Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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1 | Only recommended for the larger pool . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | While money was usually found for the larger items , there was a continual shortage for other equipment . |
4 | It is fairly safe to say that ‘ vellum ’ is now usually reserved for the finer types . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |