Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there is striking evidence that carts and wagons had been much improved , and that bridges were being built in many parts to make it possible for them to go longer distances . |
| 2 | Top management is clearly very important to the organisation , and managers are realising that management information systems can help them make better decisions . |
| 3 | The success of their handhelds has not yet encouraged them to plan further developments . |
| 4 | We must also consider the opportunity that some occupations have for deliberately restricting access to the acquisition of the skills needed to do the job , thereby keeping down their distribution amongst the population , and enabling them to claim higher rewards in the market place . |
| 5 | You 'll find that many of your creditors , such as a building society , credit companies and so on , will be as helpful as they can if you ask them to accept smaller payments for a while . |
| 6 | And we will allow them to attract older students as well . |
| 7 | COLLEGE lecturers at Colchester Institute are to strike in protest over new contracts forcing them to work longer hours including weekends and bank holidays . |
| 8 | As we understand it , the Chancellor does not tax spirits more heavily because of their intrinsic properties nor because of the categories of persons who consume spirits , but because he considers that spirits face market circumstances which allow them to bear heavier taxes . |
| 9 | Hopefully I have improved in that regard and perhaps also I make better assessment of what is on . |
| 10 | he reckons I make better pastry than what I . |
| 11 | I got better results than if I 'd stayed at school . |
| 12 | I got better results than what they did with their with their fancy gadgets . |
| 13 | I got better results than some of the actual fifteen year olds . |
| 14 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 15 | I set off again , maintaining for some reason — perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path — my slow speed of before . |
| 16 | Do you think it would be OK to fit 9.00 x 16 tyres to improve road speed , and would they fit onto the standard wheels , which I think are 5 x 16 , or will I need wider wheels for a good fitting . |
| 17 | When I was 16 I gained GSE grade one English and chose not to accept the only job suggested , packing boxes ; instead I tried further education . |
| 18 | I tried smaller hooks and baits ; lighter leads ; finer lines ; a lighter , or no bite indicator ; and opening the bale-arm of the reel and allowing them to take several yards of line before striking . |
| 19 | I expect further applications to come in during the next year and , with time , a growing number of applications as the benefits are seen to come through . |
| 20 | What I wanted to add was : ‘ I brave worse weather than this every day back home . |
| 21 | So I my opinion , what this government 's doing is stopping stopping the lower class , well I say lower classes , the lo the the |
| 22 | I see , on re-reading this minute , that I promised further sections on the weekend and holidays . |
| 23 | I want greater investment and efficiency and to see prices stabilised in a tougher , more competitive electricity industry . |
| 24 | No , I want heavier string than that . |
| 25 | Erm I mentioned earlier chains on the bottom of the louvres . |
| 26 | I deserved better treatment than that . |
| 27 | She deserved it , she 'd been tormenting me for weeks , calling me Comic Stripper because I told better jokes than she did . |
| 28 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 29 | The second thing that I would like to know is what happens if I put larger tyres on my vehicle , it has the standard crossply 's at the moment . |
| 30 | The Committee has asked that I seek further information on the way in which the Society is developing its campaign and the nature of the second report . |