Example sentences of "to the [adj] [conj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If the pebble moves on the desert floor new facets may be formed , giving rise to the three-crested or dreikanter form , the importance of which was probably exaggerated in earlier literature .
2 Just as the marine terrace represents the abandoned sea floor , so do river terraces represent valley floors abandoned by the rivers as they start to cut down to the new and lower base level .
3 Allowing for those to be transferred to the higher and further education funding councils , that is equivalent to a cut of almost 50 per cent .
4 Allocation was weighted so that there were 30 controls in order to form a solid baseline and 20 mice each irradiated to the upper or lower mediastinum .
5 It comprised , for each wing , a 2.5-inch wide curved aluminium strip fastened chordwise to the upper and lower wing surfaces to cover the inboard and outboard attachments for the wing fuel tank ; shaped fairings covering the three flap hinges beneath the wing lower surface ; a 2-inch wide thin aluminium sheet pop-riveted to the wing undersurface and covering the gap between the flap and the wing undersurface ; and a similar 4-inch wide sheet covering the gap between the aileron and the wing undersurface .
6 When the Minister meets those representatives — if not before — will he be able to tell them that the Government support the amendment to the Further and Higher Education Bill , which has been promoted by the National Youth Agency and the British Youth Council and backed by hon. Members from all parties ?
7 But I can see no reference whatever to the Further and Higher Education Bill [ Lords ] .
8 Landforms developed in relation to the earlier and higher base level are abandoned as erosion starts to work down to the new base level .
9 It sounds to a man 's understanding as if women had hitherto been kept in disagreeable subjection to the stronger and sterner sex .
10 Many parents feel , too , that if they do n't intervene , hurt and/or an injustice will be done to the younger and/or weaker child .
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