Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its San Jose , California-based developer , Software Systems Inc , has now decided that the time is right to provide a lower cost version , which runs on Silicon Graphics Inc workstations . |
| 2 | I must give this to the Prime Minister , explain the strong feelings and see whether the guidelines can be altered so that it becomes more usual to impose a stiffer sentence . |
| 3 | Where liability is admitted , or it is acknowledged that liability is likely to be established , then it may be sensible to try and agree an interim payment because it will probably be possible to secure a lower sum in interim damages than would be awarded by the Court if matters were so to proceed . |
| 4 | This process enabled some to see a simpler method ( e.g. pupil 1 ) . |
| 5 | So that , is the basic drive behind this to provide a greater incentive for the , the majority of peasants to support , actively support the Party ? |
| 6 | Excuse the paper … it 's easier to write a longer letter on foolscap paper ! |
| 7 | From the outset , Nigeria and Iran sought quota improvements and in the late 1980s there arose some aggrieved discussion of the UAE 's insistence on setting its own unilateral quota ( 1.5 million as against the 0.948 set by the Vienna conference in 1987 ) and vehement debate with both Iraq and Iran , neither of which was willing to accept a lower quota than the other 's . |
| 8 | McNamara told the press bluntly : ‘ It is Labour Party policy to achieve a united Ireland by consent and , therefore , it would be foolish to create a further obstacle . |
| 9 | Though I should say that what councillor said that my group were prepared to set a higher tax level if that were necessary . |
| 10 | In fact , on a fast PC with an average hard disk , it can be quicker to load a smaller file and decompress rather than to load the full-sized equivalent . |
| 11 | If you want to maintain a minimum temperature above 10°C , it may be economical to use a cheaper form of fuel to provide the bulk of the heat and top up the supply with electric heaters in very cold weather . |
| 12 | A light that radiates out from its source can dissolve personal limits , blending with other such pools of light to form a greater circle . |
| 13 | Perhaps , in contrast , migrants are people who are willing to consider a wider range of course options because they are more likely to see broader gains , such as personal development , from participation . |
| 14 | In explaining its operation , it is easier to describe a simpler arrangement that would actually be used in practice . |
| 15 | Personally I choose to travel by train , and am prepared to pay a higher fare to do so , because I find it a more comfortable , and usually more enjoyable mode of travel . |
| 16 | The Japanese Foreign Minister , Michio Watanabe , told Akashi that the government was prepared to pay a higher rate for refugee resettlement and for economic reconstruction operations , both of which were separate from the UNTAC budget . |
| 17 | At the same time , if discount houses ran the risk of borrowing at a new higher MLR they would try to borrow more money at call and would be prepared to pay a higher rate of interest to do so . |
| 18 | Some of her family and friends who knew that her marriage was unsuccessful may assume that her feelings about her husband 's death could only be those of relief that their life together is over at last and that she is now free to seek a better future for herself ; not realising that if a woman has lived with a man for many years , unless he has treated her with extreme cruelty , and shown her no love at all throughout the whole of their marriage , some kind of bond is bound to have existed between them , and that even if he left her with only a handful of good memories of times they spent together , it is likely that she may want to hold on to them , cherish them , and even build upon them . |
| 19 | The rhetorical theorist would not dissent from a single word , but would feel impelled to add a further remark . |
| 20 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that not only has the Conservative party demonstrated that it is willing to spend a greater proportion of gross national product , but , by continuing to expand our economy , we have surpassed the Labour party bid at the 1987 election — when it said that it would increase spending on the national health service by 3 per cent . |
| 21 | Paradoxically , the older person might be willing to take a higher risk of death during surgery than a younger person . |
| 22 | In addition it made some recommendations to BRAC , one of which was to encourage BRAC to make a greater effort to cooperate with the local village practitioners . |
| 23 | Erm we have put forward an alternative er mechanism for environmental discounts and er I can say by at this stage , by reference to the erm critique that has taken place of that of those environmental discounts in N Y eleven , that erm , while we would n't go along with making anywhere near the the additions that are suggested there , erm it may be that it would be sensible to make a further discount in respect of the heritage coast . |
| 24 | As more of Lully 's ballets undergo individual scrutiny , it will become easier to achieve a broader view of his instrumental and vocal practices and to transform the notes on the page into sound . |
| 25 | The road is totally unsuitable to serve a further housing development which would be better accessed by the originally proposed route along the existing footpath east of Bellburn Lane . |
| 26 | As technology improves , thereby making it possible to set a lower emission standard , new sources face increasingly more strict controls . |
| 27 | But the emergence of a strong , secular republic in the south could do much to encourage a better neighbourliness in the north . |
| 28 | It thus encouraged the Japanese to adopt a firmer stance in negotiations with Russia . |
| 29 | ‘ With the environment under threat , it seemed appropriate to develop a cleaner running , more economical version of our range , ’ says Smith . |
| 30 | We feel that we are doing everything possible to avoid a further recurrence of this unfortunate parasite . |