Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were rarely situated in poorer districts , required a membership fee of up to £1 , which the poorest could not afford , and did not allow ‘ tick ’ or sales bacon , etc. ) which the poor were forced by low or uncertain incomes to buy . |
| 2 | The cheap care provided by childminders is mostly patronized by poorer mothers , especially African and West Indian mothers . |
| 3 | The worker was eventually to benefit from better conditions of work ; for the moment , electricity probably affected him most by providing transport for travel to his work from greater distances . |
| 4 | President Bush , under a drizzle of criticism , was finding his nominee for the CIA directorship , Robert M Gates , was so implicated in earlier bits of skulduggery as to be a tough item to sell . |
| 5 | This would only make for higher scores which ca n't be good for the game . |
| 6 | The first of these strands , taken up vigorously by many economic commentators in the press and the City , undermined confidence in the ‘ Keynesian ’ approach to demand management and employment policy by suggesting that in the ‘ long run ’ government deficit-financing merely led to higher inflation and was impotent to control employment . |
| 7 | The TSB 's new Family Bonus plan allows up to eight in a family to pool their nest eggs and so qualify for higher rates of interest . |
| 8 | Hand-made panels do not necessarily make for better cars . |
| 9 | An increased flow of water not only led to greater purity of the commodity , but also permitted a rebuilding of the entire sewage system . |
| 10 | [ 6,7 ] They naturally concentrate on older children who begin to use words but who need translators and guides so that their words and behaviour are understood by adults and so that the actions of well-intentioned doctors and nurses can be made less threatening to the child . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're not only fightin' fer better wages . |
| 12 | There are a number of modelling programs suitable for use on microcomputers at a price which is so low that a complete system often costs less than the terminals used merely to communicate with larger computers . |
| 13 | In 1990 , many took advantage of the Government 's new Gift Aid scheme ( a scheme apparently designed for higher rate taxpayers who hate the nearly incomprehensible Deposited Covenant form ) . |
| 14 | ‘ Not having a father , I 'm only attracted to older men , ’ said Perdita . |
| 15 | It will also be important to commission long-term studies of the career progression of Compact graduates and this may more properly be offered to professional researchers , perhaps located in higher education . |
| 16 | One aspect that has been somewhat modified by further curriculum development projects , has been the implication that pupils were not receptive to certain ways of thinking until certain stages in their development . |
| 17 | Though popularity did not necessarily translate into greater recognition in official circles , it did inhibit those in the two governments who would have liked to ditch him altogether . |
| 18 | A charity such as ours must constantly strive for greater efficiency , to put every penny of your subscription to good use . |
| 19 | If you do want to portray an older figure , it would be preferable to try Hermione in The Winter 's Tale — she is a more fantastical character , without the added complications of historical authenticity , and so allows for greater flexibility of characterisation . |
| 20 | He knew that recording this observation in line , tone , texture and colour , using a variety of materials , was essential if the looking was to become keen enough to lead to deeper understanding . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , well , you 're obviously made of sterner stuff than me . |
| 22 | Moving to a new area may not only result in lower rent and rates but also lead to reduced transport and travelling costs and perhaps lower labour costs . |
| 23 | The mould was broken … their meetings began literally in homes but quickly outgrew front rooms so moved to larger venues . |
| 24 | However , this technique was better accepted on poorer lands where food crops were less attractive relative to fuelwood . |
| 25 | In The Family , Sex and Marriage he was careful to retain an open mind on affective individualism , emphasizing first that it was not necessarily the way of the future , family change not being linear , and second , that it did not necessarily result in greater happiness than other forms of family organization . |
| 26 | Much of the archaeological treasure house decayed , but its sheer scale , coupled with the preserving qualities of the warm dry climate , ensured that a consciousness survived , however much overlain by later political and cultural changes . |
| 27 | Broad generic categories , then , seem only to lead to narrower subgeneric subcategories , though that in itself may be a useful exercise in classification . |
| 28 | Consultations with ministers , the provision of information to administrators , direct communication with diplomats and naval officers , all fell within the ambit of less public means of attempted influence and can be most clearly illustrated from the record of the African Institution which has been somewhat overlooked by earlier writers . |
| 29 | Despite this obvious fact , people prefer paper money as they are interested mainly in its purchasing power and the convenience of handling it — in the latter respect paper money is much preferred to heavier and bulkier coins . |
| 30 | The ratings are only approximate and even where manufacturers quote a temperature as ‘ good down to … ’ these refer only to valley performances so camping at higher levels will require a warmer bag . |