Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided the springboard doctrine is sensibly applied and injunctions granted only in the clearest of cases so that the recipient of the information is not effectively placed in a worse position than if he had not received it , the interests of both the supplier of the information and the recipient can be satisfied . |
| 2 | In much of this material there was little attempt to relate such antipathy and prejudice to a consistent and coherent theory of behaviour , but the assumption and arguments on which it was based can be seen as the origins of a racial nationalist ideology which was to be more rigorously formulated at a later date . |
| 3 | It suggests that of the subjects that usually comprise the humanities , philosophy need not necessarily be identified with the humanities at all , literature and the other arts are defined by their concern with art-objects and history arguably belongs to a broader conception of ‘ human sciences ’ . |
| 4 | Besides contributing to a deeper comprehension of the function of to , this study has also led to a fuller understanding of the role of the category of person in the infinitive . |
| 5 | I was even planning which tank I would be moving my 43 babies ( I had carefully counted the eggs ) to when they had grown up enough to go into a larger tank . |
| 6 | This difference is important when the motor is producing maximum ( pull-out ) torque , because any small increase in load causes the open-loop system to stall , whereas the closed.loop system merely slows to a lower speed ; the open.loop system is unstable , but the closed.loop system is stable . |
| 7 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
| 8 | In 1924 , as well as a contribution from Lévy-Bruhl on ‘ Primitive Mentality and Gambling ’ , the Criterion carried Lewis 's ‘ Mr. Zagreus and the Split-Man ’ where , as in Tarr , modern civilization is constantly punctured by a deeper , often clearly anthropological element in a strange world of lustrations , masked figures , and phallic hands . |
| 9 | In France , where a new class of naval engineers concerned with the building and repair of ships was created in 1765 , shipbuilding was perhaps carried to a higher pitch of perfection than anywhere else in Europe . |
| 10 | The result is that tasks such as redistribution , which in the fiscal federalism literature are seen as a prerogative of central government , may ( given the imperfections of the Tiebout mechanism and the informational requirements of administration ) be shown to be better pursued at a lower level of government when broader considerations are taken into account . |
| 11 | Transaction facilities are built into kiosks either by providing online or other forms of communication facilities , sometimes nothing more sophisticated than a voice telephone link , or by allowing on-site , consolidated storage of customer requests which can be manually collected at a later time . |
| 12 | Walter Pater was a master of atmosphere ; he had been inspired as a young man by Ruskin , and his idealism about art and his fine prose were in turn much admired by a younger generation of aesthetes , among whom Oscar Wilde was a prominent figure . |
| 13 | But his response was merely to press for a greater supply of British goods to those colonies to reduce their sterling balances . |
| 14 | Not healthy , especially coming after a bigger than expected £30bn deficit in the current tax year . |
| 15 | In Dresden , long known for a softer line than elsewhere , the Mayor , Wolfgang Berghofer , announced after talks with 20 church and New Forum opposition activists that he was willing to discuss their nine-point proposal , and release anyone arrested who was not accused of violence within 24 hours . |
| 16 | It is clear that this kind of INSET provision could have been much more effective if the membership of each course had been carefully targeted and hence more homogeneous ; many of the teachers who attended would have been better served by a simpler , more sharply focused presentation of recommendations specifically relevant to their own current practice . |
| 17 | But its political interests would have been — and were — better served by a lower growth-rate ; for this was less damaging to non-monopoly capital and the working class , and therefore did not provoke such hostility to monopoly capital . |
| 18 | I 'm convinced the public would be better served by a wider cross-section of journalists . |
| 19 | This exploratory and performance-based approach will not only lead to a deeper understanding of the text in question ( a dramatic exploration of a speech in Shakespeare , for instance , will show how the placing of different emphases can alter fundamentally one 's interpretation of character or meaning ) , but will also lead to an understanding of the play as theatre . |
| 20 | Such imperfections of bowel function obviously result in a poorer quality of life for the patients concerned , suggesting that the price paid for avoidance of a permanent ileostomy may be too high in older patients . |
| 21 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 22 | Mr Clinton is apparently thinking of a smaller force , with total manpower cut to 1.4m and troops in Europe to around 100,000 ; but little more is known of his intentions . |
| 23 | When the last group had backed from the emperor 's presence , the chant of the court musicians suddenly changed to a faster rhythm and the gateways filled immediately , to Joseph 's astonishment , with the gray , swaying bulk of elephants . |
| 24 | Moreover , there is such a difference between one man and another that the man of 70 may still be at a higher level than the man of 20 at his peak : although the latter , starting so to speak from a lower level , will normally reach the later age at a much lower point than the former . |
| 25 | Then redaction criticism is of limited value , but its methods can help to bring out the special interests of the editor and so lead to a fuller appreciation of the theology expressed in his work . |
| 26 | The problem is to identify those cases that can most benefit from a further investigation . |
| 27 | This division between planning conditions and site licence conditions highlights the need for co-operation between planners , waste disposal officers and other pollution control agencies , at a pre-planning stage wherever possible , in order to reach agreement on those conditions which are to be attached to the planning consent , and those to be attached to the site licence , thus ensuring that problems of control do not arise at a later stage . |
| 28 | The cost of unsold or unconsumed stocks will have been incurred in the expectation of future revenue , and when this will not arise until a later year it is appropriate to carry forward this cost to be matched with the revenue when it arises . |
| 29 | As a nurse I can not think of a healthier diet to follow and can see no disadvantages in it . |
| 30 | ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained . |