Example sentences of "a [adj -er] [noun sg] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He suggested that the one who asks for containment usually has a simpler personality than the container who has a tendency to dissociate . |
| 2 | This can be disadvantageous to the plaintiff if , for instance , the defendant 's report paints a gloomier picture than the plaintiff 's report . |
| 3 | Constructive waves , on the other hand , have a lower frequency and the particle movement within them is more elliptical ( Fig. 8.2B ) . |
| 4 | The aisle is roofed at a lower level than the nave and the triforia have the function of masking the lean-to roofs which cover these vaults . |
| 5 | It was on a lower level than the rest of the works and was lit by windows which ran the length of the wall facing the doorway . |
| 6 | That was a case in which the house had a path running to the steps which went up to the road , the house being at a lower level than the road , and the plaintiff met with an accident on those steps … |
| 7 | If two assets have the same risk but one of them has a lower return than the other , then it is sold and the proceeds are invested in the other . |
| 8 | The pattern is not greatly different from that reported by Jevons for Victorian Britain — the family on $35 000 paying , if anything , a lower percentage than the household on $10000 a year . |
| 9 | A cash alternative may be offered at a lower price than the share offer but such an alternative may be safer if this is likely to happen . |
| 10 | The argument against commodity bundling is that by offering a bundle of goods at a lower price than the sum of the prices for the components of the bundle the supplier is able to prevent competition from producers of individual goods within the bundle . |
| 11 | If the solute has a lower pressure than the solvent , then the vapour pressure is reduced . |
| 12 | From the outset , Nigeria and Iran sought quota improvements and in the late 1980s there arose some aggrieved discussion of the UAE 's insistence on setting its own unilateral quota ( 1.5 million as against the 0.948 set by the Vienna conference in 1987 ) and vehement debate with both Iraq and Iran , neither of which was willing to accept a lower quota than the other 's . |
| 13 | It might seem strange that rapes such as these carry a lower penalty than a Category 2 case in which the defendant threatens violence against one party with the aim of securing intercourse with another , but where no violence is perpetrated and sexual intercourse does not in fact take place . |
| 14 | However , this implicitly assumes that the investor may be able to reinvest the dividend for the same return at a lower risk than the firm ( or for a higher return for the same risk ) which , given the asymmetry of information , can not be the case unless the firm itself has an inferior investment policy , in which case the investor would be advised to withdraw his or her investment from the firm completely . |
| 15 | Sometimes , of course , one can decide immediately if the syllable that is to be checked for pitch has the same , a higher , or a lower pitch than the part of the frame it is being compared with . |
| 16 | Note also that the test is also sensitive to the standard deviation — a wide ’ spread ’ of scores ( as demonstrated by the results for music ) will produce a lower z-score than a domain with the same percentage correct but a narrow spread of scores ( e.g. estate agents ) . |
| 17 | With a modern glider which has a lower wing and the wheel well ahead of the c.g. , this weathercocking will be even more pronounced , so it is better to hold the down wind tip . |
| 18 | If you do set too high , you may find that the first syllable spoken after a pause is distorted , especially on p's and b's , after which the overall level of the recording drops to a lower value as the speaker continues ; during the next pause in speech , the background slowly returns to its original value until the speech resumes , whereupon it falls again . |
| 19 | Thirty-five years Stamp Duty is charged at a lower rate if the term does not exceed thirty-five years ( Stamp Act 1891 , Sched 1 as amended ) . |
| 20 | It might also be permissible to reassign to a job at a lower grade if the employee can not be accommodated in the present job and there are no equivalent vacant positions . |
| 21 | The majority held that the case could be decided upon the narrow ground that the action for enticement should be extended beyond the strict relation of master and servant to embrace other contracts for personal services , but support was also given in varying degrees to a broader proposition that a plaintiff might sue for the knowing violation of the security of any type of contractual right . |
| 22 | One sister , Merope , was represented by a fainter star than the rest because , according to the myth , she took as mate a mortal , Sisyphus , rather than a god , like the others . |
| 23 | I got a further half-smile before the door closed . |
| 24 | But er the these production investment activities are associated really with production engineering , er very closely aligned with development and erm unless you can do those between now and the end of nineteen ninety five , when we start the P I phase in nineteen ninety six before you can really make any progress you would then have to do a further year and a half of production engineering so in the new quotations Eurofighter are making a case for what they term a development assurance phase , some advance production engineering work starting later this year and going on until the end of ninety five but when we start P I in ninety six , we can start with a bang and make fast progress . |
| 25 | In spring 1987 he suffered a further blow when the constituent members of the PLO — split since 1983 — were reconciled at the 18th PNC in Algiers , and formally renounced the 1985 accord with Jordan . |
| 26 | Just a couple of miles from San Gimignano on the road to Certaldo , a turning on the left leads on amidst fields , olive groves and vineyards for a further mile and a half or so to the tiny hamlet of Pancole . |
| 27 | The court decided that the leaflet was not sufficiently misleading to justify finding in the Borough 's favour ; but implicit in the court 's decision is a further decision that the court had jurisdiction to decide the issue of legality — in other words , that the decision to distribute the leaflet was amenable to judicial review . |
| 28 | Also on Feb. 1 , in a further indicator that the economy was facing recession , the National Association of Purchasing Managers announced a marked drop in its index of industrial conditions , to 37.7 in December 1990 , the lowest level since May 1982 . |
| 29 | Students should stand ready to explain and to defend their views ; and to listen to counter views and take up a further position if the balance of the contending positions points that way . |
| 30 | But he 'd have no defence against a further charge that the explosion was not due to natural causes , unless you regard the detonation of a bomb , almost certainly a plastic explosive , under the main fuel tank as being a natural cause . ’ |