Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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1 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
2 | An announcement in May confirming the selection of Glasgow removed earlier uncertainty , although final confirmation has to wait for a further consultation period until the end of June . |
3 | If the budget worsens after revenue-yielding tariffs have been reduced , governments may not be able to wait for the longer term trade gains to emerge to replace the lost revenue . |
4 | Occasionally a reservation is received for an older work missed ( or turned down ) when originally published . |
5 | One person leading into another can make for a smoother flow and a more efficient use of time . |
6 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
7 | Perchance , as he sees it , such will make for a stronger monarchy . ’ |
8 | This reflected the nature of the environment , the local pride of the individual Australian colonies , and the awareness of the railway builders and architects that they were building for a grander , though then unrealized , future . |
9 | A nicely placed observer speculates that if Univel Inc , the Novell Inc/Unix System Labs joint venture , does well with the Destiny desktop operating system , that that will convince Novell chief Ray Noorda to go for a bigger piece of USL : he already owns the largest outside share . |
10 | Mr Ingram drives a company car , so the banding changes making that more expensive will probably persuade him to go for a smaller model . |
11 | Er , turning to the media investments , well we all tend to think that the er , the bids tended to be on the high side but er , at least Yorkshire got the licence for the next ten years and they have the option in ninety eight to go for a further ten years and I can tell you er , because I 've had er , lots of conversations with Clive that they 're really working on , on making the best improving their returns from that franchise and I 'm quite sure they 'll succeed . |
12 | If they want to go for a longer period , a key worker would go out with them . ’ |
13 | Dannii was the famous sister but Hardy yet again decided to go for the older girl . |
14 | The mites tend to go for the smaller workers , probably because of their safer and passively fed lifestyle . |
15 | Let's , let's just put it here , A minus B times A minus B. Now it 's tempting to go for the easier ones in it as you did , so we 'll do the A squared , okay that 's no problem . |
16 | The band of fluctuation either side of the new parities was widened from 1 per cent to 2.25 per cent , thus allowing for a larger margin of exchange rate fluctuation before official intervention was required . |
17 | The Assembly was expanded from 195 to 250 seats , allowing for a larger allocation of seats to independent candidates . |
18 | Aim for a margin of safety by allowing for a further two to three minutes ' ‘ sudden death ’ extension after that . |
19 | Hennessy asserted repeatedly that the mix of offenders in the prisons affected by riots in 1996 had altered for the worse . |
20 | This order , as its name suggests , was developed as a richer example than the Corinthian , but it is only in the capital that it differs materially . |
21 | If necessary use a metal bar to increase the leverage , then repeat for the further tap . |
22 | With the milled edge of the coin he chipped at the red-brown crust that had formed between the lower lip of the cap of the bolt and the metal sheet plate of the carriage flooring . |
23 | Gilbert White was proud of his early cucumbers , cutting the first of 1753 on 5th April to take to his brother in London and when he discovered they were priced two shillings apiece in Town , arranged for a further thirteen to be conveyed on the coach from Selborne . |
24 | The generally optimistic tenor of this debate provides a revealing comparison with those public views examined for the earlier period . |
25 | If , for example , all you wanted to do was to reduce the sleeve length , you could ( provided an alternative length was given ) use a shorter length given for a smaller size . |
26 | No price was given for the newer M-16 on the wall . |
27 | The tough leathery top surface of a mature leaf is not so easy to penetrate as the softer epidermis of the underside , which is why mildew in particular can often be found by turning over leaves that are glossy and apparently quite healthy , even protected by fungicidal deposit , on the top . |
28 | Among attractions of a combined survey is the economy of mobilising for a larger survey with fewer turns for the ship . |
29 | At the conclusion of the liturgy , Bishop O'Brien presented Faculty Certificates to 150 Ministers who were recommissioned for a further five years service . |
30 | The pilot scheme will involve shops in five selected villages for the first year , and if successful will be extended and developed for a further three years . |