Example sentences of "[coord] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in their faith in " ordinary " people , whose qualities were far from ordinary in Wordsworth 's eyes , that we find the justification for political demands for popular power or a wider franchise . |
| 2 | But McMahon and Greene 's model predicted that there was an ideal between these two extremes , a surface at which the runner would be deflected more quickly than on either a harder or a softer track . |
| 3 | If on the date the seller fails or refuses to deliver , the buyer can buy similar goods from elsewhere at the same or a cheaper price , then prima facie the buyer 's damages are only nominal . |
| 4 | Some fundholders did switch hospitals for some specialties where they were promised a better or a cheaper service . |
| 5 | Clearly , memory for a Christian is far more profound than merely having a mental skill or a better-than-average ability to recall . |
| 6 | It can , for example , refer to an increased interest in the home , or a conviction that families should be the main focus of interest , or a greater sharing of domestic and child-rearing tasks between husband and wife , or a generalized tendency to treat the home as the focus of leisure and consumption activity . |
| 7 | Clearly , if the seller has been able to sell the goods elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay ( or a greater price ) the seller must refund the buyer 's part payment . |
| 8 | This is in itself unremarkable and can be explained if , of the two types , the carbon-free granulites have a higher porosity , a weaker matrix or a greater proportion of long thin cracks that tend to close on application of small confining pressures . |
| 9 | Anyway , the perceived need since 1945 is said in the Report to have been ‘ to involve employees to a greater extent in company decision making ’ whatever involvement involves or a greater extent extends to . |
| 10 | So public employees can not be said to have less of an incentive to be efficient or a greater incentive to pursue non-pecuniary rewards . |
| 11 | Will he re-emphasise that at the end of the day the document is all about contracting out to produce as good a service at less cost or a better service at the same price ? |
| 12 | In the survey of people who had used the tape ‘ Coping with Anxiety ’ , produced by the Liverpool based Council for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction [ CITA ] , four out of five anxiety sufferers questioned said they had benefited from it , experiencing a reduction in their anxiety , fewer panic attacks or a better night 's sleep . |
| 13 | Eventually it could give thousands of jobless youngsters , who may otherwise have turned to crime , the chance of a well-paid job or a better future . |
| 14 | Pop or a better world . |
| 15 | Monopoly profits are ( or should be ) eroded by the entry of new firms and products , which are able to displace the incumbent firms by offering lower prices or a better product . |
| 16 | However , one major difference has been that the mind of an individual develops with time and becomes better at the tasks it undertakes , whereas computers , with certain limited exceptions , perform at the same level of ability until replaced by a better machine or a better program . |
| 17 | You have fish which are notorious for making the water dirty , so must either have a greater volume — a bigger tank — or a better filtration system . |
| 18 | Likewise Churchill , who would have agreed with her sentiment when she told him that without the Board of Education , the Board of Trade was ‘ powerless ’ to make ‘ a better worker , a better man , or a better citizen of the young worker . ’ |
| 19 | They will expect you to watch helplessly as their trap gradually tightens , so do n't wait — break through their line as quickly as possible and run to find help , weapons or a better place to stand and fight . |
| 20 | Now that has nothing to do about whether our children will get a better or a worse education if the school is opted out . |
| 21 | Perhaps to resist manipulation by a cuckoo you need bigger eyes or a bigger brain , which would have overhead costs . |
| 22 | If a design problem is the cause of the airlock , this procedure will have to be repeated every time , so it will be better to find the cause and remedy it by fitting bigger pipes or a bigger cistern ( or a second cistern alongside the first — see Chapter 3 ) , or by repositioning the pipes so that they have the correct fall . |
| 23 | The buyer knows he can afford the first weekly payment , say : but a month later there 's the rent to pay , or a bigger fuel bill than expected , and there simply is n't enough income to cover all demands . |
| 24 | They are made from cast alloy , and consist or a lower lip on which the shelf rests , and a slightly shorter upper lip , which securely grips the shelf using a tension screw . |
| 25 | Why are they so large , because their economies of scale to be reaped right companies are trying to erm , to accrue those economies of scale right , cos if they do n't , they 'll go out of business , because their competitors alright will produce , erm , a superior or a lower price product okay . |
| 26 | It is currently fashionable to forswear flesh eating in the interests of animal rights or a lower cholesterol level . |
| 27 | If , rather than face unemployment , you would at least be prepared to consider staying on with a reduced salary or a lower level of seniority , you should make that clear . |
| 28 | The absence of an increase [ in cases of leukaemia ] in the rural high oil category overall in 1979–83 is due to a deficiency that is almost significant in areas with a lower child density or a lower oil impact score — and which was not present in the previous period , 1974–8 . |
| 29 | Sometimes , of course , one can decide immediately if the syllable that is to be checked for pitch has the same , a higher , or a lower pitch than the part of the frame it is being compared with . |
| 30 | Note : The price quoted is based on an exchange rate of 2,250 IL = £1 and on a group of 28 passengers , and is subject to possible increase with lower numbers or a lower value of the pound , as per DA Study Tours brochure conditions ( available on request ) . |