Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The suggestion that the typical science enthusiast was Anglican and not politically radical does not of course affect the wider generalization that Protestant cultures were more amenable to freedom of thought . |
| 2 | The combined forces of opposition ruptured the earlier environmentalist consensus , making opponents out of former allies , staking out a new regime of sexual regulation and defining sexuality as a crucial site for feminist intervention . |
| 3 | Thus , while marriage was an experience common to women of all classes , there were substantial differences between middle and working class women in terms of first , their realistic expectations of marriage given the greater surplus of women amongst the middle class ( at least prior to World War I ) , second , their experiences of marriage breakdown , and third , their patterns of childbearing within marriage . |
| 4 | A café curtain is an ideal way of giving privacy if you are overlooked , or for blocking out an unwanted view , as this type of curtain covers the lower half of the window permanently , leaving the top half uncovered . |
| 5 | Water , at least , could be obtained , she told herself sternly , before the frightening sensation of helplessness got the better of her . |
| 6 | In a typical lizard , every tail vertebra from the sixth one onwards has a special ‘ plane of weakness ’ where a thin layer of cartilage replaces the stronger , bony tissue . |
| 7 | When I first played through Rattle 's Daphnis , the levels were set with a degree of concern for the neighbours , I felt that here was an example of his penchant for pianissimos on the threshold of audibility getting the better of him . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't be shy — call me Naylor ! ’ he thundered , and suddenly Leith 's sense of humour got the better of her , and she burst out laughing . |
| 9 | This iconic image of motherhood subverts the earlier sterilised images of the Victorian bourgeois Madonna as exemplified by Mulready 's ‘ The Lesson ’ ( 1859 ) . |
| 10 | Pitt began by converting John Chapman 's reputed Manor House — which he bought when the Court of Chancery ordered the Dampier family to sell it in 1823 — into a hotel , clearing the ground in the direction of Peveril Point . |
| 11 | The Court of Appeal overturned the lower court 's ruling , stating that because the actual sale of the works took place outside Germany , German copyright law ( of which droit de suite is a part ) was not applicable . |
| 12 | In Bowen v. Hall , on rather similar facts , the Court of Appeal accepted the broader proposition and doubted whether Lumley v. Gye could in fact be based upon the narrower ground of enticement . |
| 13 | But the Working Party did not need to dally with morbidity indicators , since ‘ the reasons for the pattern of differential Regional mortality are not wholly understood but it is believed that Regional differences in morbidity explain the greater part of it and that statistics of relative differences in Regional morbidity , if they existed , would exhibit the same pattern as those for mortality ’ ( DHSS , 1976b , p. 16 ) . |
| 14 | This in turn pushed the higher ranked players to the heights at which Davis Cup success can be achieved . |
| 15 | It is not unknown for the senior generation to move away , even go abroad , in order to tip the younger generation out of the nest . |
| 16 | There can be no confidence that unions , existing to serve a sectional interest , will or can suppress that interest in order to support the wider interest , whether at company or national level . |
| 17 | This chapter briefly reviews these trends , both generally and specifically in mathematics , with particular reference to low attainers , in order to set the NFER project in the context of current developments . |
| 18 | " Now then … in 1959 your husband came to the conclusion , and I am given to understand that you fully agreed , that it would be a sensible step for him to take employment for 15 months with a construction firm in Central America , in order to save the larger part of his salary Nenna protested that she had never exactly thought it sensible , it was the parting of lovers , which must always be senseless , but they 'd both of them thought that David , Panama , would be a wretched place to take small children to . |
| 19 | The increase in maximum width of these buildings from 30m ( 99ft ) in 1868 to 48m ( 158ft ) in 1905 was necessary in order to accommodate the longer mules which were enlarged to their technical optimum , consistent with rigidity , of 1,392 ( 116 dozen ) spindles . |
| 20 | Thus the common law must still be considered in order to gain the broader perspective of the law as it currently stands . |
| 21 | We have avoided the specific title ‘ Electronic Publishing ’ in order to emphasize the wider perspective which our aims demand . |
| 22 | I shall go back into the classical age of Greece only in so far as it is necessary in order to understand the later times . |
| 23 | In Germany , in order to develop the higher skills needed by many occupations , the majority of manual and non-manual training courses last three years . |
| 24 | Similarly , if your spouse pays income tax at the higher rate and you pay tax at only the ( lower ) basic rate , then your spouse should make the Gift Aid payment in order to obtain the higher rate relief . |
| 25 | Those with loans from banks may borrow more in order to pay the higher interest charges . |
| 26 | But , instead , the higher interest rate regime may cause an increased demand for loans in the short-term as debtors borrow more in order to pay the higher interest charges on existing loans . |
| 27 | The broad philosophy underlying the system is not at fault , although the somewhat inevitable complexity may have led to a failure to grasp implications of changes in time to prevent the odder features of instability . |
| 28 | At home , each patient was instructed to practice contracting the sphincter several times a day ( at least 20 times three times daily ) for 20–30 seconds as directed in conditioning sessions . |
| 29 | The commission will not be responsible for promoting a network : the extent to which companies form a network , particularly one that as at present subsidises the smaller contractors , is a matter for them . |
| 30 | Tomorrow we look at work to prevent the further spread of HIV in the region and at hopes for a scientific breakthrough . |