Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj -er] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As observed in statistically developed countries ( Acsadi , 1959 ) , birth weight is lowest for babies whose mothers were 16 years old or younger at birth . |
| 2 | The shelves near the ground were usually well kept , but higher up they became more disorganised and larger in size , almost as tall as the pupils themselves . |
| 3 | Adults easily told by deep black plumage with conspicuous white patch on rump and pale patch on wing , showing as shoulder patch at rest ; wings broader and paler at tip in flight . |
| 4 | The woman 's eyes got bigger and bigger with surprise as each thing was taken from the pram . |
| 5 | If hedges were cut only every other year , they would be bigger and better for wildlife . |
| 6 | As it has to pump more blood round the body to service the muscles you 're using , it will get bigger and stronger in order to do so more efficiently . |
| 7 | The good imported from the union partner is now tariff-free and lower in price to domestic consumers than the tariff-laden import from the rest of the world . |
| 8 | And er then in nineteen sixteen er beer was getting dearer and dearer of course and commissioners decided to stop the beer and stop the beer and er increase the epsom salts in the medicine chest double the epsom salts in the medicine chest . |
| 9 | We 've demonstrated the direct link between investing in community support and reduced crime levels and we believe that programme , valued as it is in local communities , has a message larger and wider for policy makers in the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | This not only completes the symmetry but also makes sense of the fact that as r approaches more and more nearly to zero , then unc will become larger and larger without limit . |
| 11 | But if the values of c and v lie in the area BCD ( for example , c = 0.5 and v = 1.5 as at point F ) then any exogenous change in spending will generate an explosive cycle like that in Fig. 5 ; in this case , the oscillations get larger and larger over time . |
| 12 | The size and shape of the individual motifs vary considerably , but as a general rule , they tend to be larger and bolder in village and nomadic rugs , and smaller and more delicate in workshop items . |
| 13 | What counts as better or worse with respect to scientific theories will vary from individual to individual or from community to community . |
| 14 | Would it be better or worse for democracy if significant powers were transferred to the European level , away from national parliamentary control ? |
| 15 | We had some hot bangers and the room got thicker and thicker with smoke and noise and people . |
| 16 | In 1985 only those aged 55 and older at baseline were studied , and in 1986–7 all subjects were followed up again . |
| 17 | This process will continue with both consumption and income rising , but with the actual increase becoming smaller and smaller over time until eventually they become insignificant . |
| 18 | For example , if the values of c and v lie in the area ABC ( say , c = 0.5 and v = 0.5 as at point E ) then any exogenous change in consumption or investment will generate a damped cycle like that illustrated in Fig. 4 ; it is said to be damped because the fluctuations in real output become smaller and smaller over time . |
| 19 | It goes on to list some of the tips to be found in a book ( price £12.95 ) of the same title — techniques which will apparently enable you to become ‘ more popular , more confident , more successful and happier in life ’ . |
| 20 | Although rougher and hairier in texture than wool and man-made carpet and not so soft or luxurious , they come in good colours — the natural shades are particularly attractive — and are tough enough to withstand the most active family on its feet . |
| 21 | The two speeches which I have just analysed are probably the two greatest ones in the play as they both change the storyline dramatically , but Marc Antony 's speech having the better effect on the plebeians which seems unfair , as he was dishonest and Brutus was n't , yet he won the ‘ word ’ battle and lead on from there to become greater and greater in power . |
| 22 | It has hard shiny veinous wings , while those of the sedge are hairy and softer in appearance . |
| 23 | They talked to her about her ancestors , and about the Bright Palace which they called Teamhair in their soft voices , and they told her about the battles and the people who had made Ireland magical and marvellous and richer in folklore than any country could ever be . |
| 24 | Mouncy Street had more of the river in its atmosphere , Decimus Street more of the gasometer , while Paradise Street , as was to be expected , was altogether richer and racier on account of the cats'-meat man who boiled up his ware in an old stable in the road . |
| 25 | Funny old tramp , the leaves fall of him without those , they get stalkier and stalkier as time goes on |
| 26 | The solid blue of Kandinskaya 's imminence spiked darker and thinner with frustration and Jezrael responded with an overt — if insincere — display of attention . |
| 27 | Very like Snipe , but slightly darker and heavier in flight , axillaries and under wing coverts more heavily and darkly barred ; bill shorter ; more often on drier ground . |
| 28 | The picture plane is further emphasized by the complete lack of aerial perspective ( the far houses are , if anything , darker and stronger in value than the foreground house ) , and by the fact that occasionally contours are broken and forms opened up into each other . |