Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this freedom offers a better indicator than such things as matriliny or the worship goddesses , it also is not a clear indicator of the political and economic power , in spite of Engels 's belief to the contrary . |
| 2 | However , the real point seems to be that the risk of an uninformed auditor 's being misled after a change imposes a greater cost than the benefit ( unquantified and intangible ) that a compulsory change would provide . |
| 3 | Further he comments that the male has the greater discretion of reason . |
| 4 | The cones are concentrated in the fovea , and the rest of the retina has a higher proportion of rods which only provide monochrome vision . |
| 5 | Kirsty 's story has a happier ending . |
| 6 | The reader might wonder why paper money has almost superseded the use of metal coins when even one coin has a greater value in metal than the largest banknote has as a piece of paper . |
| 7 | The wedge cushion has the further advantage of allowing the patient to see his legs without effort . |
| 8 | Though this makes the two words par and key , the word park has a stronger activation than either par or key . ’ |
| 9 | Diminished responsibility has a wider ambit , but its effect is merely to reduce murder to manslaughter , giving the judge discretion on sentencing or other disposal . |
| 10 | The dose equivalence over 24 hours is more difficult to estimate but since salmeterol has a longer duration of action salmeterol 50 µg twice daily may be equivalent to salbutamol 500 µg four to six hourly . |
| 11 | Tofu is available fresh or in long-life packs ; the fresh variety has a firmer texture . |
| 12 | The protection period however does expire eventually and , thereafter , the copyright holder has no further rights ; the work is then ‘ in the public domain ’ and can be freely reproduced and adapted without payment of a royalty . |
| 13 | Only the musk ox has a denser covering of hair . |
| 14 | The phenomenon reflects not only the difficulties of part-time recruitment in an area like Oxfordshire which lacks a large urban and industrial base , but also the fact that the Modular Course has a better chance of retaining and increasing such students than conventional courses ( Figure 2.2 ) . |
| 15 | In the ‘ spatial division of labour ’ , the labour-intensive mass-production branch has a weaker role than in the 1960s and is partly replaced by TNC investment in the Third World . |
| 16 | Second , the legislative branch has a weaker basis of comparison ( than shareholders in a market firm ) on which to judge the efficiency of the present administration . |
| 17 | Portillo wants a further swing from the state towards the individual in social welfare , education and health and closer targeting of benefits . |
| 18 | The quill nib produces a crisper line as a result . |
| 19 | It would be possible to deduce what will happen to this market if the rival builds a larger plant to try to catch up with your experience and at what level you need to price to try to prevent that . |
| 20 | It defines producer services , and by reviewing existing research produces a better understanding of their role and growth . |
| 21 | This qualitative/quantitative dilemma produces a further schism between uniformed policeman and detectives , for CID systems of maximizing and negotiating both the crimes recorded and their eventual classification can drive a wedge between the two units . |
| 22 | The best is made from goat 's milk , although the goat-cow milk mix offers a smoother taste . |
| 23 | Senior management capability has a greater impact . |
| 24 | But because it is beside rather than in the Pyrenees , the Basque Coast has a gentler climate than you might expect , with an average temperature over the whole year of nearly 14° Centigrade — almost as good as you will find in Portugal . |
| 25 | Also , with less length of board in the water , the board becomes more manoeuvrable ( just as a short car has a tighter lock than a long estate model ) . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , the recipient of this altruism stands a better chance of survival and , more importantly , its genes stand improved possibilities for replication and expansion . |
| 27 | However , the full implications of the Act in terms of capital expenditure , existing plant life and product costs will not be fully apparent until industry has a clearer idea about how the new law will be enforced . |
| 28 | IN ONE important aspect , baseball has a better arrangement than cricket . |
| 29 | The horse needs a higher calcium level than phosphorus level in the diet , but if you look at all the cereals we can see the opposite exists . |
| 30 | This will not benefit the buyer if all the shares are taken up when the transferor is compelled to make a pre-emptive offer , but it does not follow that all of them will be taken up and , if not , the transferee has a better claim to those shares not taken up than has the transferor . |