Example sentences of "[pron] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose I a better mention it too Pauline , only I was thinking if I did just conversations , could also do the domestics . |
| 2 | The gain to a firm from reneging on the collusive agreement will depend partly on cost , demand , and capacity parameters and partly on the length of time for which a higher profit than that realized under the agreement can be earned before retaliation by the other firms takes place . |
| 3 | It is significant that the states defeated in the second world war , on which a higher degree of devolution was imposed — presumably in reaction against fascist centralisation — lack most of the separatist movements of the rest of Western Europe , though on paper Bavaria and Sicily are at least as obvious breeding- grounds for such movements as Scotland and the francophone parts of the Bernese Jura . |
| 4 | As the Director of Leeds Polytechnic put it in 1971 : ‘ the very existence of the new polytechnics must signify the end of the general assumption that a liberal education is the only peak to which a higher education can aspire ’ . |
| 5 | To elaborate the analysis further and make it richer , it is conventional to replace the exogenous investment function with where is the rate of interest and a coefficient indicating the extent to which a higher rate of interest will reduce the planned level of investment in the economy . |
| 6 | Produce pieces of writing in which simple subject matter is organised and set out clearly and appropriately ; in which sentences and any direct speech are helpfully punctuated ; in which a wider range of uses of the comma , eg around appositional or parenthetic constructions , is evident ; and in which brackets or pairs of dashes are used where necessary . |
| 7 | Citilend Ltd v Stuart Craggs provides an example of a case in which a haulier finds himself sued for a commercial misdemeanour — hire purchase default — in the Queen 's Bench Division . |
| 8 | Miller and Holzman ( 1981 ) were aware of this possible problem with their procedure and conducted a further study in which a smaller dose of LiCl was used as the US . |
| 9 | However , the paper strength is only 74,000 , of which a smaller number train regularly . |
| 10 | Among the pictures are the only known independent self-portrait of the artist , the wonderful Suida-Manning ‘ Repentant Magdalene ’ , on loan to the Metropolitan in the mid 1970s and not publicly seen since , the ‘ John the Baptist visited in prison by Salome ’ , the prime version of a composition of which a later replica by the artist is in the collection of Sir Denis Mahon ( exhibited in London last year ) , and the master 's only known still-life , a ‘ Memento Mori ’ , from Feigen 's private collection . |
| 11 | It also seems to be the character of the trust in personam to which a later source , the fourth-century paraphrase of Gaius from Autun , means to refer in speaking of the beneficiary of a trust of a whole estate as having no right to take possession of the estate himself but having to claim it from the heir . |
| 12 | It turned out that the territories in which a larger repertory was broadcast took longer to be re-occupied . |
| 13 | This would create a fairer system in which those in need of help would gain the most and in which a fairer balance would be struck between different forms of tenure . |
| 14 | Unless the centre or SCOTVEC identifies a need for an earlier date , a contract will operate for a fixed period , after which a further Quality Audit will take place . |
| 15 | True , her face was perfect of feature , but I thought I saw a coldness there , a pinched look about the mouth , which a younger man might have missed . |
| 16 | It 's like saying why is somebody a better pianist than his colleague , even though they both went to the same conservatory . |
| 17 | Pilot projects have already taken place in two other parts of England , but magistrates in Oxfordshire are confident alterations make theirs a fairer scheme . |
| 18 | I , I said all they 've done is literally scaled it up to like instead of a door being that size its now like that right and the front porch instead of being that low now that high up double it , its a bigger home |
| 19 | Delaney pulled the curtain across , covering Forster who cut a small slit in the opaque green plastic , widening it to give himself a better field of view . |
| 20 | Hen birds store sperm until the eggs need to be fertilised : the male 's behaviour ensured that this store was at least partially emptied before he inseminated the female , thereby giving himself a better chance to fertilise the eggs . |
| 21 | I could maybe get you a cheaper pair of trainers right , but good ones right ? |
| 22 | Remortgaging can effectively deliver you a cheaper deal . |
| 23 | It 's a very physically demanding business ; dancing is a wonderful way of keeping in training and also gives you a bigger scope in theatre these days . |
| 24 | This could then go to buy you a bigger pension , or a death benefit , or an earlier retirement date . |
| 25 | However , they are all related , helping us to give you a higher standard of service . |
| 26 | However , they are all related , helping us give you a higher standard of service . |
| 27 | You need £2,000 to open a High Interest Cheque Account and as soon as your savings reach £10,000 we will pay you a higher rate of interest . |
| 28 | A chemically sharpened hook with this set-up will give you a greater percentage of pricked fish as the carp draws the bait in and then ejects . |
| 29 | Dealing with Cystitis early gives you a greater chance of clearing it up . |
| 30 | However , if you now have the determination to become a bigger fish in a bigger pool , then you will take what occurred around the lunar eclipse on August 6th as a signal to put the past behind you and devote all your energy to plants designed to give you a greater degree of freedom . |