Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men in the rural setting had longer periods of unemployment , but fewer symptoms of depression , suggesting that the broad social context played a role in adaptation ( Gore , 1978 , p. 159 ) . |
| 2 | The babies born after term had larger head size , which was also associated with higher rates of disease other than cardiovascular disease . |
| 3 | However many millions it ruled , Akbar 's Empire in the end changed history less than the foundation of the East India Company , and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen had greater repercussions than the thousand-volume encyclopedias of China . |
| 4 | Such indignity had better beginnings . |
| 5 | Kangas-Saarela et al found that babies whose mothers had received epidural analgesia with bupivacaine had higher neurobehavioural scores than those whose mothers had not received such analgesia . |
| 6 | TTT could threaten these , especially if the visiting teacher had higher status than the class teacher . |
| 7 | Beneath the surface Scripture had deeper meanings to which a knowledge of nature might help to give access . |
| 8 | The crisis had wider effects , and the old techniques of social control had to be revised for rural England . |
| 9 | The concept had greater effect upon the building of suburbs , which became leafier and of lower building density than before . |
| 10 | His mother 's legs , dangling over his head had pinker stockings , and thank God she always kept her knees together . |
| 11 | Certainly the Becket conflict had wider repercussions than an insular struggle between English king and archbishop and the principles and arguments in the quarrel were widely discussed , for there were deeper issues relative to the nature of authority . |
| 12 | Using an index based on severity of caries , periodontitis , periapical lesions , and pericoronitis they found that patients admitted to hospital for acute myocardial infarction had higher scores on the dental index than matched controls from the population . |
| 13 | These children on the whole had greater problems and cried more than the Hungarian children who had been coming earlier and for longer . |
| 14 | ‘ Those who had a breakfast drink had faster recall than those who had nothing , ’ he says . |
| 15 | The popular disquiet had deeper roots . |
| 16 | Theoretically the government had greater leeway to introduce reforms to improve their conditions and increase their productivity . |
| 17 | The Law Society had greater reservations about franchising than the other bodies , except that it liked the administrative advantages and thought that they should be extended to all legal aid practitioners who satisfied quality control criteria developed by the Board and the Law Society . |
| 18 | The XT came from the middle of the word ‘ extra ’ , which was meant to imply that this new model had better expansion capabilities than the PC . |
| 19 | The broadcasters were able to enliven their reports by incorporating actuality clips from the Chamber in about one-third of their parliamentary news stories , and these clips averaged between 25 and 77 seconds in duration , depending on the programme , which usually comprised about a quarter of the story ( exceptionally , BBC2 's Newsnight had longer stories , averaging eight minutes , and its average actuality length of 49.5 seconds comprised only 10% of these items ) . |
| 20 | The birth of the Royal Bank had wider repercussions . |
| 21 | One interesting study from Edinburgh University , published in The Lancet , found that men with angina had lower levels of vitamins A , C and E in their blood compared with a similar group who did not suffer from heart disease . |
| 22 | ( 1980 ) found that children who maintained their improved weight one to three years after treatment had higher levels of exercise than peers who failed to do so . |
| 23 | One patient had higher concentrations after two weeks of treatment but not at the conclusion of the trial . |
| 24 | It seems clear that the Crown had greater powers of nomination in the more newly established institutions , that within all departments it was more likely to nominate to the most recently created offices , and that it was trying , with some measure of success , to extend its powers . |
| 25 | It was found that schools which experienced budget cuts due to the formula had higher costs because they were small or had surplus places . |
| 26 | These differences between somatic and visceral pain thresholds were confirmed by others who showed that patients with irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn 's disease had higher thresholds than normal controls for somatic pain . |
| 27 | However , it was noted even in 1863 that the Charolais had certain features in common with Colling 's ideal Durham Shorthorn — a light head , fine skin , large hindquarters , straight back , well-fleshed limbs and barrel-shaped body — but the Charolais had stronger bones and limbs and was much hardier than the Durham ; it was traditionally raised on grass alone and was brought inside only in the depths of winter . |
| 28 | Men and women who rated their jobs as low for control , variety and use of skills , pace , support at work , or satisfaction had higher rates of short and long spells of sickness absence compared with those who rated their jobs high for these characteristics . |