Example sentences of "[verb] by [art] greater [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The peaks in the two English samples represent shrews and voles , while the greater size diversity from South Africa is produced by the greater diversity of insectivores and murid and cricetid rodents present in the South African environment . |
| 2 | It is important for large complex applications that current hyper-text practice involving the use of directed graph ( general network ) structures , inheritance hierarchies and object-oriented scripts be underpinned by a greater body of theory . |
| 3 | Like the woman in Telephone Directories his English accent , jarring to a Scot , is understood by the greater number of people , especially foreigners . |
| 4 | They succeed by a greater division of labour , with most volunteers carrying responsibility for generalist advice while referring complex work to a few specialists . |
| 5 | One way the model was altered was to assume that the mantle part of the lithosphere stretches by a greater amount than the crust during extension ( Fig. 4.17(B) ) . |
| 6 | If the acceptance of increased risk is rewarded by a greater return as predicted by the model then should be positive . |
| 7 | The consequences of this disparity are not completely offset by the greater efficiency of the NHS . |
| 8 | There was a gang of kids playing up on the embankment , just as Preston and William had , junior hangers-on , rookie spear carriers in the terrible Derek Sumter gang which had once ruled the neighbourhood , so far as was tolerated by the greater power of the nans . |
| 9 | Such ‘ Fahrradstrasse ’ are not created as a function of cyclist density , though some attempts have been made to funnel cross-town traffic along them to ensure that motorists are intimidated by the greater volume of cycle traffic . |
| 10 | The opinion of the child that morning , and of Timothy Gedge , was an opinion shared by the greater part of Dynmouth : there were the shreds of a traditional respect for his calling , and then impatience , occasionally contempt . |
| 11 | He was widely believed to have been interned in a labour camp in the mid-1930s ( a fate shared by the greater part of the clergy ) , and again for a year immediately after the Second World War , following military service . |
| 12 | This is evidenced by the greater time and effort devoted to the selection of schools by the Coordinating Team , by the absence of the link person role for Minor Project schools , and by the scale of the development implied by the larger sums involved . |
| 13 | His anxiety for her had been displaced by a greater worry — was that possible ? |
| 14 | The slightly lower figure for Stornoway may be caused by a greater tendency for cloud formation over the land to the west and south-west ( the sources of the prevailing winds ) , while exposed western coasts tend to have good sunshine records ( at sea level ) ( Green& Harding 1983 ) . |
| 15 | It was claimed that this was caused by the greater number of convictions , and the speed at which the increase took place , rather than from any perceptible changes in sentencing practice . |
| 16 | Yet all other bishoprics were surpassed by the greater monasteries — Glastonbury , Ely , Bury St Edmund 's , and St Augustine 's Canterbury . |
| 17 | The liberal-historians , on the other hand , whilst being generally more sceptical of the extent of permissiveness , nevertheless argue that 1960s Britain was characterised by a greater degree of freedom , the limited nature of which is nonetheless guaranteed by law . |
| 18 | was represented by a greater number of compositions , and certainly Lambe 's work was well known and widely circulated . |
| 19 | It is a fact of human personality that the argument which is supported by the greater weight of evidence does not always win the day ; people do not like to be proved wrong . |
| 20 | Chamberlain returned to Britain and publicly proclaimed ‘ Peace in our time ’ but he had by now realised that Hitler 's word could not be trusted , so he endeavoured to form an alliance with Russia against Germany , the fear of Communism being overcome by the greater fear of Nazi domination , However , Poland refused to agree to Russian troops having the right to cross Polish territory for the purpose of attacking Germany from the east , so an effective alliance was impracticable and Russia became isolated from that proposed pact . |
| 21 | The Easterhouse Entrepreneurship Programme is a demonstration project being promoted by the Greater Easterhouse Development Company . |
| 22 | ( Directed by a greater Light ) declare |
| 23 | Whilst this may be a mixed blessing because of pupils switching between schools , and different types of schools created by the greater choice . |
| 24 | Guy of Lusignan had been beaten by a greater man . |
| 25 | Once again British influence in Washington was enhanced by the greater weaknesses ( political and economic ) of the other leading European states , coupled with America 's lack of effective and reliable allies in the Middle and Far East . |
| 26 | Whilst the total number of holidays authorized increased by nearly 50 per cent over the period shown both Thomson and Intasun expanded by a greater proportion but with Intasun far outstripping Thomson 's growth . |
| 27 | Today , and at least in academic circles though not solely these , both of these uses have been developed by a greater use of social scientific theory and by more advanced statistical techniques . |
| 28 | The difference is explained by the greater likelihood of men having held pensionable jobs , both because full-time jobs held by men were more likely to have pension rights than women 's , and because , before the age of retirement , a majority of older women had either no paid job or a part-time job with no pension provision . |
| 29 | This fall in pregnancy rate has been explained by the greater use of contraceptives by teenagers , particularly those over sixteen . |
| 30 | The increased number of freemen need not , however , be explained by the greater attractions of town life . |