Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Such groups tend to wield greater power in conflict situations than their members , and indeed the very existence of the groups may be seen to anticipate and perpetuate conflict , to harden and formalise a set of attitudes and values that their individual members may not themselves have recognised or expressed .
2 The older conurbations , cores tend to accommodate larger proportions of the unemployed .
3 In fact the staff tend to work longer hours , midweek and weekends , serving breakfast , lunch and evening meals to delegates , as well as function buffets , often working from 7.00am until late at night .
4 However , in practice the courts tend to impose higher sentences for assaults on the police , and it is therefore worth noting that this offence is committed even though D was unaware that he was striking a police-officer .
5 This consistent with the findings of the study by Walker ( 1975 ) ( Unfortunately Woodley was not able to test Walkers findings that mature students with non-standard entry qualifications tend to obtain better degrees than other students ) .
6 We all want to see better education and training for our people .
7 Those who work in Social Services want to see better facilities .
8 They 're happy to come to the rescue but most of all they want to see tighter rules regulating the ownership of such animals .
9 Please call the Science Library if you want to obtain further details , or if you would like a copy of NLS news .
10 But , he adds , the problem is not acute because Quorn is aimed chiefly at a ‘ mainstream ’ market — carnivores who want to try healthier eating , rather than ‘ pure ’ vegetarians .
11 In some respects , socio-demographic trends appear to indicate further problems for the cities .
12 However with 95% ile river flow upstream of the wroks discharge of 77.9 l/s ( ref 1990 Report by Almond Study Group ) giving a dilution ratio to dwf of 2.5 and a Class 4 classification the FRPB propose to impose higher consent standards .
13 It always seemed a waste to use up a couple of Gold Flake this way , but I always forget to buy cheaper cigarettes and anyway , the corner tabs on the cardboard packets make excellent roaches .
14 Lavas appear to give greater scatter than sediments ( M. Prévot & P. Camps , manuscript in preparation ) , possibly indicating that sedimentary magnetization is smoothed .
15 The Kenyapithecini appear to have thicker enamel than the afropithecins , although enamel thickness has yet to be measured on any of the East African specimens .
16 Those European countries which appear to place greater emphasis upon long-stay hospital care are those , such as Spain or Greece , which are currently developing their social welfare provision from a comparatively low base ( Anderson , 1992 ) .
17 Because it 's human nature people want to get better things .
18 I am conscious that to question publicly the established methods of English study is to lay oneself open to the charge of giving aid and comfort to the philistines and utilitarians who want to remake higher education according to their own ideals , if that is the word for them .
19 Children appear to produce greater quantities of 6-glucuronide , so their ratios are lower .
20 Although a unilateral lesion of the left or right hemisphere may impair the accuracy or speed of unilateral movements of both the contralateral and ipsilateral arm ( Wyke , 1968 ; Heap and Wyke , 1972 ; Haaland and Delaney , 1981 ) left sided lesions appear to produce greater deficits ( Wyke , 1971a ; Kimura , 1977a ; Kolb and Milner , 1981a ) or bilateral impairment on tasks in which only a contralateral deficit is observed after a right sided lesion ( Wyke , 1967 ; 197 lb ) .
21 Accepting that we respond to our environment , whether it is natural or artificial , we can see that these responses appear to produce further changes in us .
22 Now , in effect , that 's moving directly against the direction that we want to go in , we want to make greater use of domiciliary er , initiatives for young people , you have another paper on your agenda about teen care , which is showing what can be achieved with the most difficult youngsters .
23 Now , as a step away from the craftsman entrepreneur that has been John Makepeace 's hallmark he has introduced a new course to Hooke Park College for manufacturing businesses that want to make better use of wood .
24 In the fringing rural areas , existing residents seek to exclude lower income owner occupied developments .
25 Tory leaders hope to sell softer image
26 If the animal has a sufficient sensory range , it need only move towards areas that its sense organs reveal to offer better conditions .
27 Despite their county calls , Harrogate hope to make further progress in their defence of the Yorkshire Cup when they entertain Ripon in the delayed second round tie .
28 The increase in audit mandate of the six countries discussed has arisen largely because government agencies tend to exercise greater restraint .
29 Finally , we found that organisations outside the computing services industry tend to experience higher DP staff turnover than those within it .
30 Simple answers like this seem to delight younger kids , who demand a reason for everything .
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