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

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1 Within this is a softer endocuticle , capable of increasing considerably through postecdysial deposition , and showing an elaborate ultrastructure in which variously oriented protein and chitin fibres form repeated layers 0.1 to 1 µm thick .
2 The editor , Mr Geoffrey Owen , said in a memorandum to staff : ‘ I accept that this could mean some fall in editorial quality ; this is a lower price to pay than a continued RSI problem . ’
3 Relative to the other opportunities that I have had to speak on such occasions , however , this is a lower grade privilege because the Bill has been extremely boring .
4 This is a wider definition than that of goods under the SGA 1979 .
5 This is a higher freedom and a greater release to worlds beyond intellect and understanding .
6 This is a higher use of knowledge and is called generalisation .
7 This is a higher concentration range than for HLA-A2-binding epitopes and some HLA-B51-binding peptides , but comparable to an epitope for the mouse K b molecule ( ref. 61 and unpublished data ) .
8 Associated with this is a higher than average birth rate , a comparatively high level of natural increase , relatively heavy out-migration and a young population age structure .
9 Many enter research , especially in the pharmaceutical , agricultural and food industries , depending on their specialisation and interest , and a common route for doing this is a higher degree , obtained either at Edinburgh or at another university in Britain or abroad .
10 This is a higher output than would be preferred if the only constraint were that shown by the budget line 12 ( i.e. output X* ) .
11 This is a paler one a bit pink .
12 Allied to this is a greater emphasis on comfort , leading to the use of cotton and ‘ elastan ’ fabrics which are proving popular in sports and activity bras .
13 This is true right down to the detail of how we use electronic mail , for example , in which , until we discover or are shown otherwise , we start from the assumption that this is a cheaper and more rapid method of writing the sort of letters we always wrote , and that those letters should have the same status , and be stored and referred to in the same way , as the written or typed ( and duplicated ) paper missive .
14 Whether this is a better measure of national competitiveness is still unclear .
15 This is a bigger task than a momentary resolution , based upon the desire for change .
16 If the wheelchair is too big to go into the bathroom , a Roamer chair may be supplied : this is a smaller chair on wheels , designed for short distances on flat surfaces .
17 This is a larger offset than seen for Vela , where the radio pulse leads the peak of the first γ -ray pulse by 0.126 0.006 phase .
18 This is a larger and more active membership than most other all-party groups can claim .
19 This is a larger block set between the arch and the capital to provide a broader supporting top for the arcade above .
20 The capitals are all different versions on the Corinthian pattern and each has a double abacus , a straight sided one above and a curved one underneath ; this is a later development from the dosseret and typical of Byzantine work of this date in Italy .
21 This is a cruder version of the 4000 link model which BR uses for its own network studies .
22 there 'd just these straight powers of X , and you could do that and you 'd get to the same answer as we get to it 's just that this is a quicker way of doing it .
23 No this is a stronger strain apparently and er they 're a bit worried .
24 Kurt Huber , managing director , expressed his enthusiasm for the project by saying , ‘ the Clayton Aniline Company has played its part in the life of this area for well over 100 years … and this is a further demonstration of our continuing support and commitment to the community of East Manchester ’ .
25 This is a further reason why the renewal of the Church can not be divorced from evangelism .
26 So it seems that this is a further reason for Althusser to allow that the process of constitution may be more or less successful .
27 This is a further reason for considering such skills an essential part of the staff nurses ' role rather than as an added extra to be fitted in whenever possible : today 's staff nurses are the ward sisters of tomorrow , and they do not simply pick up teaching skills automatically when they are given a new job title .
28 This is a further , but eminently sensible , erosion of the principle of orality .
29 This is a further abridged version .
30 This is a further category which should be added in future .
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