Example sentences of "[adj -er] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a smooth paper life is easier and the colour lies much more smoothly , so do try different papers for yourself . |
| 2 | If it 's too long for you , just let me know and I 'll find something shorter and a bit easier . ’ |
| 3 | The most marked feature of Lewis 's own emotional and intellectual life as the autumn days grew shorter and the year 1929 drew to its close was the development of his friendship with J. R. R. Tolkien . |
| 4 | Also the duration of HBsAg positivity was shorter and the presence of cirrhosis was more prominent in responders . |
| 5 | Measuring 14.5 cubic feet , the boot in the Mercedes is very wide ( up to 58 inches ) but considerably shorter and the sill height of around 31 inches could make it awkward to load heavy cases . |
| 6 | The front wings were less exaggerated , the rear overhang shorter and the tail a little taller . |
| 7 | This phenomenon was observed in only 4 of 23 spinal patients ( p<0.001 compared with normal ) but the duration was shorter and the amplitude was smaller ( Fig 6 ) . |
| 8 | The food was not too good , nor too plentiful , so when I returned I was a lot lighter and a lot fitter . |
| 9 | Then I heard the snap of a lighter and a cloud of blue smoke came out of the doorway , followed by a rattle sound . |
| 10 | The engine is the same size as in the old car , but the bodywork seems lighter and the shape is certainly smoother , so that probably accounts for the difference , ’ she says . |
| 11 | The middle course valleys are broader and the valley sides are less steep than in the upper course . |
| 12 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . ’ |
| 13 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . |
| 14 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 15 | Er like i we if I saw a vase that was a little bit bigger and a bit more expensive than what you 'd have |
| 16 | Well , it had n't changed much , except that it was bigger and a lot of schoolboys were apparently prancing round the sacred portals of Pierremont House . |
| 17 | A hyaena 's nasal membranes have a surface area fifty times bigger and the richness of the information they can gather is so great and varied that it is difficult for us to appreciate it . |
| 18 | His newest toy , a Toyota Land Cruiser with Gumbo Monster Mudder tyres so big that oxygen is required when you reach your seat , has CB , a radio telephone , an anenometer and a Loran radar set fixed in to transmitters on Greenland , Iceland and Norway . |
| 19 | A thinner grip makes the club slightly more flexible and lighter , while a thicker than standard grip makes the shaft a little stiffer and heavier and the balance of the club is altered . |
| 20 | They 'd moved away from the office district and she was now in an area of sandwich shops , electrical stores and ticket agencies where the traffic was heavier and the pavement crowds more dense . |
| 21 | There was a sense of menace as the snow fell heavier and the wind blew rope out across the face . |
| 22 | Determined to experience life as a catwalk photographer , I swapped my pen and notebook for a Canon Eos camera , 200mm lens with a doubler and a monopod ( bravely loaned by Michel Arnaud ) and squeezed into the ‘ gun emplacement ’ at the back of the Salle Sully . |
| 23 | Helped by gearing that 's a trifle lower and a torque peak shifted down to 3,200rpm , the Legacy can be booted around on little throttle ; engine response to small pedal movements is swift and crisp . |
| 24 | For the employed , rural wages can be 10 per cent lower and the cost of living 10 per cent higher than in city areas . |
| 25 | I can truthfully say that there were about a hundred people , male , female , young , old , and of all races , happily training their dogs , all spurred on by the infectious enthusiasm of Dave Lower and the committee of the Meridian Rottweiler Club , who all muck in to help . |
| 26 | But the level was lower and the rush of the flood less severe than in more restricted surroundings , so that that insurmountable dread of drowning gradually subsided . |
| 27 | It is also more suitable for casting because its melting point is lower and the tin reacts with gases dissolved in the molten alloy , preventing porosity . |
| 28 | The pretreatment serum HBV-DNA level was lower and the aspartate aminotransferase level higher in the response group . |
| 29 | I only hoped , as the sun sank lower and the breeze grew cool , that I was not going to be obliged to use it . |
| 30 | The woman did not sound any friendlier and the pause was a long one . |