Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony Blair , Labour front-bench energy spokesman , said the next Labour government should seek a higher aim than ‘ meeting some arbitrary timetable ’ . |
| 2 | It should seek a stronger role through the planning system as an adviser on landscape , wildlife and access , both on plans and individual proposals . |
| 3 | Vaclav Havel , Czechoslovak President since December 1989 , announced on April 14 that he would seek a further term as President " not because I want to be President at any cost … but because I want to contribute towards pushing through certain values " . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll also need a better cover story , ’ he added , ‘ if you 're going to be seen around with Hurley and his crowd . |
| 5 | But the lovers kissing , the lady with a book , the donkey , the antelope , the lion , the scorpion and the rest of the menagerie may need a better imagination or a more discerning eye . |
| 6 | ‘ Certainly we 'll need a better ship than the kind I 've seen in Pantai and Losan . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ And I shall need a bigger wardrobe ; I think I saw one in that other bedroom . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd need a bigger size — |
| 9 | I 'll need a bigger spoon . ’ |
| 10 | You may need a bigger stable , safer fencing and a stock of supplies for foaling emergencies — such as bottles , teats , a foal rug and replacement milk powder . |
| 11 | A man weighs about as much as 3000 mice , and might need a bigger dose on the same scale . |
| 12 | But she 's right about one thing : we do need a bigger house . |
| 13 | ‘ They would need a bigger margin than that to mount a search down there at the bottom of the world . |
| 14 | The odds are you 'll now need a bigger loan , and the original endowment policy will not give enough cover . |
| 15 | Children with health or developmental problems may need a higher standard of parental care and a reasonable parent would be expected to provide this . |
| 16 | Subjects may vary in their response to oestrogens and some may need a higher dose . |
| 17 | ‘ If you take the remunerative bits away and leave in public hands only the unprofitable ones , we will need a larger grant , ’ argues Mr Paterson . |
| 18 | Regular washing of plastic bricks and toys helps to preserve their freshness and while standard Lego pieces can be soaked in a small bowl , larger bricks will need a larger container . |
| 19 | An increased number of children may not lead to more dwellings being required , but rather to the same number of larger homes ; or may affect the types of homes needed , such as those with amenities like gardens : conversely , an ageing population , which tends to consist of smaller household sizes , may need a larger number of dwellings , perhaps smaller and with special requirements such as ease of access . |
| 20 | An irritated Dutch official said : ‘ If the Danes can do it with a referendum by July , I do not see why the British would need a longer time . ’ |
| 21 | However , by July there were signs of more serious trouble and City analysts believed that Eurotunnel might need a further £1bn to pay for a near tripling in the cost of the shuttle fleet and meet the rapidly increasing costs of labour and materials in South East England . |
| 22 | The new theatre is currently £700,000 over its initial £12.4 million budget and the general manager , Paul Iles , estimates the project will need a further £1 million to complete . |
| 23 | If the family has decided on cremation , the undertaker will need a further form , so this decision needs to have been made prior to the visit to the Registrar . |
| 24 | Solid bases give the firmest support so may need a springier mattress to compensate . |
| 25 | You may need a stronger suncream with a higher sun protection factor . |
| 26 | And , needing desperately to defend her grandfather , she added weakly , ‘ Knowing he was too old for her , knowing that when the child grew up it would need a younger father … ’ |
| 27 | First I believe if we are going to seek a broader approach to the problems of law and order , I feel we need a broader electorate than the existing members of a police authority . |
| 28 | This may initiate a wider discussion of the role of teachers in a new South Africa and begin to change entrenched attitudes . |
| 29 | The Danish prime minister , Mr Poul Schlüter , has made it clear that he will not initiate a further referendum on the basis of the existing text . |
| 30 | It was held that no offence was committed ; Parliament was concerned in section 5 with cause and effect , and the causal sequence was not present in the situation confronting the court because , even if the defendant himself was engaging in a breach of the peace , he was not likely to cause or occasion a further breach . |