Example sentences of "[verb] by a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the tasks to be done are more complex , and surrounded by a higher degree of uncertainty , then co-ordination may be done more efficiently through instructions and information passed down the managerial hierarchy . |
| 2 | Plant cells are also surrounded by a thicker , more rigid structure — a CELL WALL . |
| 3 | That kind of morale booster is infectious and they could well have won by a bigger margin . |
| 4 | If you 're willing to pay the first £100 of any claim , your premium will fall by a further 10% . |
| 5 | In his speech to the Supreme Soviet , the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for economic policy , Yegor Gaidar , said that Russia 's gross national product ( GNP ) , which had fallen by 11 per cent in 1991 , would fall by a further 19 per cent in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 6 | Consumer prices in February rose by a larger-than-expected 0.5% , or an annualised rate of 5.8% . |
| 7 | Instead , it rose by a further 6,6% . |
| 8 | The differences in disease severity during the study were paralleled by a higher mean stool frequency for the placebo group as compared with the cyclosporin group , 2.7 v 1.6 stools/day ( Table II ) . |
| 9 | Having doubled in the past fifty years to five billion , the world 's population is expected to increase by a further one billion in the 1990s alone . |
| 10 | That fund is set to increase by a further £1 million next year , and I certainly expect motor projects to figure significantly within that increased expenditure . |
| 11 | Direct subsidies are expected to increase by a further £100 million this year . |
| 12 | Woollen cloth led but was increasingly supplemented by a wider range of manufactured goods as well as by re-exports of tobacco , sugar and dyes . |
| 13 | Pope was given a leaving present of £25 , soon supplemented by a further £25 to his widow . |
| 14 | The £1033 he received in sponsorship for the jump was supplemented by a further £1000 from the Forties field charity committee . |
| 15 | These three hours of teaching are in turn supplemented by a further hour of lectures on the history of the Graeco-Roman world in New Testament times , on the theology of the New Testament , and on questions of date , authorship and purpose of the individual books of the New Testament . |
| 16 | There was no reason why God should not have reserved opportunities for fresh discoveries to be enjoyed by a later generation . |
| 17 | In Latin works of an important nature titles , headings and the opening words of chapters were largely based on Roman script forms , the majuscule style of writing ; and the body of the text written in an uncial form which , after the coming of the Normans and the spread of their influence , was gradually succeeded by a further uncial style . |
| 18 | And then his eye was caught by a smaller heading in one corner : ‘ Granard tragedy . |
| 19 | The referendum had been called by a resolution of the Lithuanian Supreme Council on Jan. 16 ( the day on which the USSR Supreme Soviet decided the scheduling of the all-union referendum ) , and was clarified by a further resolution on Jan. 18 . |
| 20 | The armour and weapons carried by a pistolier are provided by his family . |
| 21 | What the people who work in a local government planning office do is constrained by a further dominant ideology at some higher level of centrality . |
| 22 | The DNA was reamplified by a further 25 cycles and the product checked by Southern blotting . |
| 23 | On foot , in a lonely desolate area , pursued by a stronger and faster man armed with hideous weapons , the young girl had no chance of escape . |
| 24 | But in a second battle , at Qadesiyah , near Kufah in central Mesopotamia , a large force of Persians was solidly defeated by a smaller body of Arabs , led by Saad ibn Abi Waqqas . |
| 25 | So the velocity of the particle will be disturbed by a larger amount . |
| 26 | Cars : Car benefits enjoyed by company employees are to be taxed by a further 10 per cent . |
| 27 | The most successful animals may avoid dangerous fights in order not to be injured by a stronger , or excessively carefree , opponent . |
| 28 | Quite what that meant is unclear and perhaps was unclear then ( the terms of the 817 Ordinatio would have needed updating anyway since Pippin I had died ) ; but the one thing that was perfectly clear was that Lothar was abrogating the 839 division-plan. |
| 29 | Geoff Appleyard was in the MTB — he had an injured leg from a previous raid — when he heard the landing party ambush some seven Germans in a patrol before the raiders were in turn ambushed by a larger force . |
| 30 | The latter is a good example of a Bordeaux-style blending , in which the tannic Cabernet Sauvignon is tempered by a richer , softer grape — in this case , Shiraz . |