Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that once installed the smaller chip is rotated 180 degrees with respect to the larger chip . |
| 2 | But if the public expected from the Berliners memorable Beethoven and even more memorable Brahms ( a Brahms cycle appeared in 1964 ) , they were perhaps less prepared for the miraculously fluid Debussy record that appeared in 1964 — La Mer and Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune coupled with the Second Suite from Ravel 's Daphnis et Chloé — or recordings of Sibelius 's Fourth or Fifth symphonies that quite eclipsed the earlier Philharmonia recording , and the Shostakovich Tenth . |
| 3 | On this occasion the publicity or discussion in the town had had the beneficial effect that the first victim recognised the matter was being taken seriously and so reported the earlier incident . |
| 4 | It could be that the play 's audiences were more content with a version which conformed more readily with recognised long-repeated models for understanding the world , and thus preferred the longer B version of Faustus . |
| 5 | As agreed in August 1988 [ see pp. 36294-95 ] New Zealand and Australia on July 1 , 1990 , abolished all remaining barriers to trade and thus completed the closer economic relations ( CER ) agreement which provided for completely free trade in goods , services and other commercial dealings between the two countries . |
| 6 | The female played the major role in this , and often bullied the larger male into attending to his duties . |
| 7 | Follow they did , and in many departments they matched and even surpassed the later Sierra releases . |
| 8 | JEREMY BATES last night joined Jo Durie as British national tennis champion and then challenged the younger generation to ‘ learn to compete ’ to take over their mantle . |
| 9 | used a sample of elderly resident in the community , identified those who required help with adl activities and then asked the older person to identify his or her ‘ main helper ’ . |
| 10 | For the general view of music-making in the Nineteenth Century is inaccurate : time has winnowed away the reputations of many of the figures best known at the time , and completely obscured the smaller fry that occupied nine-tenths of the publishers ' catalogues of those days . |
| 11 | Still the boy made no effort to obey , but only sobbed the louder . |
| 12 | For the incident has not only highlighted the risks of transporting oil by tanker past sensitive environments , but also brought the wider issue of UK oil consumption and energy policy to the fore once again . |
| 13 | Ajayi said , Quiss opened his mouth to speak , but then thought the better of it . |
| 14 | An unshackled BR first seemed keen to follow suit , but then took the safer political option of ordering its own replacement machines from a domestic supplier . |