Example sentences of "[adv] had [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As organizational head of all CIA operations on the North American continent , Hayman literally had greater power than heads of State or European monarchy . |
| 2 | But all this is a different story , for the bomber aircrews not only had better aircraft to take the war to Berlin , they had better navigational aids , better weaponry , the Pathfinder Force , radio counter-measures , better planning and a host of other factors to make them more effective . |
| 3 | Cartwright 's study in the early 1960s showed that doctors practising in middle-class areas not only had smaller lists of patients than their colleagues in working-class areas but they were also better trained and they had better contacts with hospitals . |
| 4 | Some supporters of what became known as the free produce movement none the less had earlier experience of boycotting West Indian rum and sugar . |
| 5 | ‘ And point out to the union that the comparable grade in local government already had higher pay and a thirty-five hour week ? ’ |
| 6 | Labour 's Gordon Brown said Britain still had higher inflation than its main competitors . |
| 7 | Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown said Britain still had higher inflation than Germany , Japan , France and the US . |
| 8 | Platelet-specific protein levels have been compared in diabetics with and without clinical evidence of vascular disease ( Betteridge et al , 1981 ) , and although there was a more pronounced increase in diabetics with retinopathy , those diabetics without clinical evidence of vascular disease still had higher levels of platelet-specific proteins than controls suggesting that the enhanced platelet activation may not just be a consequence of vascular damage but may precede its development . |
| 9 | ‘ I always had better things to do than play with woggles . |
| 10 | These findings are in line with those of an earlier study for England and Wales which showed that the mean number of days professionals stayed in hospital was about two-thirds that of unskilled workers who also had higher admission rates ( see Table 3.11 ) . |
| 11 | Participants who smoked also had higher rates of short and long spells of sickness absence compared with non-smokers . |
| 12 | Within the south march the two men quarrelled over Newport , but their rivalry also had wider manifestations : Warwick felt threatened by Herbert 's matrimonial ambitions , which had the backing of the king . |
| 13 | Within the south march the two men quarrelled over Newport , but their rivalry also had wider manifestations : Warwick felt threatened by Herbert 's matrimonial ambitions , which had the backing of the king . |
| 14 | Yet the Schuman Plan also had wider potential . |
| 15 | Although tenants were prepared to pay the higher rents demanded , they also had greater expectations of the building they were contracted to occupy . |
| 16 | The resting runners also had greater muscle strength than their active counterparts . |
| 17 | The graves lacking amber beads also had smaller numbers of disc brooches , earrings , bracelets and bags , implying that the differential access to amber also extended to other objects . |
| 18 | They also had longer acid clearance times ( 350 v 288 and 536 v 405 seconds : p=0.044 and 0.016 for sitting and supine postures respectively ) . |
| 19 | Social policy in Mussolini 's Italy and Hitler 's Germany also had broader aspects . |
| 20 | Of more senior rank are the legionary centurions recorded as centuriones regionarii ; they probably had wider responsibilities with oversight over whole districts and only four are known in Britain . |
| 21 | Much more of this and some nosey neighbour was bound to call local Plod , though from the look of the place Camberwick Green probably had tougher policing . |
| 22 | Evidence does not suggest much tension between them , and the line officers invariably had higher status ( and usually higher rank ) than the political officers . |
| 23 | I always preferred bank fishing Toftingall and invariably had better results than from fishing from the boat . |
| 24 | The chairman of the London Board , Harry Randall , for example , was convinced of the need for Boards to earn a more ‘ commercial ’ rate of return , and his Board consistently had bigger surpluses and a higher level of self-financing than the others . |
| 25 | The boys very consistently had higher success rates in items involving anything to do with measures : estimating , measuring or calculating lengths , time intervals etc . |
| 26 | The songs too had jokier titles : Down Where the Cross-Eyed Claras Grow , I 'm the Good Man that Was so Hard to Find . |
| 27 | Vos explains Abbey National 's rationale : ‘ We simply wanted to assist those customers who had to take out larger loans and therefore had higher repayments . ’ |
| 28 | While artisans certainly had better opportunities than had most of the lower orders , it is probably unwise to insist that a very wide behavioural gap separated them from the " crowd " , at least until the last years of the eighteenth century . |