Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The word ended in a wail , and Angelina ran to her to try to forestall a further attack of hysteria .
2 When you are tackling a larger area — a whole wall , or perhaps even a complete room — you use exactly the same techniques ; the big difference is the sheer scale of the job , which makes the preliminary setting-out by far the most important part .
3 He paused ; he 'd have to catch a later flight .
4 The prospect of exporting live horses for meat still causes a greater outcry than the continued export of half a million live British sheep each year .
5 Thus , intracellular acidosis causes a greater increase in Na + / H + exchange activity than that expected from the more facourable in to out H + gradient .
6 Most investigators have observed that H pylori infection causes a greater percentage increase in the postprandial gastrin than fasting gastrin .
7 Coal 's complex structure causes a further problem .
8 Alternatively , this mutation might lead to production of a protein that is only partly functional and causes a milder disease .
9 Tony Blair , Labour front-bench energy spokesman , said the next Labour government should seek a higher aim than ‘ meeting some arbitrary timetable ’ .
10 It should seek a stronger role through the planning system as an adviser on landscape , wildlife and access , both on plans and individual proposals .
11 Vaclav Havel , Czechoslovak President since December 1989 , announced on April 14 that he would seek a further term as President " not because I want to be President at any cost … but because I want to contribute towards pushing through certain values " .
12 But if he lied , saying that he came to Parfois with no felonious intent , and attacked only when he was surprised and frightened , Isambard would have won a better victory .
13 There are some unavoidable costs er on that account , particularly on the engine programme where delays to the aircraft programme which result in extra costs on the engine side , are the customer 's liability , erm but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think , from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment that we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non-common and we have had to take a larger share of the costs of those equipments than originally planned .
14 Erm , but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment than we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non common and we have had to take a larger share of the cost of those equipments than originally planned .
15 FOURTEEN NUNS battling to save their flock of 5,000 chickens from slaughter have won a further reprieve .
16 Hearing of his difficulties from Greta Burkill , the College contributed a further £50 and the Self-Aid Society for Refugees another £50 .
17 NATIONAL Savings products contributed a further £219 million to Government funding in January , bringing the total contribution for the financial year to date to nearly £4 billion .
18 Lee Evans , the controversial black Olympic sprinter , contributed a further element to Kane 's model when he added : ‘ Then , on the plantations , a strong Blackman was mated with a strong Blackwoman .
19 Most humiliating of all when he did intervene on the record he only contributed a further nuance to the policy confusion under way .
20 The mixture of ten herbs , gin and salts consumed by a York woman provided a cheaper alternative at 10d a pint .
21 Although their long galleries and multitude of rooms provided a greater degree of privacy for the gentry families , the homes were still very much public places , the more so according to the rank of the owner .
22 The ‘ network structure ’ of control , authority and communications provided a greater commitment on the part of the workforce and made it better able to respond to change .
23 Ireland provided a clearer division .
24 It seems clear that epidemics of the bubonic type became increasingly limited to the towns , which provided a better habitat for the plague-carrying black rat .
25 Everyone agreed that the loss of eyesight was a consequence of the animals taking up residence in an environment with no light , but the Lamarckians argued that the inherited effects of disuse provided a better explanation of the process than natural selection .
26 He provided a better place , which the uneasy partner did not even want to look at , but admits could not be better .
27 It is a pity that she could not have elaborated on several points , and provided a fuller answer to the question she herself raises on p. 101 : " When is it … perfectly appropriate to tell jokes and play with words ? "
28 Perhaps the bay window provided a wider range of entertainment .
29 The canal provided a shorter sea route for steamships , which enabled them to reach their destinations before the clippers .
30 Nikki 's solos were delicate , usually starting in the middle of the keyboard and moving steadily higher , but also , when needed , she provided a bouncier sound as on Bobby Timmons ' This Here .
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