Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only is the relation in the latter between Homeric ‘ myth ’ and modern novel one of irony and transformation ; in it the ‘ myth ’ , oddly enough , is given a higher and more assured status as something less sophisticated , more archetypal , closer to the holy and the divine . |
| 2 | The treatment of the two sisters as objects for possession and domination is given a further and perhaps more insidious turn by their mother , Eleonora , who by ‘ serpentizing Fraud ’ uses her daughters to gain political advantage . |
| 3 | Bored , out-of-work young people turn to vandalism , drugs and crime , and the spiral is given a further twist . |
| 4 | 8 A coin collector has C coins and is given a further 20 coins.If he now has 2,352 coins altogether , how many did he have at first ? |
| 5 | The ratio of brain weight to spinal cord weight is considered a better measurement of complexity and intelligence . |
| 6 | The projects end up with scores of 250 and 215 respectively , and , hey presto , the project with the higher score is deemed the better . |
| 7 | The sooner this bastard 's caught the better . ’ |
| 8 | The school manager , in contrast to his or her experience of GCSE , here has to struggle for clarity — a struggle which is made no easier by the over-simplified statements of policy about the unification of general and vocational education which are made by central government and by its political opponents . |
| 9 | BIG BRAAANG THEORY Jackson Infinity XL Pointiness is lent a friendlier aspect by this new Japanese Jackson , but do n't be fooled by appearances : herein lies some classic rock nastiness . |
| 10 | The sooner this is done the better . |
| 11 | With a check , the pianist has more control over the action of the piano and is offered a greater dynamic range . |
| 12 | This is thought a better explanation both because it avoids the metaphysical extravagance of non-natural properties , and because it clarifies the relation between moral judgement and action . |
| 13 | I felt that the news was broken to us in a very inhumane manner , but perhaps there is no way to sweeten the statement , and the sooner the news is conveyed the better for both the giver and receiver . |
| 14 | Because surgery reduces the postoperative duration of the fluid the earlier it is performed the shorter is the overall duration of the condition . |
| 15 | It says that judges should follow whichever method of deciding cases will produce what they believe to be the best community for the future , and though some pragmatic lawyers would think this means a richer or happier or more powerful community , others would choose a community with fewer incidents of injustice , with a better cultural tradition and what is called a higher quality of life . |
| 16 | There were fouls galore , and the Town , to their credit , admitted the disgrace : ‘ If what we served up on Saturday is football , well , the sooner its death knell is sounded the better ; may we go further and say that never do we wish to see anything like it again . ’ |
| 17 | She caught only the last few words : ‘ the sooner this dangerous person is apprehended the better ’ , and switched off in frustration . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , ’ he told the reporter , it 's called The Cheaper Sex . ’ |
| 19 | Once that ceiling is reached no further credits will be allowed until the start of the next six months period . ’ |
| 20 | The 14-month old MP-1 is reduced a further 32% in price to $75,000 . |
| 21 | The sooner an agreement is notified the longer the period of protection from fines is likely to be , since such protection does not exist for any period of operation of an agreement prior to notification . |
| 22 | So the earlier the thrombolytic therapy is administered the greater the chance the patient has of maintaining reasonable left ventricular function after the vessel is opened . |
| 23 | The earlier aspirin is administered the better . |
| 24 | The quicker a site is provided the better it will be for everyone … |
| 25 | The more information that is demanded the greater the cost . |
| 26 | If this course of action is followed a further £140 will need to be spent to rectify the faults . |
| 27 | However , observational studies such as these should be interpreted with care , all that can be fairly concluded is that the group operated on do not differ significantly from the remainder and the longer a patient is followed the greater the change of surgery . |
| 28 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that his proposals are welcome , but that the sooner the uncertainty is removed the better ? |
| 29 | Addressing the Assembly on June 25 Havel declared : " I share the view that the state of uncertainty can not be prolonged for ever and the sooner the decision is taken the better . |
| 30 | That is , the permanent reduction of inflation is accorded a higher priority than the size of revenues associated with monetary creation . |