Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an applicant 's programme quality is deemed ‘ exceptionally high ’ , it may even win over a higher bidder . |
| 2 | In 1985 a similar change enabled societies to pay interest gross on Eurobond issues , opening up a further source of wholesale funding and reflected in the sharp rise in the ‘ other ’ liabilities column in our table . |
| 3 | Scottish campaigns between 1301 and 1304 used up a further sum of around £177,000 . |
| 4 | In fact , the SNP was the only party to pull out a higher vote in October . |
| 5 | He has come back a wiser player and he will add drive to the team . ’ |
| 6 | He said : ‘ Geoff helped out a younger Palace squad member who was being hit . |
| 7 | Because of this the investigators subsequently carried out a larger trial ( in 86 babies ) , which did not confirm either the reduction in haemorrhage or the increase in mortality . |
| 8 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 9 | Accordingly , there has been a gradual realization that the endeavour should advance over a broader field rather than trying to seek a ‘ universal ’ method ( Dearden , 1981 ) , that subjective methods are probably more cost-effective ( Price , 1976 ) , that any method should include room for different tastes ( Jacques , 1980 ) , and that much could be learnt from the approach of experts in the area of aesthetic and artistic judgement ( Carlson , 1977 ) . |
| 10 | And because one would share with neighbours , it was rather spaced out so that people could benefit over a longer period . |
| 11 | The chances of picking up a smaller prize are much greater . |
| 12 | Serving up a smaller profit |
| 13 | He is dressing it up as a concession , but , without amendment ( a ) , if there is a Conservative Government post election — I do not think that will happen , but we should explore the fantasies in case there is — the Secretary of State could decide not to set up a further education council in Scotland . |
| 14 | Since the Minister is anxious to avoid giving a commitment to set up a further education council , perhaps he could use the opportunity of replying to the debate to rule out a possibility which was raised in the press last year . |
| 15 | The present project constitutes a pilot study after which it is hoped to set up a longer term project to follow up the initial findings . |
| 16 | erm erm concentration put on of where pumping into us , there came back a further report on how one would win that and as I remember it , the professional advise was we should have twenty but Charles and his I nearly said men but progress erm . |
| 17 | Finally , the gross overloading of the Crown Court , coupled with the great cost of criminal legal aid to the Exchequer , will probably bring about a further shift of criminal cases from the Crown Court to magistrates ' courts , which will involve a reduction in the number of cases in which barristers are engaged . |
| 18 | And with Deane , you are forgetting the big guy turned down a BETTER contract at Sheff Wed to join Leeds . |
| 19 | Instead , kids compare the stats on dogs like Scion , whose total seizure value to date is over $91 million , or Sinbad , who once turned over a camper van on the Mexican border and sniffed out 400 pounds of cocaine . |
| 20 | At first , Merrill paid scant attention to their conversation , but her interest was caught when he and Luke began speaking of environmental issues , rain forests , renewable sources of timber , and the possibility of turning over a greater part of their production to make more use of softwood . |
| 21 | But the expedition also gave Gould a greater insight into the distribution of species over all Australia ; it suggested to him , in comparison with his recent knowledge of New South Wales and Van Diemen 's Land , which species might be stationary and which dispersed over a greater area . |
| 22 | Despite heavy government intervention aimed at warding off a further crash in prices , trading continued to be nervous as a result of fears that Mehta would dump holdings to clear his bank debts , which included Rs6,200 million ( about US$214,000,000 ) to State Bank of India , the largest commercial bank . |
| 23 | This analysis shows up a further difference between choices of means and of ends ; the former start from facts publicly testable by objective criteria , the latter from the look and feel of things tested privately and subjectively , by assuming in experience or imagination the relevant viewpoint in the fullest awareness available , and discovering how one does respond . |
| 24 | No market advisers could ever have dreamed up a better ploy because Laura was only enunciating theories she had always believed in . |
| 25 | Wealth , power , dames : Daine could n't have Dreamed up a better situation for himself in the City if he had been trying . |
| 26 | Going back a further generation , her sire 's parents both scored under 12 . |
| 27 | In the early twentieth century small business people ( the self-employed and shopkeepers ) made up a greater proportion of the working population than they did by 1971 . |
| 28 | Table 3.23 below shows that the unskilled and the semi-skilled manual workers made up a higher proportion of those receiving sickness or invalidity benefit than their size as a population group warranted ; the opposite was the case for the non-manual workers ; while the skilled manual workers ’ position as beneficiaries reflected their size as a group among the general population . |
| 29 | The exercise of prayer and worship takes on a deeper reality when the going is tough . |
| 30 | Clearly it takes on a further significance in the context of the discussion in this paper . |