Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] an [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be a real privilege to meet an older person who has experienced considerable loss in their life and has come to terms with it . |
| 2 | The patterns are common to both hemispheres and appear only on open ground , not under permanent ice ( except for some ‘ fossil ’ patterns representing an earlier interglacial ) , or under longstanding snow drifts or thick vegetation . |
| 3 | One study found an earlier increase in latency of the P300 wave ( an electrophysiological measurement thought to relate to cortical function ) during controlled hypoglycaemia with porcine insulin . |
| 4 | Mr Moynihan holds an earlier American president , Woodrow Wilson , responsible for putting self-determination , that ‘ fine amalgam of idealism and self-interest ’ , on the agenda of international order . |
| 5 | These moves convinced Pope Paul III that Henry 's disobedience was serious , and in an attempt to activate an earlier bull of excommunication against the king , he lent his support to the Northern rebels during the Pilgrimage of Grace . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , methods were being developed to allow the mounting weight of Bomber Command to inflict an ever-deeper mark accurately on the allotted targets . |
| 7 | And it 's got ten funtime activities like a spinning teddy , clicking dog and musical wheel to help an older baby 's eye to hand co-ordination . |
| 8 | The rule abandons an earlier plan that would have allowed safety boards or state officials to help researchers make such decisions on their own . |
| 9 | The research follows an earlier ( 1987 ) successful study of the same issues for the period c.1660-1770 which was financed for three months byu The Nuffield Foundation and aided by a British Academy grant for travel and consumables . |
| 10 | A Princeton professor who investigated the campaigns a few years later put it more bitterly : ‘ Cynical pseudo-egalitarianism replaced an older commitment to the maintenance of national standards . ’ |
| 11 | Then out of the hat my parents produced an older sister . |
| 12 | Erm the why should a parent , looking at this pretty critically why should a parent want an older child , like to give up something to a younger one ? |
| 13 | My one , half-hearted reservation is that there seems just a hint that the ‘ rural ’ artist with his scenes of idyllic country peace has an easier task . |
| 14 | Top seed Pete Sampras projected quarter-final opponent for Agassi has an easier first round match against Australian Neil Borwick , ranked 119 in the world . |
| 15 | Rutli is reached on foot by the marked path from Seelisberg in half an hour ; if for the return walk an easier ascent is preferred , take the gentle ascent-descent to Treib previously described in reverse direction ; then back to Seelisberg by funicular . |
| 16 | The withdrawal of Raymond Leppard meant an earlier than anticipated RSNO debut for Yuasa , and he seized the opportunity with some distinction . |
| 17 | If this is correct , and it is impossible to be certain how far the places for which adequate data survive are typical , it may indicate that rural areas saw an earlier recovery of population than the towns and certainly suggests that there were marked variations between different regions of the country . |
| 18 | IBM Credit Corp , Stamford , Connecticut is to offer financing to remarketers that buy eligible manufacturers ' products from Intelligent Electronics Inc — they will get 30 days free finance for their purchases ; the new pact extends an earlier one covering only IBM Corp and Lexmark International Inc kit . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , in the latest statement , the loyalist terror group reiterated an earlier threat to anyone working on GAA clubs . |
| 20 | The problem is availability , for he is also a talented musician and had to miss a match to fulfil an earlier musical commitment . |
| 21 | In a more commonplace example , it does not take much imagination to see how old people may see their contribution to society as substantially diminished and their dependence increased , at a time when technological advances present an older generation with a succession of mysteries related to daily living . |
| 22 | On March 2 the federal Appeal Court in Bloemfontein upheld an earlier finding by the Orange Free State Supreme Court that the incorporation in December 1987 of the town of Botshabelo into the QwaQwa homeland [ see p. 36550 ] was invalid . |
| 23 | Mr Vitty said an earlier court judgment against him for non-payment of rates while he was Mayor was a result of Unionist opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement . |
| 24 | But Ball 's former Neath team-mate Paul Jackson had an unhappier time in his only his third League game for Aberavon . |
| 25 | In a move sanctioning an earlier measure adopted in July by the IAEA 's board of governors , the conference voted overwhelmingly to condemn Iraq for violating its IAEA safeguards agreement and for obstructing the implementation of UN resolutions aimed at eliminating its non-conventional weapons stocks . |
| 26 | Oswiu 's appointment of Chad to Paulinus ' former bishopric at York instead of Lindisfarne represents a most important change of direction on the king 's part , and his immediate dispatch of Chad to Kent suggests a desire to renew an older relationship with the archiepiscopal community there . |
| 27 | The reduction followed an earlier relaxation of tight monetary policy on Jan. 23 , and was denounced by the opposition as " blatantly political " . |
| 28 | The race has an earlier than normal start time with the Wirral Mayor due to fire the cannon to set the fleet on its way at 5p.m . |
| 29 | ANOTHER strong trade of 1,140 sheep at Ballyclare saw an easier trade for hoggets but still an excellent demand for well fleshed sorts which sold to a top of £49 per head for a pen of Suffolks from W Taggart , Doagh , and to £48.50 for four crossbreds 24kg presented by Mrs H Porter , Newtownabbey . |
| 30 | There were only two cases mentioned in the media where a charge of indecent assault involved an older female technically assaulting a girl under 16 . |