Example sentences of "[adv] on a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , till the day she died , she put the tea tray down on a lighter table , next to the heavy one , that had survived . |
| 2 | O nine O four six four one six four one and perhaps on a lighter note according to speculation in the Yorkshire Post newspaper this morning Gazzer could be heading towards Alan Rhodes . |
| 3 | The colonies as a group quickly emerged as a key element in British strategy because they were net dollar earners ( basically because of Malayan rubber and West African products such as cocoa ) and could be made so on a bigger scale by a number of policy devices . |
| 4 | The decision leaked out among the officers , one of whom burst in on a later meeting to protest passionately against it : ‘ What is this ? ’ he demanded . |
| 5 | " You ran a brothel in Dublin , and you 've continued your foul trade here — but only on a grander level . |
| 6 | For , like the Falklands war ( only on a bigger scale ) , this can only be a one-off operation . |
| 7 | Only on a bigger scale , they had them made on a bigger scale you see . |
| 8 | The bringing together of workers was therefore not only on a larger scale but also more continuous than at other oil industry sites , including the isolated platform construction yards at Kishorn , Nigg , and Ardeseir in Highland Region , where many workers travelled from home daily or at least went home at weekends . |
| 9 | Finally on a lighter note , ‘ Amiga Five-O ’ by computer games reviewer Ashley Cotter Cairns is a personal look at the top-50 Amiga games of all time . |
| 10 | The merest blemish on a Rolls Royce might render it unmerchantable whereas it might not on a humbler car . |
| 11 | Rolls are normally 100 metres and , if in this length the coating blotches , or a ‘ squeegee ’ effect appears in the dyed colour , or perhaps the ‘ picks ’ form lumpy doubled threads in the weft , then the run has to be sold off on a shorter roll . |
| 12 | Er mi , Mrs back again , hopefully on a better line this time . |
| 13 | It was also on a bigger scale and , for the first time , he was to collaborate with a distinguished painter for the designs . |
| 14 | Despite this , much of the site was still in use for cloth manufacture , although probably on a smaller scale , as parts were leased out to tenants . |
| 15 | On the spiritual side it was at one time also considered self-evident that the Russians , adherence to the Christian religion put them automatically on a higher plane than the heathen , raw-flesh-eating ‘ savages ’ . |
| 16 | To pick up on an earlier theme , there are two main traditions in penal reform . |
| 17 | the Chief Officer do n't quote me by it embarrass er I 've had with carried out on a larger sum other than that available . |
| 18 | All the roofs will be surveyed using traditional techniques , but detailed investigation , using a range of monitoring equipment including infra-red thermography , ultrasonic pulse-echo testing and strain gauges , will be carried out on a smaller sample . |
| 19 | The prominence , or emphasis , is caused by the stressed syllable being pronounced louder , longer , and/or often on a higher pitch than surrounding syllables . |
| 20 | For since fishermen require only trained aptitudes , and not any exceptional natural qualities , their number could be increased in less than a generation to almost any extent that was necessary to meet the demand ; while the industries connected with building boats , making nets , etc. being now on a larger scale would be organized more thoroughly and economically . |
| 21 | There are far too few structures for democratic representation and control over union education , so that decision-making depends mostly on a smaller number of individuals . |
| 22 | We call it ‘ cultural imperialism ’ when a powerful nation imposes its views/culture/political opinions etc on a weaker nation . |
| 23 | Manager Geoff Cooke and his coaches had the look of men unashamedly glad South Africa are not here on a longer tour because the Boks are getting better by the minute . |
| 24 | The Court also favoured the interpretation of Article 27(d) which would enable requesting as well as requested States to use domestic law procedures , but even on a narrower reading saw nothing in Article 27 to limit the power of a requesting State . |
| 25 | that there is , this grid lock situation I mentioned earlier on a larger scale has al already occurs er on the way in that er basically to Earls Court as I mentioned earlier it 's in Shepherds Bush . |
| 26 | I mean , do the other do these things happen in cycles and tha you know , is it possible that it 'll happen again on a greater scale ? |
| 27 | Those words I would like to put on the record where on an earlier sheet that somehow or other have disappeared from the current Order Paper . |
| 28 | The MP 's report draws heavily on an earlier study by consultants , W. S. Atkins , which said that CHP and district heating schemes would be viable in no fewer than nine cities in Britain . |