Example sentences of "[prep] [adj -er] [noun sg] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first instance , the certificate may be limited to the taking of counsel 's opinion and another application may have to be made to the Area Director to amend the certificate for further action if counsel 's opinion appears to warrant it . |
| 2 | The assembled guests well knew they were after bigger quarry than hare or stag and it the small town of Kirkmichael , Mar , on Tuesday 6 September , formally proclaimed James King of England , Scotland and , as tradition required , France , a poor return for all the help the Bourbons had given to the Jacobite cause . |
| 3 | They could be of further use if Treasury chiefs are sent packing . |
| 4 | Komarovsky 's ( 1946 ) classic study found that many female students experience conflict between the experience of higher education as preparation for a career and the social expectations that women should be passive , ‘ feminine ’ and marriageable . |
| 5 | Most will be of greater magnitude than camping . |
| 6 | Since the Earl of Holland was ‘ a man of greater dignity than knowledge in the Lawes of the Forest , he was assisted at various times by judges of the common law courts who advised him on points of law . |
| 7 | Language understanding is generally regarded as being of greater importance than generation , since understanding requires the recognition of many paraphrases for the same command or information , whereas generation may be satisfied with the production of just one . |
| 8 | Here , there was from the 1740s a considerable expansion in the number of women working at the surface , for from then to the 1850s the mining of copper was of greater importance than tin and , as was pointed out in 1810 , " the copper mines when in full working employ a good number of women and children who are useless about tin " . |
| 9 | Loans may deter people from the big step into higher education unless daddy can pay … |
| 10 | To the best among them he offered opulent breakfasts ending with stronger drink than coffee . |
| 11 | Leasing provides 100% asset finance , which can be arranged with greater ease than term loans , which require security , loan covenants or guarantees . |
| 12 | THE good news is that Tie Rack is in better shape than Sock Shop . |
| 13 | There is no evidence that home-based treatment results in better outcome than outpatient care ( see Chapter 9 and Hawton et al. 1981 a ) . |
| 14 | From the shareholder 's point of view , dividends are taxed at higher rate than capital gains ( even though the marginal rates are identical ) . |