Example sentences of "[adj] to a greater [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the manager increases income by earning the incentive payment , but social welfare is also increased thereby , this to a greater extent , and permanently . |
| 2 | If it was important for an individual animal to be able to distinguish between other zebras , evolution would have led the three patterns away from one another to a greater degree . |
| 3 | Have they , as Sir Keith Joseph intended , made examinations accessible to a greater ability range of pupils , increased children 's motivation by emphasizing positive achievement and also exercised a formative effect upon the way subjects have been taught , through establishing greater breadth , balance , relevance and differentiation into the syllabuses being taught ? |
| 4 | So too are their families , who are then subject to a greater burden of care , stress , and risk . |
| 5 | Unsure whether this was due to a greater propensity to malinger or to a higher rate of ill-health among women , a committee of enquiry was set up in August 1913 . |
| 6 | follow Lewis and Mo ( 1986 ) in arguing that the discrepancy may be due to a greater rise in the serious burglaries which involve insurance claims , and hence are more likely to be reported , especially given the increase in the number of personal telephones and the higher levels of home ownership . |
| 7 | Apparently , the DNA in an early cancer cell is uncoiled to a greater extent , reflecting heightened metabolic activity . |
| 8 | Not only have the basic building blocks of the computer become smaller and cheaper , and hence more readily available to a greater number of people , the language of the computer has become much more accessible to the lay person . |
| 9 | Financial institutions already favour their own to a greater extent despite the claims that the Edinburgh based Charlotte Square ‘ mafia ’ does not invest in Scotland . |
| 10 | Indoors , everything is under more control and camcorder operations can be pre-planned to a greater extent , particularly if the location is in your own home or some other familiar setting . |
| 11 | The concept of a personal point of view was also absent to a greater degree than in Western culture , for the unschooled children could group a given set of objects or pictures according to only one attribute , although there were several other possible bases for classifications . |
| 12 | An indemnifier , however , can be liable when the customer has a valid defence and can sometimes be liable to a greater extent than the customer ( see Goulston Discount Co . |