Example sentences of "[noun] had [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later animals had deeper cups filled with many light-sensitive cells , until gradually more complex true eyes evolved , and made eye-spots redundant . |
| 2 | H pylori infected subjects had higher gastrin values than uninfected subjects , overall ( 55.3 ( 5.9 ) ; 36.0 ( 1.8 ) pmol/l ; p<0.001 ) and in subjects without atrophy ( 45.3 ( 4.2 ) ; 36.0 ( 1.8 ) pmol/l ; p<0.03 ) . |
| 3 | These subjects had higher mean ( SD ) serum gastrin concentrations than old subjects without atrophy and young subjects ( 61.8 ( 9.2 ) ; 40.0 ( 2.9 ) ; 36.8 ( 2.3 ) pmol/l respectively ; p<0.001 ) . |
| 4 | Men in the rural setting had longer periods of unemployment , but fewer symptoms of depression , suggesting that the broad social context played a role in adaptation ( Gore , 1978 , p. 159 ) . |
| 5 | The babies born after term had larger head size , which was also associated with higher rates of disease other than cardiovascular disease . |
| 6 | By 1929 , the National WEA reported that ten of its sixteen Districts had lower branch membership totals than in 1924 , averaging 59% of all enrolled students , which represented a decline of at least 20% on the 1924 figure . |
| 7 | Some of the professionals believed that they had greater patience than their able-bodied colleagues , and often pointed out that their patients and clients had greater confidence in them and were more likely to take their advice . |
| 8 | However many millions it ruled , Akbar 's Empire in the end changed history less than the foundation of the East India Company , and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen had greater repercussions than the thousand-volume encyclopedias of China . |
| 9 | Indeed , they tend to have a higher net output per employee than two of the major non-assisted areas ( the east Midlands and the West Midlands ) though the South-East and also East Anglia had higher productivity than all the assisted areas in 1971 . |
| 10 | The Tarsiidae had shorter noses and primitive teeth . |
| 11 | The analysis of arrest rates ( males aged 11–35 ) showed that in the whole city , Blacks had higher rates than Whites , but when the areas were grouped into those with less than 10 per cent . |
| 12 | Such indignity had better beginnings . |
| 13 | The southerners had longer legs and were generally of a less heavy conformation ; their skin was thicker , their coat less silky and they were slower to mature . |
| 14 | Lesser companies had smaller qualifications , if any . |
| 15 | Kangas-Saarela et al found that babies whose mothers had received epidural analgesia with bupivacaine had higher neurobehavioural scores than those whose mothers had not received such analgesia . |
| 16 | While Russia had greater reserves of economic and military strength , revolution threatened at home . |
| 17 | TTT could threaten these , especially if the visiting teacher had higher status than the class teacher . |
| 18 | Beneath the surface Scripture had deeper meanings to which a knowledge of nature might help to give access . |
| 19 | The crisis had wider effects , and the old techniques of social control had to be revised for rural England . |
| 20 | In a national survey , ‘ forward planners ’ in all classes had lower fertility ( and family size clustered more tightly around an average of two children ) , and were more likely to use effective methods of contraception . |
| 21 | There was a significant social class difference ( 53% from non-manual social classes had higher qualifications compared with 32% in manual social classes ; difference 13.1% to 28.7% ) . |
| 22 | The concept had greater effect upon the building of suburbs , which became leafier and of lower building density than before . |
| 23 | Anthony had more of Michael 's ruggedness whereas Geoffrey had softer features , almost effeminate . |
| 24 | His mother 's legs , dangling over his head had pinker stockings , and thank God she always kept her knees together . |
| 25 | Families had greater incomes to spend , and whilst the relative proportion of income spent on foodstuffs has not increased greatly , the absolute sums spent have risen as a result . |
| 26 | Makarenko had better relations with the local secret police than with any other official authority . |
| 27 | Certainly the Becket conflict had wider repercussions than an insular struggle between English king and archbishop and the principles and arguments in the quarrel were widely discussed , for there were deeper issues relative to the nature of authority . |
| 28 | Similarly , participants who reported negative support from their closest friend or relative or financial difficulties had higher rates of sickness absence . |
| 29 | But Mr Blunkett said patients had no way of knowing why some consultants had longer queues for treatment . |
| 30 | Using an index based on severity of caries , periodontitis , periapical lesions , and pericoronitis they found that patients admitted to hospital for acute myocardial infarction had higher scores on the dental index than matched controls from the population . |