Example sentences of "[adj] and a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this and a later convent at Wynberg , Cape Town , were used exclusively by white people , the 1992 project is open to all races . |
| 2 | With this and a later inheritance he was able to indulge his passion for science by organising what might be considered the forerunners of today 's scientific conferences . |
| 3 | Inactivation of the octamer binding site results in a higher level of gene expression in cells which contain only Oct-1 and a lower level in cells containing the cervical octamer binding protein indicating that whilst Oct-1 binding reduces promoter activity , the cervical protein increases it . |
| 4 | To experiment with weaving , choose a backing yarn which is no thicker than 4-ply and a thicker weaving yarn . |
| 5 | This length of time can be divided into two events in Scotland , originally recognised on the N.W. Scottish mainland : namely an earlier Scourian and a later Laxfordian , the boundary between the two events being dated at approximately c. 2200 m.y . |
| 6 | Outlaws from the forests to the south , grown over-bold ; let them be taken for that , and they might yet make another and a better attempt . |
| 7 | The conflict was only resolved in late November when Spitaels and Deprez , leaders of the PS and PSC respectively , signed a declaration promising to ensure the financing of the measures decided , which provided for a monthly salary increase of BF2,000 from April 1991 and a further rise of 4 per cent from October 1992 . |
| 8 | Changes in the grade structures following re-organisation of the general service had repercussions on crewing , some of our friends at HQ had moved on or retired and a harder line was being taken by their replacements towards our hitherto fairly flexible conditions of service . |
| 9 | In looking at changes in marriage patterns alone , one finds that , generally speaking , people are marrying younger and a higher proportion of women are marrying . |
| 10 | There was , of course , similar deprivation among Protestants in Derry but their numbers were fewer and a smaller proportion of the total Protestant population suffered such conditions . |
| 11 | The other evidence of the great depth of foundations is the sectional drawing of the incline in the booklet published in 1904 and a larger scale drawing . |
| 12 | There is usually a better and a worse spot to stand and fight . |
| 13 | The export volume series shows a rather different pattern , with a more modest rise from 1977 to 1981 and a greater degree of fluctuation in the following years . |
| 14 | At other times he said that Glenville needed a more mature and a wiser actor . |
| 15 | He 's cool , articulate and a slighter man than you might expect , a tennis player in a town of Schwarzeneggers . |
| 16 | It originates from considering , for example , the situation where an older and a younger person would benefit equally from treatment but resources allow only one to be treated . |
| 17 | The demand for money curve shifts from M D to M 1 D and the interest rate Oi 3 and a higher level of money national income result . |
| 18 | He warned that the implications for job losses were ‘ clearly severe and a further nail in the coffin of confidence . ’ |
| 19 | A later edition , providing coverage from November 1988 to January 1992 , some 200,000 articles , is now available and a further disc adding coverage to the end of May will be available in June . |
| 20 | There is a higher rate for the more severely disabled and a lower rate for those less severely incapacitated . |
| 21 | However , a safer and a wiser idea is to take up what I began with : Phyllis Bottome telling how Pound , when they were both young , tried to turn her as a writer from an amateur into a professional . |
| 22 | If not , the reagent is too acid and a further gram of mercuric nitrate added to produce a slight cloudiness should produce the yellow precipitate . |
| 23 | ‘ A sadder and a wiser man ’ , Coleridge , The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ( 1798 ) , pt. vii . |
| 24 | This reply comes in a stronger and a weaker form , but in either form it has clearly got some point . |
| 25 | In any intimacy between a stronger and a weaker personality the weaker is inclined to yield even when he has the means to prevail , from a compulsion to see through the eyes of the stronger . |
| 26 | Attendances then began to increase with a 7.7% rise for men in 1989 and a further rise of 4.2% in 1990 ( χ 2 =9495 , df=8 ; p=0 ) . |
| 27 | Banding is acceptable , but some of the bands are too wide and a further band within the £12,500 to £19,499 range should also assist in reducing the adverse impact on cars in the higher price range . |
| 28 | To the visitor who approaches the south side of the palace today from the harbour of Split the once magnificent south wall and colonnade are disappointing and a clearer idea of the original splendour of this elevation can be gained from Robert Adam 's drawing made in 1764 before the shops were built in front of it at ground level . |
| 29 | If the ribs ( sides ) are thinner , as suggested ( about 1.5mm ) hot bending will not be necessary and a better shape can be achieved by the use of a simple jig to hold the ribs while the glue dries . |
| 30 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |