Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reformers , until 1964 mainly outside the House , argued that since the public wished to vote governments in or out of power and since every serious vote had become an issue of confidence , it was no longer possible to restore freer voting in order to improve the independence and power of the House . |
| 2 | The clew and foot of the sail are cut quite high to provide greater manoeuvrability , whilst the boom tends to be short — 1.65m on a 5.5 sq m sail . |
| 3 | I believe that a Christian 's position on this matter recognises the necessity for state action but goes on to argue that much of education , health and other welfare services could be quite adequately provided through the private sector , with the result that people would be free to exercise greater freedom of choice and also exercise greater responsibility over their lives . |
| 4 | As a personal preference we then split each bundle in half to allow easier handling on the roof . |
| 5 | If so , they would be prepared to supply further evidence of use of the path over a number of years . |
| 6 | They were willing to envisage greater cooperation with liberal representatives of the bourgeoisie and tended to place more emphasis on taking advantage of the new opportunities of the Duma era for the development of a legal workers ' movement . |
| 7 | Only those whose prodigious skill gives them leverage for negotiating secure contracts are prepared to forsake higher education for sport . |
| 8 | He said , moreover , that he was not prepared to tolerate further delay . |
| 9 | Once an organization has decided that a particular proposal falls within its remit and appears sufficiently meritorious to warrant further examination , what should happen next , before it is approved , is a testing process to see whether the problem which the proposal is designed to solve actually exists , and if so , whether it is sufficiently significant to warrant the labour and expense of a harmonizing measure . |
| 10 | Mr Johnston said it would be foolish to anticipate better advertising volumes for the provincial press in general , at least until the latter part of 1993 , but the group 's present lower cost base should certainly benefit profits if Britain was eventually to see the type of modest recovery which was beginning to boost the US newspaper industry . |
| 11 | We are ready and willing to bring further pressure on them if we see it as necessary in the future . ’ |
| 12 | The residents of Kent are generally fairly prosperous and many are prepared to forgo higher growth in order to preserve the Garden of England from the depredations of developers . |
| 13 | In what ways may it become possible to create greater use of the recreational advantages and so to boost the tourist industry of Northern Ireland ? |
| 14 | At another level , EC policies particularly in the areas of competition and technology seem set to favour further concentration and spatial centralisation of industry ( more likely to be in the most advanced regions ) in a bid to develop European champions capable of taking on US and Japanese competition . |
| 15 | If you have sex with men for a living , it is crucial to have safer sex — either by using a condom for penetrative intercourse or by providing services that do not risk his blood or semen getting into your vagina or rectum e.g. masturbation and fantasy sex . |
| 16 | Another appears to protect normal tissue against the effects of radiotherapy , making it possible to apply higher cancer-killing doses to tumours . |
| 17 | Among these , it 's Roger D who seems most likely to find wider success . |
| 18 | But in the same way that the adoption of helmets and other protective equipment has altered the behaviour of cricketers , cycle helmet wearing is likely to encourage riskier cycling . ’ |
| 19 | If they could , then waxing or epilation ( dragging the hairs out ) would be far more likely to cause stronger growth . |
| 20 | The publication of the tape is likely to cause further concern to Diana who has already told friends that she believed that at least some of her private calls were being monitored and recorded . |
| 21 | But it is the language of the statement and the comments attributed to Edwards that are likely to cause further friction between him and both local climbers — with whom he has been in conflict in the past — and the BMC . |
| 22 | Elderly people are likely to exercise better judgement whilst using buses and to become more assertive in conveying their intentions to drivers . |
| 23 | Analogous situations in our everyday lives are too obvious to require further comment , other than that they , too , have dramatic potential . |
| 24 | Working copy : not likely to withstand further toil . |
| 25 | About 60 p.c. will be A bonds , so investors expecting redemption in 1994 may have to wait several extra years for full repayment : holders are likely to seek higher interest rates as compensation . |
| 26 | Her scheme of things in my judgment is likely to offer better continuity of care and thus more rapport between Paul and his carers and a better opportunity for one carer to hand on the necessary skills with Paul 's equipment to any successor . |
| 27 | They are also likely to have greater need for heating than other groups , because they spend more time at home . |
| 28 | The man donating the sperm and the woman wanting the insemination , are supposed to have safer sex through the time lag . |
| 29 | This is supposed to have greater survival value in regard to social functions like nest-egg guarding , and to aid some kinds of brain activity . |
| 30 | Er , I do n't think it 's so common wi with , with adults who are supposed to have better control over these things , but it certainly sometimes happens with children . |