Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attracted by my outcry , the thing was flopping towards me for a closer look . |
| 2 | Avoiding throngs of killers did strike me as a higher priority even than full filling my Mala-fantasies . |
| 3 | Though — at the earliest — the registers will not be available before 1994 , the property industry sees them as a further blow to a sector already reeling from recession . |
| 4 | There was sand everywhere between the knee-high crags , so I climbed on one of them for a better view . |
| 5 | Although these children were potentially a lot more intelligent than the rest of society , they still feared something and this is what suppressed them for a longer period of time . |
| 6 | Never perfect , it at least maintains the presence of Bosnia in its existing borders , and denies the Serbs their aim of a Greater Serbia and the Croats theirs of a Greater Croatia . |
| 7 | After all , good results will qualify you for a better job , and give you the added satisfaction of proving to your boss that you are good at what you do . |
| 8 | I 'll take you for a closer look . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't know if Craig has told you , but I 've been given authority to extend our maintenance contract with you for a further year , without going to tender . |
| 10 | There are a number of rate bands and the relevant rate of interest is paid on all your savings — not just the amount that takes you into a higher band . |
| 11 | Balances over £50,000 receive the top HICA rate , which is credited quarterly in March , June , September and December , is paid on your total savings and not just the amount that takes you into a higher band . |
| 12 | Some of it you know just to ignore , but if it is from someone who knows what he is on about , then it can be helpful in making you into a better player . |
| 13 | Are they both unskilled workers or is she in a higher class than her husband ? |
| 14 | Try some of our treats — they 'll put you in a better mood without spoiling your figure |
| 15 | If we 'd just attacked they 'd have killed you immediately , so I thought it best to try and get you to a safer distance before anything happened . ’ |
| 16 | For example , being born in a neighbourhood may entitle you to a higher place in the queue for housing provided by that local authority . |
| 17 | Dare to dream , shrug off any criticism or doubt and set off on the journey that you hope will eventually take you to a better world . |
| 18 | Works gently but quickly — without harsh abrasive action — to unblock clogged pores , draw out excess oils and help you to a clearer complexion . |
| 19 | We will arrange collection from you at a later date of the masters and PAL copy masters , but would like you to store the NTSC and SECAM copy masters for future use . |
| 20 | When it came to boxing , Reg Witter paired me with a bigger boy called Charlie Featherstone , who happened to be quite a friend of mine . |
| 21 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that he has listened to hon. Members and representatives of people with disabilities who are worried that the additional room or larger property that they need to accommodate their disabilities might take them into a higher band and that he has decided that any such people should fall within one band lower than would otherwise be the case ? |
| 22 | Whatever the division among teachers about aspects of the new curriculum , most found that it has brought them into a closer relationship with the school library : |
| 23 | The families along the river were closely related and inter-marriage had fused them into a larger unit . |
| 24 | Many modernisation theorists argued that industrialisation would open up opportunities for women , providing them with a greater variety of possible roles and increasing chances of social mobility and a less subservient existence . |
| 25 | So it seemed sensible to move into this area , take advantage of that for ourselves , and provide them with a better service . |
| 26 | First , a lot of these lads had n't done very well at school , so the training provides them with a better chance of a fresh start once they have paid off their debt to society . |
| 27 | They remarked on the personal service , from the same senior consultant whom they had first met , comparing them with a larger firm who had acted in a heavy-handed way towards them and who had subsequently sent a junior consultant actually to handle the work , after they had dealt with the most senior partner at the beginning . |
| 28 | ‘ It has provided them with a stronger sense of purpose and mission , ’ he says . |
| 29 | Thus ethnographic interviewing describes an open ended unstructured approach designed to encourage informants not only to describe individual infant care practices but also to locate them within a broader ideology . |
| 30 | Even if an ineffective treatment does not in itself cause damage it may harm patients by raising false expectations or by deflecting them from a better treatment , so this criterion would leave virtually all unproved treatment open to investigation . |