Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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1 | The legal staff of Customs and Excise , for example , carry on prosecutions for smuggling in magistrates ' courts , and brief counsel for the higher courts . |
2 | The advent of Customs 88 provides an ideal opportunity for the haulier to become more aware of this fascinating area of business . |
3 | Students taking a single subject degree course , study their degree subject throughout all four years and study other supporting subjects in addition during the earlier years . |
4 | Having chosen the height of the rise for the larger flap , the radius ( and hence the position of the centre ) of its arc can be determined by the method described by Len . |
5 | We believe ultimately that there is a case for the further development of budget in this case , and for the schools themselves to decide the levels of erm special needs advisers that they will want . |
6 | And the cost of admission for the better seats in the house — £30 and £23 . |
7 | While annual adjustments are popular with lenders , they can create unexpected problems for borrowers who fail to make financial provision for the higher repayments . |
8 | but provision for the higher education of eligible members of the deaf community has never been achieved . |
9 | However , many authorities lack separate provision for the younger disabled , who have to join old people in residential homes . |
10 | Yet in 1992 the SSC 's magnet bill was as large as the total government research and development budget for the newer technology of high-temperature superconductors . |
11 | And he carried that Conservative generation to vote a motion which preferred Liberalism to Conservatism as the better future for the country . |
12 | Despite the hardness of her aunt 's attitude , the latter 's distress had got through to Lucy , causing her to become engulfed with sympathy for the older woman . |
13 | Perhaps they had discovered and used their secret love-nest during the lazier days of the summer . |
14 | When the patient is removed there is a dramatic change for the better ! |
15 | the ability to effect change for the better . |
16 | The Palestinians do , however , acknowledge signs of change for the better in US Jewry , Congress and the Administration , and that it is up to themselves to push them forward in much more effective ways than they have managed hitherto . |
17 | Rosslyn realised that the horse was asking for help , and that his manners had n't just experienced a mysterious and miraculous change for the better during the course of the day ! |
18 | It will mean change for the better . |
19 | In the normal way , there should be some change for the better in the patient 's condition , so if weeks pass and the patient seems static , you need to know why . |
20 | If I am daft enough to tackle up in those conditions I usually go to sleep and hope I wake up to a change for the better . |
21 | But what a change for the better , I kept thinking , when compared to old committee meetings I used to attend when we haggled over lists of topics for inclusion in a syllabus . |
22 | In ordinary affairs , for which we aspire only to the best choice on the available information , the only assurance we need is that each veering of spontaneous reaction with expanding awareness is objectively a change for the better . |
23 | It is a fundamental change for the better , but the Revenue needs to ensure that there are no major commercial disadvantages in the replacement system for businesses . |
24 | One trusts that the desert winds blowing through Vegas this week represent the winds of change for the better in boxing . |
25 | Another change for the better is that the secretary-general is now equipped with a bunch of good military advisers . |
26 | If you ask me , I reckon we 've all made a big change for the better . |
27 | Before resigning ourselves to permanent depression and a feeling that special needs have slipped from the political agenda , it may be useful to look again at some of the implications for change for the better … |
28 | But what is wrong with change for the better and doing what one is good at ? |
29 | A change for the better , for now the Japanese can concentrate on the new industries of Computers and Lasers where , because there is not yet the world competition as in radios and televisions , they can recover better margins making their industries more wealth-creating . |
30 | She should have accepted a comfortable change for the better . |