Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rise in American self-esteem that followed Reagan 's more aggressive foreign policies led to a greater acceptance of the ‘ revisionist ’ view of the war . |
| 2 | The generally optimistic tenor of this debate provides a revealing comparison with those public views examined for the earlier period . |
| 3 | There is little doubt that their handwriting skills develop at a slower pace than their linguistic skills . |
| 4 | The approach to these projects differs from the earlier generation of higher cost ventures . |
| 5 | The application of such skills led to the greater control of an army and , as a consequence , to its more effective use as a military arm . |
| 6 | an evaluation of two kinds of training in writing skills given to a smaller group of postgraduates . |
| 7 | Our next step will be to show how the same two-part chords of Example 114 can be given much more tension through harsh dissonances added in a lower part : The lower part is always a semitone or a major 7th from an upper part . |
| 8 | The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the barrister 's preserve . |
| 9 | The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the preserve of barristers . |
| 10 | On an SE/30 — a 68030 machine with a maths coprocessor — myoglobin ( 2658 atoms ) approached the upper limit for interactive manipulation and a monochrome drawing on the screen required about 20 sec ( wireframe ) , 1–3/4 min ( ball and stick ) and three min ( shaded space-filling ) ; the times tripled on a smaller SE system . |
| 11 | The ponds hold the usual species associated with this type of habitat , with Great Crested Grebes and Tufted Ducks nesting on the larger ponds and lakes , and the small breeding population of Teal in the county largely restricted to this habitat or the smaller streams and marshes , rarely being found breeding on the river levels . |
| 12 | This month , Tom Gadd and Suzanne Ardley look at striking furnishings and accessories designed for a brighter life |
| 13 | are activities overlapped to a greater extent than is practical ? |
| 14 | In summer , field men can not afford to be too tolerant of pollution , especially with watercourses exposed to the greater scrutiny that comes with recreational use . |
| 15 | Many leading manufacturers now have women 's models in their ranges with designs catering for the shorter back length , wider hips and more pronounced bottom . |
| 16 | Grammatical gender developed , therefore , when speakers passed to a higher level of reasoning in terms of general principles . |
| 17 | Such arms were generally apsidal in one or three apses and these designs led to the later development of the chevet , particularly seen in France ; also , in order to retain their privacy , the monks re-established the nave altars east of the crossing , so confirming the eastern altar position . |
| 18 | In collaboration with Imperial College , the methods developed in the earlier regional studies have now been adapted to the urban environment in order to enable environmental factors and epidemiological patterns and 'hot spots ' to be compared with the natural background geochemistry and with the environmental contamination of soil , water and air arising from industrialisation and urbanisation . |
| 19 | The cry by 1901 was for educated men ‘ of good social standing ’ to become ministers : ‘ Such men … are more needed now than before Board Schools provided hearers whose improved education demands preaching of a higher order than formerly . ’ |
| 20 | Aminopterin had disadvantages , and the normal process of making and testing a series of closely related compounds led to a better drug , amethopterin , which differed by a single additional substituent but proved to be one of the most effective drugs for the treatment of blood cancers . |
| 21 | By autumn indicators pointed to a higher annual growth rate and a lower increase in inflation , but the July to September growth rate of 2.5 per cent was still the lowest since 1986 . |
| 22 | And traditional handbag makers are injecting more fun and fashion into their designs to appeal to a wider audience , while maintaining the quality which makes them so distinctive . |
| 23 | How can the needs of individual teachers be met and their strengths harnessed within the broader concerns of the school ? |
| 24 | Ann suggested we get under the table and I was n't about to argue but the table was too small so we crawled on hands and knees to hide under a larger table . |
| 25 | Finally , the use of money enabled societies and nations to benefit from a greater exchange of goods/services and a more specialised labour force , and both of these factors resulted in higher living standards . |
| 26 | ( iv ) Pupils should have opportunities to write for a wider range of communicative or informative purposes , including : describing , explaining , giving instructions , reporting , expressing a point of view , persuading , comparing and contrasting ideas , arguing for different points of view . |
| 27 | 17.54 ( i ) Pupils should have opportunities to write in a wider range of forms , including a number of the following : notes , diaries , personal letters , formal letters , chronological accounts , reports , pamphlets , reviews ( of books , television programmes , films or plays ) , essays , advertisements , newspaper articles , biography , autobiography , poems , stories , playscripts. ( ii ) Through experience of a wider range of literature they should learn to produce stories which are more consciously crafted , for example , using some detail in the portrayal of characters or settings or with some attempt to introduce elements of suspense or surprise with a skilfully managed resolution . |
| 28 | Another significant contact is developing between the Historical Group and the local primary schools ; the young workers are being invited into the schools to talk to the older primary children about the materials they have collected . |
| 29 | It was not possible to compare the 26-way tree , reduced memory tree and trie directly with the dawg because the word lists used in the earlier experiments were no longer available . |
| 30 | The term natural justice is used for that part of the spectrum which requires a relatively wide range of procedural checks , while fairness is used in those areas either where the nature of the decision-maker renders the term natural justice inappropriate or the set of safeguards tends towards the lower end of the spectrum . |