Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should take a radical approach to the position of elderly people beyond the year 2000 , and consider whether technology can allow them to enjoy a better standard of living and to rely less on residential and nursing homes . |
| 2 | The development was welcomed by exhibitors , who felt that stage adaptations would enable them to attract a better class of customer , but they were n't to know what they were letting themselves in for . |
| 3 | If two assets have the same risk but one of them has a lower return than the other , then it is sold and the proceeds are invested in the other . |
| 4 | However , nothing has a better chance in the Rous Conditions Stakes than Solar Wagon . |
| 5 | On 6 December , I announced a further £7.5 million capital allocation for projects for 1992-93 . |
| 6 | Then I laid a paler colour into the gaps left for the highlights and took it back over the previous work as well to unify the colour . |
| 7 | I got a bigger ball . |
| 8 | Well that I I us I got a better rate of exchange out in S A than I did here . |
| 9 | I got a higher figure than Jim because I was I ca n't believe , believe this either th th the officer that , that , that , done this say to the , the , that 's the figures that have produced then they 're completely wrong and I can tell |
| 10 | and I got a greater kinship because they 're a small group . |
| 11 | I got a further half-smile before the door closed . |
| 12 | I have always thought that league results are what matter most to Motherwell and I expect a harder game than were given that day . ’ |
| 13 | I found a better man than Dudley , James . |
| 14 | Unless someone has a better solution , can I ask the many thousands of WCM readers who are as infuriated as I am to write and complain to the BBC 's Head Programme Scheduler . |
| 15 | I maintained a straighter course now but perpetually wanted to stop , and so had to ration myself to two minutes rest in every fifteen , and ten minutes on the hour . |
| 16 | Oh yes , I 'm all favour of dipping , but I want a safer dip for the operators . |
| 17 | Yeah , but I want a better white bigger than that one |
| 18 | ‘ I want a bigger basket than this . |
| 19 | I want a bigger range to choose from and hopefully this role will help me . |
| 20 | I want a bigger bike but she 's not gon na ride it until she 's had the baby . |
| 21 | They realised I told a better story when I was composed . |
| 22 | I 've changed the specifications of the fence , so my brother got the but I put a smaller fence in there , not the huge three bar one which was er previously , it does n't really change specifications . |
| 23 | But it was when I came to ask myself the reason for such a wild suggestion that I received a greater shock . |
| 24 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 25 | Never have I seen a happier set of fellows , and with an equal share of luck we shall not be defeated on Saturday . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I originally got them down first to 100 , then to 80 , but finance dictated that I select a smaller number . |
| 27 | Last week , I approved a further £345,000 for the British Red Cross . |
| 28 | ‘ If you can make me understand that , I stand a better chance of helping to get you the money to find it , ’ Waldegrave said . |
| 29 | Never did I see a grander scene — immense rocks rising perpendicularly from the glen to such a height as pained the neck of the spectator , and terminating in the most bold and fantastic manner . |
| 30 | In later sections I present a fuller discussion of merger . |