Example sentences of "[coord] the [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain necessary fixed costs of overheads can then be spread over a greater number of units of output thus reducing their incidence per unit of output , and also unit attributable costs might be lowered via bulk buying or the better management of production , and by strengthening of purchasing power . |
| 2 | It does n't matter what you wanted , you could buy anything , whether it be as I say , er the cheaper line of goods in whatever category they might fall , or the better class . |
| 3 | Of course , there might be other forms of intelligent life , not dreamed of even by writers of science fiction , that did not require the light of a star like the sun or the heavier chemical elements that are made in stars and are flung back into space when the stars explode . |
| 4 | Since immigrants from hot countries have settled here for generations , surviving the cold , icy blast , the hybrid ‘ English , ’ with the blood of many nations in their veins will not turn a hair at the cooler climate or the cooler neighbours . |
| 5 | The ground would either be that he was expressly absolved from his duty , or the wider ground of Elliott 's , that further treatment was useless . |
| 6 | Do you prefer to put , do you , do you prefer the narrow gap or the wider gap ? |
| 7 | The fact that the social desirability of not appearing to be prejudiced is linked in discourse to its expression means that an analysis of the ideology , or the wider pattern of ideas , should not avoid the theme of ‘ prejudice ’ . |
| 8 | Women suffer a dual burden of work inside and outside the home and the strains experienced by working mothers have not been eased by offers of help either from male partners or the wider community and the state . |
| 9 | But judged by the needs of the collectivity — whether the union or the wider community of working men and women — union education has a number of deficiencies : |
| 10 | In the instant case the words of section 6(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 that fall to be construed , ‘ provision in relation to … retirement ’ , without any undue straining of the ordinary meaning of the language used , are capable of bearing either the narrow meaning accepted by the Employment Appeal Tribunal or the wider meaning preferred by the Court of Appeal but acknowledged by that court to be largely a matter of first impression . |
| 11 | They spoke of ‘ an increasing displacement of the traditional curriculum in favour of new and artificial subjects ’ ; and they concluded that instead of such ‘ infantilizing ’ nonsense , ‘ the difficult subjects of the traditional curriculum are … the thing that is required if a child is to obtain either the competence necessary for a successful adult life , or the wider understanding and enriched experience which are the greatest benefits of education ’ . |
| 12 | Some of them can still be seen — for example , the church of St-Hilaire-le-Grand in Poitiers , or the lower church of St Eutropius , who was believed to be a descendant of Xerxes of Persia , in Saintes . |
| 13 | For example , the printed g and the hand-written g ; the capital or the lower case ; the two hand-written forms of the letter r . |
| 14 | The company has yet to decide whether to offer access via the 64Kbps bearer B-channel or the lower speed 16Kbps packet switched D-channel . |
| 15 | The Americans have n't allowed the Saudis , or the lower Gulf states , or the Germans or Japanese to say how they should run the war , or what the objectives should be . |
| 16 | It 's a friendly rolling dale , green and fertile , yet with limestone scars , gritstone crags and high ridges , giving miles of walking along the high wild peaks or the gentler riverside paths . |
| 17 | The brilliant orange of gazanias or the taller Tithonia rotundifolia both look effective with silvery foliage . |
| 18 | Use fish or chicken more often , or the leaner cuts of red meat . |
| 19 | A decree published by the High Committee of State ( HCE ) on Aug. 15 gave the authorities additional powers to order the suspension or closure of any enterprise the activities of which " endanger public order , public security , the normal functioning of institutions or the higher interests of the country " . |
| 20 | This process requires extremely pure syn-gas , which may be either from natural gas ( methane ) or the higher hydro carbons ( naphtha ) . |
| 21 | This process requires extremely pure syn-gas , which may be either from natural gas ( methane ) or the higher hydrocarbons ( naphtha ) . |
| 22 | Adopting a hierarchical standpoint and preferring to speak in terms of ‘ life ’ rather than ‘ motion ’ , Plotinus regarded time as an intermediate between eternity ( or the higher soul that contemplates eternity ) and the motion of the universe which reveals time as the ‘ life ’ ( or creative power ) of ‘ soul ’ . |
| 23 | When all who direct , manage , control , teach , undertake research , plan and administer are ‘ bureaucrats ’ in the sense of being state functionaries , it is difficult to identify the class element in what is a large and heterogeneous stratum containing different and conflicting interests , such as those between the party and the scientific and technical intelligentsia , or the higher levels of state administration and the management of economic institutions . |
| 24 | The more torque an engine has , the bigger load it can pull in the same gear or the higher gear it can use for a given load . |
| 25 | Pediculus humanus corporis , the body louse , and Pediculus humanus capitis , the head louse , share with Phthirus pubis three pairs of legs , a predilection for man or the higher apes , and a dependence on fresh blood , to which they must have access at least twice a day . |
| 26 | The the the the so called better off people lived at the top half , and the the the poorer type of people or the poorer class of property was on the bottom half , oddly enough and er |
| 27 | So you have the heart of the centre of it , two pumps back to back yes , the major pump or the stronger pump on the left hand side , why ? |
| 28 | However , Black-throated Divers have occurred between 3 August and 22 May , and approximate monthly totals for the period 1962 to 1976 are as follows : Nearly all records were for tidal waters , but there were occasional reports for large areas of fresh water inland such as Chichester gravel pits or the larger reservoirs . |
| 29 | Throughout his life Edward had a passion for solitary swimming , often for an hour at a time , in the sea at Felpham in Sussex , in the small lakes in the Black Mountains , or the larger ones in the Lake District . |
| 30 | A decision fell to be made here — whether the castle party should cross first , or the larger group which was to form the barrier ? |