Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only recommended for the larger pool . |
| 2 | Another is if the limiting factor for all debtors — the cost of bankruptcy or near-bankruptcy — suddenly changes for the worse . |
| 3 | Chris thought that Angela would not aim for the earlier time , she hated early rising . |
| 4 | But relations between the youngsters and their adult minders did not change for the better . |
| 5 | When you realise that 90 are now considered a reasonable number , it is clear that at least one thing has not changed for the better . |
| 6 | While money was usually found for the larger items , there was a continual shortage for other equipment . |
| 7 | It is fairly safe to say that ‘ vellum ’ is now usually reserved for the finer types . |
| 8 | Mr Clarke halted trials of the American-style side handled baton saying : ‘ It could fundamentally alter for the worse the style of policing in this country . |
| 9 | Although some of this variation may be attributed to inherent reliability problems in the computation method or original poor data quality , other geological factors probably account for the greater part of the observed variation . |
| 10 | Around the harbour , fishermen 's tavernas still jostle side by side with the newer cafés and bars which have sprung up to cater for the younger market , and the main daytime activity seems to be relaxing over a quiet glass of something while watching the boats chug in and out . |
| 11 | Two years later , again at Daytona , on 11 March 1929 , he recaptured the record from the American Ray Keech at 231.362 m.p.h. in Golden Arrow , designed by Captain J. S. Irving with a 900-hp aero-engine hired from Napier and originally designed for the Schneider trophy winner Supermarine seaplane . |
| 12 | In the case of Estella however her appearances are n't really deceiving as she looks arrogant and proud and has proud eyes though she really changes for the better even though it occurred because of her treatment by Bentley Drummle and in the end like Pip , she is wiser and has been softened by her experiences and lost her proud eyes and air . |
| 13 | One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong . |
| 14 | Every change in our lives brings with it griefs , even changes for the better . |
| 15 | If necessary use a metal bar to increase the leverage , then repeat for the further tap . |
| 16 | As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications . |
| 17 | The syndrome of imperfections that make up " maternal depletion " coupled usually with lower educational level and larger family size evidently account for the lower survival chances of infants and young children whose mothers were beyond age 39 at the birth . |
| 18 | The British public was not prepared either to pay for the higher cost of the non-marketed sector through higher taxation rates . |
| 19 | In the eighteen months since Mrs Thatcher had taken up employment at Dickins and Jones , the mood of the Party had perceptibly changed for the better , the great bulk of the membership having transferred its loyalty smoothly from the old Leader to the new . |
| 20 | People never change for the better by being hated , judged and condemned . |
| 21 | And the bridesmaid 's , the little bridesmaid 's jacket are this colour and this colour in print and all out of fabric and erm definitely go for the darker . |
| 22 | It 's hard to believe that the man who used to play the bass in a sullen and studenty pop group called The Housemartins is the creator of this year 's most significant number one single , but the success of ‘ Dub Be Good To Me ’ is a sing that things have truly changed for the better . |