Example sentences of "[adj -er] and [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time for planning and making arrangements will be much shorter and therefore the nurse must ensure that she obtains adequate information from the patient ( or family ) on admission . |
| 2 | The areas where we put in most effort were Reed Tool the drill bit company where there were redundancies earlier in the year and in particular the U S operations of Redder and also the U S operations of Camco Products where in fact in the U S part of it , there are now thirty eight percent less people employed than there were a year ago . |
| 3 | The redder the light , the farther and faster the galaxy . |
| 4 | The lower and even the middle ranks of the bureaucracy were to a considerable extent decentralized and independent of royal power . |
| 5 | As he gets nearer and nearer the jungle in which he will begin hunting , he comes near to a large bush . |
| 6 | The slab side of the executive transporter loomed like a cliff out of the white fog , getting larger by the second as the shock wave from the explosions which had set it adrift in the first place propelled it nearer and nearer the executive transporter bay wall . |
| 7 | Most young children luckily will respond to the authority of a stranger and so the task is not as daunting as it sounds . |
| 8 | Considering his band had clocked up four months on a promotional treadmill that had become steeper and faster the more ‘ Nevermind ’ sold , he looked in pretty good shape . |
| 9 | The far side crust is thicker and therefore the basins gave rise to less weakening there , and consequently far less lava emerged into those basins than into those on the near side . |
| 10 | On the average these steps will be higher the older and therefore the thicker the crystal . |
| 11 | And after the barbed wire was another fence that was higher and again the floodlights played and caught on the cutting edges … and after the high barbed wire was a wooden fence that was three yards high . |
| 12 | As the resistance gets higher and higher the current goes down . |
| 13 | The further downstream one goes , the higher and better the banks must be : skilful siting and engineering are obviously required . |
| 14 | Bring to the boil , then reduce the heat and simmer the sauce , covered , for about 1hr — the longer and slower the better . |
| 15 | Because the racket has a diagonal string pattern , spin shots ( top spin and slice ) become easier to play , basically because the strings on such a pattern are longer and therefore the ball rests on them for longer . |
| 16 | For larger loads the time taken to reach the first step position is longer and therefore the time between successive step commands is automatically adjusted to allow for the slower rate of acceleration . |