Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programme extends the company 's current vendor-recruitment efforts , and is designed to make it easy and profitable for the smaller vendors to support the HP-UX workstations . |
| 2 | No mean problem , this , in a time largely deafened to such sober music , and were it not for the incomparable examples of Spenser and Milton , he might finally have despaired ; but what they in their day had achieved for their grave themes ought ( he had long believed ) to be possible for the richer store of myth and symbol at his disposal ; and now the lines had begun to move with the majesty he desired . |
| 3 | It was not possible for the NFER project team to study in any detail the role of investigative work in a graduated test scheme , partly because few schools associated with the project had gone very far towards introducing it into their curricula . |
| 4 | This , combined with the enormous quantity of information available about the makers and patrons of French eighteenth-century furniture , help to build up a much more complete picture than is possible for the earlier pieces . |
| 5 | By the way , you were quite right about the higher price — dedicated gamesplayers do n't mind paying that little extra , especially for that whole lot more . |
| 6 | This is less practicable for the smaller firm , but all firms should incorporate in their selection procedures a judgment on whether an applicant 's educational background appears to fit him or her as a candidate for the examinations . |
| 7 | His decision to do so , however , appears to have been motivated more by his belief that he had been personally insulted by the Spanish during the earlier marriage negotiations and by a romantic desire to restore his sister and brother-in-law to their inheritance than by any wish to display solidarity with the Protestant cause , which was crumbling away before the seemingly irresistible progress of the Hapsburg armies . |
| 8 | Re-entry into the labour force after child-rearing was less usual for the older group than for the younger ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) and therefore fewer would have had pensionable paid employment in the years before retirement . |
| 9 | All growth of character implies this exchange of the lesser for the greater . |
| 10 | I mean she 's still you know less bothered about the older ones but it 's very sort of because of the school work and Saturday jobs and |
| 11 | Hund 's Rules will usually give the ground term correctly , but they are less reliable for the higher energy states . |
| 12 | Although the records are much more reliable for the later years , the absolute number of marriages declined steadily with the age of the sample . |
| 13 | ‘ But we do n't have many holiday houses lying empty for the better part of the year , ’ said one local , proudly . |
| 14 | It has also given legal effect to the judicial monitoring procedure , but there is no accountability of the Commissioner to Parliament despite the concern about this type of procedure which was raised in public after the Massiter affair . |
| 15 | Broadside to the wind , Golden Girl was already drifting clear of the heavier motor yacht . |
| 16 | He would have steered well clear of the wilder shores of analytic enquiry . |
| 17 | The top of the head is cut by the top edge of the frame while the chin is just clear of the lower edge . |
| 18 | She seemed nervous at first , then almost resentful of the older woman 's presence . |
| 19 | Bushes of prickly blackberry and wild rose had broken free of the lower level and were now marching towards the house like an insidious green army . |
| 20 | English National Opera has just given the world premiere of Robin Holloway 's Clarissa , after the Richardson novel , while next month the Almeida Festival will introduce The Intelligence Park by the Irish composer Gerald Barry , one of the most distinctive and exciting of the younger Europeans . |
| 21 | Indeed , the exact opposite was in his mind , but he was afraid of the further rejection she would face in any hamlet or village for miles around . |
| 22 | We have indicated that disability is fairly prevalent amongst the older age groups . |
| 23 | Drugs , glue sniffing , under age drinking and the like are very prevalent amongst the older teenagers and their influence on others a cause for concern . |
| 24 | As the names suggest , these are strong bright ‘ sweetie ’ colours which team up well with the casual accessories and jeans which are so popular amongst the younger generation . |
| 25 | For a native speaker it was difficult to express what was wrong with the earlier version , except that it was ‘ foreign ’ . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , there was absolutely nothing wrong with the older woman 's hearing . |
| 27 | This is a major step forward from the Renault 25 , a car that was good with a V6 but coarse with the smaller four-cylinder engine . |
| 28 | Why do they stand out , high above the lower land of Central Scotland ? |
| 29 | incorrect or ineffective decisions may be made , due to the fact that members of a committee are unfamiliar with the deeper aspects of issues under discussion . |
| 30 | It was quite clear under the earlier law that the assignee of a legal lease by way of mortgage was just as liable as any other assignee . |