Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] the [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , this merely begs the further question : of what is ‘ dignity ’ comprised ? |
| 2 | If being a real person implies consciously living before God , as we saw in the previous chapter , then the integrity of a man and woman living together needs the further consciousness of God in both their lives . |
| 3 | These moves will ensure that the programme better supports the longer term strategies of our business , as well as maintaining AEA 's recognised technical excellence in the scientific community and giving more value for money . |
| 4 | Statistics also reflect a rise in accidents among children aged up to 16 , and Darlington still has the higher share of accidents involving 17 year olds and over . |
| 5 | Research on the level of concentration in Japan usually emphasizes the smaller share of output taken by large companies whether this is measured by the size of the top 100 companies or the share of the three or four biggest firms in each industry . |
| 6 | When shall we learn that whoever touches the higher life and well-being of the family still more vitally affects the wider family of the State , and threatens its disintegration … the State as an organized polity , capable of embodying , preserving and promoting the higher life of the nation . |
| 7 | That gamble may not be unconnected to the old England-Australia veto power , which has never been employed but still offends the newer Test nations . |
| 8 | One thinks himself the master of others , and still remains the greater slave than they . |
| 9 | Roger Smith , a research chemist , made an evaluation of the literature guides in chemistry , and this probably represents the wider attitude of academic staff : |
| 10 | Yet despite the ( partly chemically induced ) euphoria of pop music in the summer of 1967 — as the youth utopia seemed to be within grasp — that year also represents the highwater mark of the Teen age , of the love affair between the dominant culture and youth . |
| 11 | In this chapter , when examining the benefits and disadvantages of labour-only sub-contracting to both the builder and subcontractor , it will be apparent that the builder probably receives the greater benefit . |
| 12 | Over a lifetime these two strategies yield almost the same number of offspring but an older male clearly needs the quicker success and he takes the greater risk . |
| 13 | If successful , the advocates of these deregulation policies will irrevocably change the previous bilateral philosophy ( fair and equal opportunity , balance of rights , and sovereign nature of traffic ) to one which clearly favours the larger aviation powers and which is , in consequence , likely to be detrimental to the overall interest of the industry . |
| 14 | Representative standing also raises the wider issue of the role of pressure groups in the formation of government policy . |
| 15 | The Allied videos are not quite as good , but this probably reflects the greater number of types described and our greater familiarity with most of the types shown . |
| 16 | This probably reflects the shorter period of monitoring rather than any protective effect of the gastroscopy on cardiac rhythm ( Table II ) . |
| 17 | The timing is quite nice really and deliberately so in that this will be the follow up to that in a way and it also follows the earlier conference , as you 've heard . |
| 18 | This takes note of the widespread area staff wish for the larger piece of time in a Region ( but also gives the shorter period too ) : it reduces a lot of sorting out of requests by the Overseas Groups and simplifies for them a pretty complicated and demanding piece of work : it means we do n't expect visitors to fly from one end of the UK & Ireland every 2 or 3 days as has sometimes happened in trying to meet a lot of requests . |
| 19 | The damper torque acts as a drag torque on the motor shaft and also accelerates the damper rotor : If tile motor is operating at constant speed the damper rotor must also be running at a constant speed , so from Eqn . |
| 20 | The older dog also teaches the younger puppy good habits and the puppy will often watch and copy the older dog 's actions . |
| 21 | Restricting auditors ' responsibilities just to shareholders , it says , inadequately reflects the wider role of audited financial statements and brings into question the need for a statutory audit . |
| 22 | So I 'm put into the hands of what used to be called ‘ Wardrobe ’ but now has the grander title of ‘ Costume Designers ’ , who are keen for me to join the twentieth century sartorially , which would involve climbing into one of those colossal suits . |
| 23 | The puppy often gives the older dog a new lease of life . |
| 24 | Hailing in the past has had many farms , and of these Court Farm is the last major farm , and Mr Peter Lingham now farms the greater part of the agricultural land in Halling as well as some in Cuxton and across the parish boundary into Snodland . |
| 25 | THE TIMES described a street view by de St. Croix as " resembling an exquisite mezzotint " — but it far surpasses the earlier process . |
| 26 | Having indirectly and inadvertently brought Asian women to Britain , the racism of the state and the racism of British society now defines the wider position of Asian women in this country — as the lowest paid and most exploited workers , or as the wives and daughters of such workers — an unstable and unacceptable situation full of conflict and contradictions . |
| 27 | This is the nature of the paradox which often leaves the older farm worker bewildered by the experiences of his lifetime . |
| 28 | Here , and elsewhere in the south-west , the pattern of farmsteads today reflects the earlier pattern of dispersed settlement . |
| 29 | The advantages of these are that they last much longer and cost much less to run ( the saving well outweighs the higher asking price ) ; their disadvantages are that the light they give is not quite so ‘ warm ’ and does not come on instantly . |
| 30 | In simpler creatures , granules of it are distributed evenly throughout the egg ; in a frog 's egg , it is concentrated at one end ; and in a bird 's egg it initially fills the greater part of the shell . |