Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although some of the Roman cattle of the time were indeed large , with long lyre-shaped horns , the archaeological evidence does not in fact suggest that larger stock were imported into Roman Britain , but rather that the increase in size was probably the result of improved management and breeding of the existing British cattle . |
| 2 | Differences in site factors suggest that warmer soil temperatures seem to be associated with the more rapid death of roots at the southern site . |
| 3 | When people say that higher education teaches one to ‘ think ’ , they probably have in mind this induction into the habit of analysis . |
| 4 | Yet even at university , it may well still be a minority of departments that expect all mathematics students to use computers as a matter of course ; indeed , some people fear that higher education will be the phase most resistant to new IT , rather than the one that provides a strong lead . |
| 5 | Figures from Grand Metropolitan yesterday also show that higher interest rates have had a big impact on people 's willingness to eat out . |
| 6 | Figures from Grand Metropolitan yesterday also show that higher interest rates have had a big impact on people 's willingness to eat out . |
| 7 | Let that higher number be y . |
| 8 | I felt the meeting was useful and hope that further co-ordination will enable all of us to campaign more effectively against the major road schemes that threaten Glamorgan and Gwent . |
| 9 | We hope that further exploration will reveal the degree of protection that the palace had . ’ |
| 10 | Some countries ( like the Soviet Union ) hope that warmer weather , more rain and the fertilising effects of extra carbon dioxide will boost their farm output . |
| 11 | Much charitable effort was devoted to this cause on the assumption that improved housing conditions , by removing some of the degradation from the lives of the poor , would give them more hope and greater enthusiasm for the struggle for self-help and survival . |
| 12 | The success of Hagino in exploiting the scandals issue provided further impetus for the opposition 's campaign to investigate the extent of the government 's involvement in ( i ) the Kyowa bribery scandal , which had already resulted in Fumio Abe , a close aid and ally of Miyazawa , being charged with accepting bribes from a steel frame manufacturer ; ( ii ) the Sagawa Kyubin scandal , in which it was alleged that up to 200 Diet members had accepted bribes from a transport firm with criminal connections ; and ( iii ) the Recruit affair , which had forced Miyazawa 's resignation as Finance Minister in 1988 [ For details of recent scandal developments see pp. 38720-21 ] . |
| 13 | The most enthusiastic advocate of ‘ Gregorian ’ liberty during these years was Hugh , bishop of Die and later archbishop of Lyons , whom Anselm first met on his way to Rome in 1097 , and with whom he spent the last eighteen months of his exile from May 1099 to August 1100 . |
| 14 | Canice and older brother Brian ( guitars ) formed the band in 1989 , hooking up with bass player Eamonn Byrne and ‘ one man orchestra ’ Kenneth Rice . |
| 15 | ensure that further help is given to developing countries who will greatly benefit from new ‘ ozone friendly ’ technology |
| 16 | It is not at all clear that further progress towards improving the economic status of women would precipitate the demise of the British family or the dreaded ( by some ) ‘ twilight of parenthood ’ . |
| 17 | Undoubtedly a major factor here is the 5ins longer wheelbase and wider front and rear tracks . |
| 18 | lOb ) , guarantee that further inquiry quickly devolves into open speculation . |
| 19 | More complex models , and especially Keynesian models , assume that higher interest rates will lead to higher levels of money supply , as in Figure 16.4 . |
| 20 | One conclusion is that they note that further mechanisation ( beyond the composite longwall described above ) was having major effects on work organisation . |
| 21 | But previous studies have demonstrated increased root respiration rates and faster root turnover associated with higher soil temperature , and we believe that higher soil temperatures at the southern forest act in part to accelerate maintenance costs and mortality rates throughout the entire system of fine , absorbing roots . |
| 22 | Authors of such reforms believe that greater diversity could be achieved by imposing restrictions on rules of ownership , by imposing levies on advertising revenue so as to create a pool of funds for alternative publications , and generally by controlling free-market forces . |
| 23 | We therefore believe that greater reliance on the fast reactor is a necessary consequence of such restrictions and that the timescale for the large scale introduction of fast reactors may need to be brought forward . |
| 24 | The government has introduced new restrictions on the use of national park land in the event of privatisation but Opposition , and some Conservative , MPs believe that tougher planning controls are needed to enable the national park authorities to block damaging development . |
| 25 | If we can avoid this local heating , possibly by spinning the sample rapidly under the laser spot so that different parts of the sample are heated in turn , we find that stronger Raman signals are observed as the exciting light is absorbed by the sample . |
| 26 | Many of the teachers feel that firmer discipline is needed in the school , although the head has a freer approach not always shared by Janice and some of her colleagues . |
| 27 | Liz and her therapist arranged to meet initially three rimes and then decide whether further contact was necessary . |
| 28 | They claim that better language proficiency occurs when integrative motivation is prominent . |
| 29 | Radical feminists ( such as the contributors to Spender 1981c , and to G. Bowles and Duelli-Klein 1983 ) argue that higher education curricula are as biased towards male experience as secondary education curricula . |
| 30 | They argue that higher interest rates lead to a lower rate of growth of credit and the money supply and , consequently , a lower inflation rate . |