Example sentences of "[prep] [adj -er] [noun pl] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned to Beuno and spoke of lighter matters until darkness descended . |
| 2 | We shouted ourselves first-class to Leeds , drank in the lounge of one of better hotels until match time , and strolled down to Headingley in a biting wind , Eastern Australian writers and film makers . |
| 3 | The majority , however , were adamantly opposed to anything which weakened their absolute control over their crews and were prepared to take any action which would ensure that this was upheld , the most effective method being the recruitment of non-union crews which were prepared to sail at lower rates and under worse conditions than union men . |
| 4 | Because it tends to be used in thicker layers than watercolour , the surface character of the paper will have less effect on the painting . |
| 5 | The war , the president insists , is about higher principles than control of a grubby liquid in the ground . |
| 6 | Because of the original engineers ' appreciation of its intrinsic brittleness , cast-iron members tend to be stressed to lower levels than steelwork and the way they were incorporated into buildings usually allows them to expand in a fire without generating increased stresses . |
| 7 | In the same way , shipwrights were expected to show initiative when building in the traditional way in wood ; but with the coming of iron and then steel as materials , leading to bigger ships as steam replaced sail , calculations led to exact drawings , which became the vehicle of centralized control and stronger industrial discipline . |
| 8 | Consumer organisations warn that compulsory metering could lead to higher bills if water companies increase their charges to cover the costs of meter installation . |
| 9 | The majority tax gains , certainly long-term gains , at lower rates than income . |
| 10 | A woman who has never been pregnant is referred to as nulligravida ; a woman pregnant first time as primigravida , and at later pregnancies as multigravida ( see pregnancy order ) . |