Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But when the choice is between high rates now or persistent higher inflation later , with all the damage that would do , the choice is clear . |
| 2 | Dependent conditionals have often not been distinguished by philosophers from one or another larger category of " if " statements . |
| 3 | And if your friend , the bridegroom , or the bride 's father-in-law or another older man is usually called ‘ Al ’ , on this occasion should you be calling him by his full name , ( and if so , is that short for Albert , Alfred , Ali , Alexis , Alexander , or , even more formally , Mr Smith ? |
| 4 | Here , on all sides where this softer rock breaks or underlies the surface , streams flowing down from the upper slopes , aided and abetted by heavy rain , have , ever since the landscape was formed , been slowly penetrating the ground and eroding a honeycomb of underground caverns and passages of amazing dimensions . |
| 5 | Some degraded sections of higher level limestone on present reef flats may represent interglacial or Post-glacial higher sea levels . |
| 6 | ( With some products , like the bathroom suite , there is a further question — within the Armitage Shanks range , do I want the Sandringham-Envoy with Silverspa taps , or some higher specification ? |
| 7 | There is one and only one element which stands in the relation R to all the other members of the set ( if R is transitive ) , or which stands either in the relation R or some higher power of R to all the other members of the set ( if R is intransitive ) . |
| 8 | the bankruptcy of some person who is or may become beneficially entitled to any such property or income ; or 2. an assignment of or a charge on any such property or income being made or given by some such person ; or 3. in the case of a marriage settlement , the death of both parties to the marriage and of all or any of the children of the marriage ; or 4. the death under the age of 25 or some lower age of some person who would be beneficially entitled to that property or income on attaining that age . |
| 9 | I had hoped for Eric 's face , or some further clue about what was going to happen , but I got nothing . |
| 10 | Around 1920 when Eliot , with anthropological ideas in the forefront of his mind , had attacked Gilbert Murray 's translations of Euripides , Pound tried to persuade him to translate Aeschylus ' Agamemnon , but Eliot ‘ sat on it for eight months or some longer period ’ . |
| 11 | There are all sorts of ways in which one can attempt to alleviate suffering but killing your son by any method , whether starvation or some quicker execution , is not among them . |
| 12 | It must arrive within three months of the ‘ effective date of termination ’ of the employment , basically the date of dismissal or some later date deemed by statute to be the date the employment ended . |
| 13 | Certain senior officers and all officers paid more than £19,500 per annum ( or such higher amount as regulations may determine ) are now classified as holding ‘ politically restricted posts ’ and are disqualified from becoming a member of any local authority ( Local Government and Housing Act 1989 : clauses 1 and 2 ) . |
| 14 | or such greater percentage ( which may be 100 per cent. ) as may for the time being be prescribed . |
| 15 | The bankrupt must submit a sworn statement of affairs containing the prescribed particulars ( Form 6.33 in Sched 4 to the rules ) within twenty-one days of the bankruptcy order or such longer period as the official receiver may allow ( s 288(1) ) . |
| 16 | If at the end of the specified period , or such longer period as he may allow , they have not satisfied him in one way or the other , the voluntary process ends and he may apply to the court . |
| 17 | 7.3.2.2 the loss of Rent and Service Charge payable under this Lease from time to time ( having regard to any review of rent which may become due under this Lease ) for [ 3 ] years or such longer period as the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] [ consider to be sufficient or deem to be necessary ] for the purposes of the planning and carrying out the rebuilding or reinstatement |
| 18 | Shareholders will know that any subsequent bid made within three months ( or such longer period as the Panel may require in order to ensure equality of treatment for all shareholders ) may not be made on less favourable terms than the tender offer because of Rule 6.1 ( see para 7.2.3 below ) and , because the buyer will ( usually ) have acquired 10 per cent of the target 's voting rights for cash , any bid within the next 12 months must be for cash ( or include a cash alternative ) at the highest price paid by the bidder ( whether under the tender offer or in respect of market purchases ) during the 12-month period in accordance with Rule 11 ( see para 7.2.2 below ) . |
| 19 | This implies a level of studies which is clearly beyond that which pertains in the schools or non-advanced further education . |
| 20 | sherry glass of Cointreau or Grand Marnier liqueur |
| 21 | It is more likely that a high-level package will be identified initially , and then after some investigation this will be refined to one or more lower level packages . |
| 22 | It is more likely that a high-level package will be identified initially , and then after some investigation this will be refined to one or more lower level packages . |
| 23 | Also in this category , however , is a group of establishments formed from the amalgamation of a college of education with one or more further education colleges , for example the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education consisting of the former Cartrefle College of Education , Wrexham ; Wrexham College of Technology ; and Kelsterton College of Technology , Connah 's Quay , Flintshire . |
| 24 | What he ca n't be saying if he understands the system is , " 1 want to vote effectively both for my first-preference candidate and for my second or any lower preference " . |
| 25 | I find it strangely difficult with × 7 , but visible with × 8 , and easy with × 12 or any higher magnification . |
| 26 | The difficulty in reaching agreement about this , or any greater measure of development , had lain partly in the fact that neither the CNAA nor any of its internal structures or external partners or constituencies was homogeneous , and the evolution of ‘ partnership ’ was therefore through a constant , complex and difficult process of negotiation . |
| 27 | We are not committed to opting in by anything in either clause 2 or any later part of the treaty . |
| 28 | If the trustee is unable to declare any or any further dividend , he must give notice to this effect to creditors , and the notice must also contain a statement to the effect that no funds have been realised or that all funds realised have been distributed or used to meet the expenses of the administration ( r 11.7 ) . |
| 29 | This is paid over the outstanding period of the original loan or any shorter period that the new loan might involve . |
| 30 | The younger the persons in public relations the more likely they will have a university degree or other higher education qualification . |