Example sentences of "[adj] of a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1951 more than two-thirds of the population lived in the river corridor ( this includes the middle-class Victorian and inter-war suburbs of Jesmond , Tynemouth and Cullercoats ) , whereas by 1981 this proportion had fallen to just over half of a smaller total . |
| 2 | In part , the new element of consumerism is reflective of a wider policy to bring market forces to bear in the field of state provision ( for example , in the health service and public transport ) . |
| 3 | Mechanical joins such as rivets are easily recognised but , from as early as 2500 BC in Sumer , smiths developed methods of joining one metal with another of a lower melting point . |
| 4 | A photograph taken by Devereux in January 1986 of a larger stone on the western side of the circle , which had been the subject of short-term magnetic anomalies , showed a discharge from the top of the stone . |
| 5 | The authors and quotations mentioned , however , are representative of a wider literature of evaluation , but it is the absence of favourable comments which supports the view that this small sample is representative of most other lesser developed countries . |
| 6 | If we are to keep the whole pantomime , the grounds for the awarding of honours need re-examining , and some thought given to how to make the business more representative of a broader spectrum of achievement . |
| 7 | Significantly , Lee was Taiwan-born and therefore representative of a newer tendency within the KMT , which had traditionally been dominated by older conservative elements from the mainland who had arrived after the communist victory there . |
| 8 | If the holder of a licence makes default in complying with an order made under this section , he shall be guilty of an offence , and he shall be guilty of a further offence for every day on which the default continues after the expiry of the time fixed by the order . |
| 9 | Coleridge had little sympathy with their overheated prose , and his own response to this charged and mysterious place probably had more in common with that of a later visitor , Samuel Palmer , who in the nineteenth century saw Culbone through visionary eyes . |
| 10 | This issue is , however , symptomatic of a deeper problem of explanation ; one to which we can now turn . |
| 11 | If she had spoken in charity to an unhappy invalid it had also been negligent of a larger truth : that they were representative of two very different principles — ; principles that might meet only in an hour of need , or in honest confrontation with one another . |
| 12 | It is possible that this increase may have been , on the one hand , indicative of a greater frequency of homosexual activity ‘ in public ’ and , hence , of a degree of ‘ permissiveness ’ . |
| 13 | Although the chalk and brickwork is striking , the over-elaborate design is indicative of a later period of construction . |
| 14 | Just think how much of a better place school would be if EVERYONE loved the Jesus way ! |
| 15 | Two of these are worthy of a wider audience and thus I make no apology for including them in this month 's Surgery ! |
| 16 | Elwood brings his will o' the wisp style of play into direct opposition to the more solid technique of home skipper Derek McAleese who is keen to give early notice that his side are worthy of a higher standing . |
| 17 | Rather , being quasi-research activities , they are a means of promoting in students the higher-order thinking and reflection that are characteristic of a higher education . |
| 18 | Flaubert was emblematic of a further development in modernization , in which the referent of the work of art , having evolved from the timeless and ideal to the contingent , now had moved from contingency to virtual insignificance . |
| 19 | Aunt Tossie , a survivor from those days , and unconscious of a further decline , looped her feather boa strategically , and called to the girls to hurry . |
| 20 | All Key classified holiday homes will provide at least some of the facilities found in those of a higher classification . |
| 21 | For menials to play those of a higher rank and breeding seemed a deep violation of the principle of fixed division on which civilization rested . |
| 22 | A net release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere occurs whenever land-use changes result in ecosystems of high carbon density ( e.g. forests ) being replaced by those of a lower carbon density ( e.g. agricultural or grazing land ) . |
| 23 | In the context of the history of English studies , the Report can best be understood as an attempt to develop a strategy which would effectively link state concerns with those of a wider movement within civil society . |
| 24 | The NUAAW leadership has remained understandably wary of submerging their members ' interests in those of a larger union , for there are fears that in supporting urban demands for cheap food the TGWU might not always serve the best interests of farm workers . |
| 25 | People who give their horses water in plastic garbage bins of different colours , often discover that their horses drink more water from yellow and orange bins than they do from those of a darker colour such as red , brown , green , and purple . |
| 26 | You , poor little one , were the victim of a pure overwhelming desire , and I of a smaller desire by no means pure ; and I feel much more abject than if that desire had been satisfied . |
| 27 | In fact Mr Gardam has been deserving of a larger audience for sometime . |
| 28 | But the point is that the mind of a child is often capable of a greater grasp of the complexity of a theological problem than an adult . |
| 29 | It is suggested therefore that in the event of their failure such systems might be capable of a finer degree of control than has previously applied and that control facilities should be considered which permit the integrated use of all protective features . |
| 30 | Armando Lambruschini , also pardoned , was already provisionally free , having served three-quarters of a lighter sentence . |