Example sentences of "[adj -er] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian pulled Delaney back bodily by his legs , helping to get him further away as the arm with its vicious , razor-sharp ends , flailed wildly through the aperture . |
| 2 | However strongly he swam , the sea pulled him further away from the coast , and he was already beginning to feel tired and breathless . |
| 3 | The moon is that much further away from the sea on this side so that 'd have that much less of an effect holding the sea water down on to the earth and therefore the sea water comes Now obviously the water from the high tide has got to come from somewhere so they 'll be some parts of the globe low tide . |
| 4 | His economic plan was made to be tougher on the deficit in the House of Representatives , and may be made tougher still in the Senate . |
| 5 | She fumbled with her purse and a few seconds later she held a lighter shakily to the end of a cigarette and puffed greedily . |
| 6 | The Russian felt inadequate , but was persuaded that not doing the leg would just put him further behind as the crew developed experience . |
| 7 | I 've seen pensioners waiting outside in the rain and it 's even worse for those further ahead in the line inside who are being subjected to those dreadful video adverts while they wait . |
| 8 | CULT figures on Australian radio , ‘ Roy and HG ’ natter away about the cricketers of recent years , superbly dry and yet ‘ over the top ’ , some of their remarks surely bordering on the actionable . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh sir , it was hotter yesterday on the March and Shoot . ’ |
| 10 | The shots are flying straighter both in the sense of having less fade and of greater accuracy . |
| 11 | She had no wish to hurt Anna and besides , how could she complain when the truth was that she was happier here at the palazzo than she 'd been in a long time ? |
| 12 | Imrie & Wyburn ( 1958 ) consider the notch difference to be ‘ inborn ’ , and Thomson ( 1899 ) noted that it is larger even in the female foetus . |
| 13 | It is a lot cheaper especially in the |
| 14 | Mr Maconie should realise that the Roman Catholic hierarchy does f— all to help AIDS victims , seeing it as a gift from God to rid the world of some of its scum , when it has the power to change attitudes for the better all over the world . |
| 15 | Alternatively , the practice has grown up that if the law is not clear , then , given that the possibility of being prosecuted for a crime or sued for damages may exist , albeit as a remote possibility in England , it is better always for the doctor to err on the side of caution and follow the most conservative or restrictive view of the law . |
| 16 | Of course he thinks it would be better still from the point of view of justice if no one was made to compensate for emotional injury . |
| 17 | Bans had to be introduced to give the fish stocks time to recover , and they are better now in the 1980's than they have been since the mid-1960's . |
| 18 | He felt better now after the initial shock of being hit . |
| 19 | It 's better really in the in the summer when you can come after school |
| 20 | It was clear that the light from this side was better even without the addition of huge windows in the roof . |
| 21 | Rainfall is at its lowest in the east , where summers tend to be better then in the temperate western half of the UK . |
| 22 | She was six years older so by the time I was 12 I was accustomed to propping my eyelids open well into the early hours , listening to her tearful ‘ he loves me , he loves me not . ’ |
| 23 | He rubbed his thumb and forefinger together in the ubiquitous Greek gesture for money , for money and corruption . |
| 24 | Remember , too , that the thermals are smaller nearer to the ground , reinforcing the need for minimum speed , well-banked turns . |
| 25 | The London market opened weaker today as the Chancellor John Major underlined his determination to keep interest rates high despite calls from the C B I to reduce them . |
| 26 | It 's choppier downwind towards the village |
| 27 | As a result , building costs are higher right across the board for nuclear stations and construction time is also up to twice as long . |
| 28 | In a sense Sue feels they 've grown wiser together over the years . |
| 29 | Because of this ‘ back reaction ’ , photochemical pollution is worse away from the actual pollution source itself . |
| 30 | There was a discreet sign pointing higher still to the Amtel clinic . |