Example sentences of "[noun] [adj -er] [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To provide foundations for the walls , we formed a toe around the outside , 75mm deeper and a shovel width ( like a moat ) , and skimmed off the sharp corner . |
| 2 | Er like i we if I saw a vase that was a little bit bigger and a bit more expensive than what you 'd have |
| 3 | A hyaena 's nasal membranes have a surface area fifty times bigger and the richness of the information they can gather is so great and varied that it is difficult for us to appreciate it . |
| 4 | I tried to look sympathetic but that only made matters worse and the fellow waved his fingers in the air as a sign for us to go and , turning his back , resumed his prayers . |
| 5 | yeah , but I need to be a bit skinnier and a bit taller |
| 6 | But he was eleven years older and a father of two — surely he would not take up arms ? |
| 7 | They were a bit laxer but a lot of them were very very strict . |
| 8 | The front wings were less exaggerated , the rear overhang shorter and the tail a little taller . |
| 9 | I 'd make the pages smaller and the mag thicker , I 'd staple the pages together , I 'd print on glossy but recyclable paper , I 'd … |
| 10 | An inch higher and a thought quicker , and he could have climbed back down the rocks vindicated and free , with all his debts paid . |
| 11 | The slopes of his eyelids were infinitely dark , making the stare louder and the smile more furtive . |
| 12 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |
| 13 | The food was not too good , nor too plentiful , so when I returned I was a lot lighter and a lot fitter . |
| 14 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . ’ |
| 15 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . |
| 16 | Now , the reason why we 're getting a fairly high test statistic is that er , that distribution , although it looks normal on the left hand side , it does n't look particularly normal erm on the right and that we are missing some observations , we are missing some values of the residuals er in one area of the graph , nevertheless if we had a larger sample , right we probably erm , right it does n't look , that looks quite encouraging in actual fact , those residuals do seem to be er normally distributed er what the test statistic is doing er it 's saying it 's performing a , it 's a kiescraper two test , it 's making two restrictions , one of which is saying , is the distribution of these residuals symmetric er and also it 's testing whether there 's one of the tails is a lot larger or a lot longer than the other tail of the distribution and er test statistics fairly high but we would n't reject the null of normality at the five percent level so our test statistic is four point zero eight and the critical value is five point nine nine and that the five percent significance level , so we 've got reasonably er robust residuals . |
| 17 | Almost all accidents start with a simple error on the part of the pilot that leads to a chain of events , each of which makes the situation worse and an accident more and more difficult to avoid . |
| 18 | A slap often makes the situation worse and the child 's cries louder while parents ' shouting only increases the general noise level . |
| 19 | It sounds a lot louder and a lot prettier . |
| 20 | The six-cylinder lay-out , of course , makes for smooth engine performance and that , combined with plenty of sound-proofing measures , means that the BMW diesel is a lot quieter and a lot more refined than any other diesel I 've driven — without exception . |
| 21 | Compared with the UK , sales were 20 times greater and the productivity index over four times higher in Japan . |
| 22 | I can truthfully say that there were about a hundred people , male , female , young , old , and of all races , happily training their dogs , all spurred on by the infectious enthusiasm of Dave Lower and the committee of the Meridian Rottweiler Club , who all muck in to help . |
| 23 | Helped by gearing that 's a trifle lower and a torque peak shifted down to 3,200rpm , the Legacy can be booted around on little throttle ; engine response to small pedal movements is swift and crisp . |