Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were due for better weather today which we 've had . |
| 2 | The MB86931 has claimed performance of 42 VAX MIPS and operates at 40MHz ; it is smaller and more cost-effective for higher speed working than the predecessor MB86930 , and useful as a controller for office automation and factory automation equipment . |
| 3 | Contact our Customer relations dept on 01 267 7044 for further information or see your ABTA travel agent . |
| 4 | The first of these is the view of Blume , MacKinlay and Terker ( 1989 ) that the spot market , particularly shares in the S&P500 index , suffered from illiquidity in the face of very high volumes , and this led to an excessive fall in their prices ( see Section 13.3 for further discussion of this study ) . |
| 5 | See p. 128 for further assistance on this point . |
| 6 | This may operate as follows : This would normally be expected to produce results rather worse than the mid-square method , but it has proved to be very effective on occasions ( see p. 169 for further discussion ) . |
| 7 | Also , the detailed cross-tabulations ( not in the Appendix ) showed that when APR and/or total credit cost was lower for shorter repayment periods , people who had originally chosen the very longest possible repayment period tended to switch — if they switched at all — to a repayment period right at the other end of the scale . |
| 8 | During the year 5 additional premises were added to our estate , and 3 older houses unsuitable for further development were disposed of . |
| 9 | A further group with anastomotic recurrences are often unsuitable for further surgery . |
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| 11 | Sometimes the relation between brothers-in-law is asymmetrical like that between elder brother and younger brother and sometimes affinity itself is asymmetrical so that the categories " wife-givers " and " wife-takers " are distinct ; but these are technical matters which lie outside the scope of the present discussion . |
| 12 | To get that after easier way , it cost me what ? |
| 13 | ‘ You must n't do too much , ’ said Lydia , misguidedly , as Betty took this for further evidence of her goodheartedness ; ‘ you have n't been well . ’ |
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| 15 | Andrew Roberts points to this as further evidence of the impressive capabilities of DML . |
| 16 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |
| 17 | The Distillers ' Company , makers of the deforming drug thalidomide , withdrew their advertising from The Sunday Times , in which they were currently the largest advertiser , when The Sunday Times began its campaign in 1972 for better compensation for the drug 's victims . |
| 18 | Fourth , opportunities for further in-service training should be more generous for further education teachers than for those in schools and , in any event , they should be at least on the same scale . |
| 19 | Stable prices Rapid inflation is regarded as undesirable for many reasons , not least because of the danger it poses for the stability of the economic and political system ( see Chapter 12 for further discussion ) . |
| 20 | For example , a just procedure may well require considerable complexity , but if it is stable over time , resources can be invested in making the procedure more transparent through better presentation of the justification for a formula and of the import of complex formulae and their inherent uncertainties in cash terms . |
| 21 | Financially troubled Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc says it is no longer looking for a buyer — it did n't get any acceptable offers in the first place — and is talking to minority investor Hewlett-Packard Co about new funding to get development its Precision Architecture RISC-based fault-tolerant machines back on the tracks : Hewlett has hitherto seemed doubtful about further involvement . |
| 22 | See also section 5.2.6 and section 5.3.3.3 for further discussion of this topic , with some possible implementations . |
| 23 | This was probably deliberately added by the potter as sand temper , to ‘ open up ’ the clay fabric , allowing water vapour to escape so that the pot would be less liable to crack during firing ( see Chapter 2 for further discussion ) . |
| 24 | Large tanks permitted the Sprinters to run longer ( up to 1,000 miles ) between the need to refuel , and maintenance visits to home depots were reduced from the two or three times weekly of older DMUs to fortnightly . |
| 25 | She had had plenty of boyfriends , some casual , some of longer duration . |
| 26 | Edward seemed of a sudden bereft of further speech and Joan was at a loss for the right words . |
| 27 | These will then have to be damped by paralleling each capacitor causing this problem with another of higher value and higher series resistance . |
| 28 | Similar to Bills of Exchange , it is possible to either roll over the debt by replacing a Note with another of longer tenor , or by asking for the payee 's consent to the extension of the maturity date . |
| 29 | In colorectal carcinomas and in adenomatous polyps increased concentrations of plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 and type-2 have been demonstrated concurrent with higher urokinase type plasminogen activator concentrations and inactivation of tissue type plasminogen activator . |
| 30 | Professor Sir Roland Smith , chairman of the Sheffield-based company , said the UK had entered 1993 with lower interest rates and Government policy would appear to be placing greater emphasis on economic and business growth . |