Example sentences of "[pers pn] have the [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so I had the older ones from Goose Hill |
| 2 | you can take a friend and whichever of you has the cheaper meal that 's what |
| 3 | ‘ The Panel of Judges was summoned , to decide which of you had the stronger vein of wolfblood , ’ said Dierdriu . |
| 4 | The main distinction I think you will find when you tour round Greater York is is that the distinction is between areas of intensive agriculture where of course you have the w which is to the west and to the south of the city , where you in fact have the highest quality of agricultural land , and the areas to the north where you have the lower quality agricultural land and therefore you have greater retention of cover . |
| 5 | He exhorted his readers never to omit the prayers for the Sovereign in the Communion Service , because ‘ the county in which they lived was the seat of the late rebellion ’ and ‘ the tares of sedition have been industriously sown among you and you have the greater reason to pray that you may be firm in your allegiance . |
| 6 | " It 's better not to shoot smaller animals until you have the bigger prizes you seek . |
| 7 | I thought we edged the first half and although they edged the second , we had the better chances . ’ |
| 8 | It is a measure of the fundamental instincts of Citrine and his colleagues that , where they had the greater power to centralise , it was centralisation , and not devolved responsibility , which was their watchword . |
| 9 | They have the greater journey to make when separating from their mothers . |
| 10 | I have to say though first of all especially if they have the larger version |
| 11 | It has the further advantage that writing is a skill whose usefulness [ pupils ] can appreciate , whereas literary criticism is not . |
| 12 | Eventually , as the winter darkness descended , the fighting ceased , both sides boasting of a victory , though as Argyll re-occupied Sheriffmuir the following morning he had the better claim to have won . |
| 13 | Following Howe 's personal statement on Nov. 13 , Heseltine on the following day abandoned his earlier position that he would not stand against Thatcher , claiming that he was best placed to win back former Conservative voters , that he had the better prospect of leading the Conservative Party to a fourth successive general election victory and so of preventing " the ultimate catastrophe of a Labour victory in a general election " , and that he had already received the committed support of 100 MPs . |
| 14 | Hunt knew he had the faster car ; what he needed was the opportunity . |