-1950s — was welcomed by the Electricity Division , but it annoyed the Treasury and caused political embarrassment for the Government ( which had been promising restraint in the public sector ) . |
| 3 | If whatever happened to Summerchild had n't happened , I think , once again , then … then Timmy and I might have had a rather better quality of life . |
| 4 | Major award schools , on the other hand , started from a conspicuously lower threshold of library provision and use . |
| 5 | It assumes a much freer flow of information and a much richer flow of information within the company , both between businesses and between corporate management and business-unit management … . |
| 6 | Buchanan is arguing that because of environmental pressures , and particularly because of changes in management technology and the need for flexibility , high performance requires organizations to combine flatter structures with a much higher degree of worker control . |
| 7 | To achieve these goals usually entails a much higher degree of centralization and a much more interventionist role for the government in focusing national resources . |
| 8 | Older pupils , who are still being taught in a more ‘ traditional ’ way , demonstrate a much higher degree of dependency upon Rick in their maths lessons than do younger pupils who are involved in the new curriculum . |
| 9 | Mr. Raffan : As the review referred to a much higher incidence of heart disease , strokes and most forms of cancer in Wales compared to the rest of the United Kingdom , will my right Hon. Friend assure the House that the Health Promotion Authority for Wales will have a much higher profile than it has had and a budget to match ? |
| 10 | A recent land survey of Boiotia reveals a much higher density of settlement and population than had previously been suspected , cp. below p. 84 for this ; why not help ourselves , the Athenians must have said , to some of that good soil — cheaper and less dangerous than planting colonies in Thrace where they might be and sometimes were overwhelmed by the natives . |
| 11 | So we get two things , we get a very good new personality , and secondly , an intelligent personality , and , therefore , and this is an important part of the strategy , she gets out of the other archaeologists she 's talking to a much higher level of interaction and intellectual interchange than she would if she were simply a standard presenter . |
| 12 | It 's a mighty brew , and it 's a sound which could well carry them to a much higher level of success , if that 's what they want . |
| 13 | The Act provides a much higher level of protection for investors , including improved monitoring , and compensation arrangements through the Investors ' Compensation Scheme , since August 1988 . |
| 14 | We strongly feel that the implementation of sound information policies will lead to improvements in efficiency , and hence to cost savings , whilst supporting a much higher level of research within the organization . |
| 15 | Some years ago in Britain ( 1960-75 ) there was a period of a much higher level of obesity in babies when the general view was that ‘ you can not overfeed a baby ’ . |
| 16 | Third World communities who remain free of our degenerative diseases have been found to live on diets which contain a much higher percentage of carbohydrate than ours — carbohydrate obtained from cereals which have not been stripped of their dietary fibre , fibre-rich vegetables ( potatoes and other root vegetables ) , legumes and fruits . |
| 17 | The original suspension was imposed after the CSM considered evidence suggesting that Halcion was associated with a much higher frequency of side effects that other sleeping medications ( Chem . |
| 18 | a much higher proportion of conversion students was available to employers because they were less likely to carry on their studies after the Advanced Course ; |
| 19 | The fact that a much higher proportion of farmland in France is tenanted compared with the UK is another factor . |
| 20 | For spirits , cross-border trade within the Community accounts for a much higher proportion of production than is the case for wines and beers ( Figure 5.2 ) and is dominated by the UK which accounts for 51% of all intra-EC trade in spirits ( Figure 5.3 ) . |
| 21 | First , the population of contract computer staff is much smaller than that of agency secretarial/office workers and , insofar as there are fewer people working on this basis for a very short term or occasional basis , has a much higher stability of membership . |
| 22 | Over the years a niggling rivalry has been much in evidence between the two clubs , although Whaddon have progressed to a much higher standard of football . |
| 23 | A preoccupation with HIV during the last few years has diverted attention from another major bloodborne infection , hepatitis B , which exacts a much higher toll of disease on health care workers . |
| 24 | The BBC could use the system to provide fewer channels , but a much higher quality of sound . |
| 25 | UK government bonds have a negligible risk of default , whereas the unsecured loan stock of private corporations have a much higher risk of default . |
| 26 | Emergency caesareans carry a much higher risk of morbidity and mortality to the mother and asphyxia to the baby . |
| 27 | Young people have a much higher rate of suicide , smoking , and accidental death . |
| 28 | There is a much higher concentration of minority groups in Kent wing , together with a mosque and synagogue and it may be that this also helps . |
| 29 | There appears to be a much higher concentration of virus particles in the lesions of genital as opposed to skin warts . |
| 30 | The game generally , was on a much higher plane of skill and fitness and thought . |