Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj -er] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , by July there were signs of more serious trouble and City analysts believed that Eurotunnel might need a further £1bn to pay for a near tripling in the cost of the shuttle fleet and meet the rapidly increasing costs of labour and materials in South East England . |
| 2 | Solid bases give the firmest support so may need a springier mattress to compensate . |
| 3 | The government 's aim is evidently to shift the taxation of motorists on to petrol ; this will link the tax more closely to vehicle use , and so provide a greater incentive to economise on fuel . |
| 4 | ( a ) because the rights of preference shareholders are subordinated to those of loan stock holders , preference shareholders normally expect a higher yield to reflect the difference in risk . |
| 5 | On the BBC 's side they retained a further option to wind up any contract after eight weeks if they elected to replace an artist , or if the show was cancelled . |
| 6 | I want a bigger range to choose from and hopefully this role will help me . |
| 7 | " Power " , for example , is an ordinal attribute in which we might want to talk about individuals having " more " or " less " power than others and to reflect this in using the power of numbers to reflect " more " or " less " of some attribute in the same way that a higher number score on a test signifies a greater ability to do the test than a lower number . |
| 8 | This is likely to provide a further obstacle to clear and stable objectives for rail transport . |
| 9 | If electric cars are going to have a significant future , we have to find a cleaner way to generate electricity . " |
| 10 | ‘ Should have picked a quieter place to meet , ’ he chuckles . |
| 11 | A person with great power has a bigger capacity to set his own style of leadership , select his own subordinates and redefine the task of his work group ; |
| 12 | Some of these now strongly argue that evaluation which is initiated and conducted by teachers in response to their own perceived needs and interests has a greater capacity to promote professional development , because the role of teachers is extended but their autonomy is preserved . |
| 13 | Water has a greater capacity to absorb heat than any other natural material except for ammonia . |
| 14 | The voluntary sector though , has a greater role to play now than ever before , both as advocate and service provider . |
| 15 | It has a wider role to play . |
| 16 | Who has a better right to enquire as to the welfare of Richard of York than the lady Anne his wife ? ’ |
| 17 | Three years later , after a letter unwisely sent by Flavia has fallen into the hands of the bitterly ambitious Rupert of Hentzau , Rassendyll has a harsher temptation to withstand . |
| 18 | When play is concerned with the exploration of ideas and language , then reading ( particularly the reading of stories and poetry ) has a further contribution to make . |
| 19 | All the paper goods mentioned are ‘ repped ’ in much the same way as books , but there is a major difference : the business is much more aggressive than bookselling , goods are generally firm sale only and the representative has a stronger reason to get you to buy ‘ units ’ . |
| 20 | Stuart , from Shoeburyness , Essex , now needs a further £90,000 to pay for his operation in the US . |
| 21 | It will improve gearing and the offeror 's ability to borrow ( unsecured creditors will regard it as similar to share capital ) but the holders will expect a higher yield to compensate them for their higher risk , although this should be less than that expected for preference share capital . |
| 22 | The formidable Quinnell — he scored two tries in last season 's corresponding fixture — forced his way over in the fall-out of a close-range scrummage as the Welsh pack raised their effort and Williams added a further penalty to eliminate Scottish hopes . |
| 23 | Barnes added a further penalty to give Portadown a comfortable 10-0 lead at half-time . |
| 24 | The fish possesses a further adaptation to enhance its accuracy : binocular vision . |
| 25 | For example , how many members of the cancer patient 's family have the mutant gene , and do those who have it show a greater tendency to develop cancer ? |
| 26 | You will probably find that the sander will not work up to the very edge of the floor , so you will have to hire a smaller unit to finish off the job . |
| 27 | A reversion to older morality and convention seemed a safer course to adopt , and one that was not necessarily incompatible with the pursuit of political , legal and economic activities along Western lines . |
| 28 | The aim of science is to falsify theories and to replace them by better theories , theories that demonstrate a greater ability to withstand tests . |
| 29 | While night duty therefore affords a greater opportunity to ease , as a later chapter will emphasize , for most ordinary policemen and women this is little compensation for the boredom , for there are fewer opportunities for the diligent to ‘ make work ’ , the reverse process to easing . |
| 30 | To propose that the separation of assessment from provision might provide a better incentive to create a needs-led service , than professional judgement , is to show a degree of confusion about the origins of our present predicament ( shortage of resource ; bureaucratization , etc. ) bordering on the incredible . |