Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fluidity of contemporary values we do indeed sink into a relativism for which your opinion is worth as much or little as mine whenever we lose faith in awareness itself , and surrender to irrationalism . |
| 2 | Whether the before-tax competitive share of labour is increased or decreased depends on whether the elasticity of substitution between capital and labour is greater or less than unity . |
| 3 | Thus investment spending by firms may be greater or less than the volume of saving , government spending may be greater or less than tax receipts , and exports may be greater or less than imports , but it must be the case that a deficit or surplus in one sector is exactly offset in one or more of the other sectors . |
| 4 | This should arguably supply a greater surface for bacteria than gravel — internal and external as the media is porous — and wo n't cost a great deal more or less than gravel . |
| 5 | The Minister was engaged in nothing more or less than casuistry . |
| 6 | It is the amount of this payment which determines whether the business is being hived up at less or more than cost or market value for the purposes of the value-shifting provisions described above . |
| 7 | Of course , it is more complex than that because allowance has to be made for convergent evolution , which is the acquisition of common characteristics by virtue of having been subjected to the same selection pressures , rather than because of sharing a common ancestor . |
| 8 | No it 's more political than that because association you 're still giving a landlord a bit of land which means |
| 9 | But by distinguishing clearly between them in this methodological fashion it is possible to explore how far local state action tends to fall into one type rather than another when action on any one policy is considered . |
| 10 | It was nothing more nor less than propinquity . |
| 11 | Nevertheless liberalism succeeded in destroying the fueros and it was only after its triumph that conservative liberals challenged the maxim that ‘ centralization is neither more nor less than liberty itself ’ . |
| 12 | It is obvious that more than modesty is at stake . |
| 13 | Advocates of animal rights believe that more than reform of the system is needed . |
| 14 | He had a parcel under his arm , and much as Mum pleaded with him he would n't stay . |
| 15 | Layers of management will be stripped away , and all except core functions will be subcontracted to more efficient , specialist firms . |
| 16 | nunezovari , A. punctulatus and A. balabacensis ; and many where resistance is confined to relatively small areas . |
| 17 | And more than solstice moves |
| 18 | And more than muscle . |
| 19 | ACT intends to pursue such partnership agreements more and more as time goes on . |
| 20 | If more than lip service is to be paid to the notion that we are all equal , then it must be first acknowledged that we are born unequal , and that some of us have to work harder than others to make up for it . |
| 21 | In fact such transformations are rare precisely because , if more than lip-service is to be paid to them , the practical implications are considerable ; which is not to deny that lip-service , in the form of campaigning and complaining , has its uses . |
| 22 | And , at one point , Malcolm must have asked him if he 'd consider coming over to join the band , because Hell wrote to us via him saying that it sounded interesting but that because money and visas would be a problem he just could n't . |
| 23 | Not enough to worry the likes of the 85bhp Citroen AX GT perhaps , but more than competition for the 75bhp Metro GTa . |
| 24 | But more than impatience was involved . |
| 25 | There was fear in them , but more than fear — defiance , a little , and challenge . |
| 26 | But more than difference , our diet was to do with the desperate need , wrenched from restricted circumstances , to be in charge of the body . |
| 27 | In admitting a highly promising but less than conformist Sheffield Grammar School boy to Gonville and Caius College , the university placed Keeton under the tutorship of one of the most astute and world-wise masters in the Law . |
| 28 | If over 5° , use bank , but less than Rate 1 angle for small heading changes . |
| 29 | Premiums are as steep as this because insurance companies got their underwriting spectacularly wrong three years ago : in 1991 they lost £1.2bn on mortgage indemnity . |
| 30 | When confronted with the excesses of the anti-French mobs in 1808 it was almost natural that such men , with fear as much as hope in their hearts , should become supporters of French rule . |