Example sentences of "[vb -s] to [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GUPTA LOOKS TO HIGHER EARNINGS THROUGH RAISED PRICES |
| 2 | Increasing density of shading corresponds to greater rate of infant mortality . |
| 3 | Three and four-year-olds have very different play needs to older children . |
| 4 | The effect of having a baby had also put some of them off sex altogether for a while , which is something that also happens to older mothers . |
| 5 | The research evidence also suggests that the pupil of average socio-economic status tends to higher achievement in ‘ uncreamed schools ’ , that is schools where high ability pupils are not sent to selective schools , and where the school has had the opportunity to establish itself . |
| 6 | But unfortunately references to later life in diaries are infrequent . |
| 7 | The substitution effect leads to cheaper leisure being substituted for work , i.e. less work . |
| 8 | this silent business or silent treatment er it only leads to worse trouble . |
| 9 | Planning of ward rounds and non-urgent procedures in conjunction with the nurse-in-charge leads to better organisation . |
| 10 | ( 1985 ) suggest that participation per se does not cause better performance ; they hypothesize that participation in decision making strengthens the level of goal acceptance , and this leads to better performance . |
| 11 | This research is based on a contrasting hypothesis that a long-term relationship built on trust and obligation between a buyer and a sub-contractor leads to better cooperation in innovation , improved quality monitoring and prompt delivery , and that these gains outweigh efficiency loss resulting from rigidity in not switching customers or sub-contractors as prices dictate . |
| 12 | This demonstrates the difficulties in proving that higher expenditure leads to better health . |
| 13 | A recent study … suggests that German basic education leads to better examination performance than does the British ; and Japanese schools have always insisted on high achievement in basic subjects . |
| 14 | Indeed , pollen exposed to ants for a short time has reduced germinability and shorter pollen-tubes : such pollen leads to lower seed set . |
| 15 | They pursue reliability just because they know it leads to lower costs and increased market share . |
| 16 | Clearly , if that leads to lower costs and more services , we support it . |
| 17 | A further increase in steric hindrance is imposed by substituting an α-methyl group , which restricts rotation even further and leads to higher T g . |
| 18 | There are also worries that increased public spending not only pushes up government borrowing to fund a high PSBR , but also leads to higher taxes , thereby reducing the incentives to work , save and take risks . |
| 19 | This also leads to higher prices for consumers . |
| 20 | In examining the pay advantage of married men over bachelors , we tentatively concluded that for men , but not women , acquiring a spouse leads to higher pay , and perhaps productivity — an indirect contribution to the economy of a wife 's domestic work . |
| 21 | With the upward-sloping supply curve , higher demand leads to higher interest rates and higher supply . |
| 22 | This process can be painful and revealing but it leads to greater self-awareness — the first step to unambiguous communication . |
| 23 | The question naturally arises as to whether liberalisation of policy leads to greater inflows of direct investment . |
| 24 | Thus , using arguments which are , in effect , the same as the criticisms levelled against nationalised industries , it is claimed that privatisation leads to greater competition and efficiency , by exposing the privatised firms to market forces . |
| 25 | Improved technology , according to Marx and Engels , leads to greater division of labour which leads to greater inequality and to private property and greater social differentiation . |
| 26 | Improved technology , according to Marx and Engels , leads to greater division of labour which leads to greater inequality and to private property and greater social differentiation . |
| 27 | In particular , it tests ( using the nationally representative Workplace Industrial Relations Survey data on British establishments ) the hypothesis that profit sharing leads to greater employment growth . |
| 28 | Advocates of participative approaches to the introduction of new technology would applaud the involvement of production workers in ‘ productionising ’ the machinery , arguing that such involvement would mean that the particular knowledge of the workers , gained from their on-the-job experience , could be made good use of , and also that such involvement usually leads to greater commitment to the change . |
| 29 | Proponents of left-to-right strategy argue that it is much simpler , requiring far less bookkeeping , and thus leads to greater efficiency . |
| 30 | Further impacts on a recently incurred haematoma increase the volume of blood lost , which in turn leads to greater discomfort and delayed healing . |