Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , after 1984 a greater emphasis was placed on schemes designed to boost the physical regeneration of the inner cities . |
| 2 | Let's not , however , dwell on negative aspects of what was after all a further morale boost to our international prospects . |
| 3 | I have taken advice about what would be involved in amending the Bill to allow for such a further education council to be established at a later date by a future Secretary of State if he so wished . |
| 4 | The indications are , however , that in both types of court a higher proportion of Blacks pleaded ‘ not guilty ’ and of these a higher proportion of Blacks were acquitted . |
| 5 | Additionally , a slightly higher proportion of blacks were sentenced in adult rather than juvenile magistrates courts and of these a higher proportion of blacks were tried in the crown courts . |
| 6 | But to Phyllis Broome , a Worcestershire neighbour , writer and walking companion , he wrote : ‘ Here is the biggest job in the world and if I fail I shall share the fate of many a bigger man than I. But it 's a fine thought , is n't it ? |
| 7 | The terms were not satisfactory and by December of 1887 a further approach had been to made to Mr Quarry who suggested a price of £300 plus an annual ground rent of £2 . |
| 8 | When in 1934 a further loan of £500 from a Colonel Wilson was not repaid , he forced the movement into bankruptcy after Rotha Lintorn Orman once more vetoed a merger with the BUF . |
| 9 | In 1985–86 a further reduction in employment , to 621,000 , was more rapid than in UK-owned plants and showed a net reduction in jobs of a full third compared with 1978 , slightly more than UK industry . |
| 10 | In 1986 a further Court was attached to it , in order to relieve its workload . |
| 11 | In 1989/90 a further group moved to Leatherhead and another to Wandsworth as the church planting began to gain momentum . |
| 12 | In 1439 a further attempt was made to secure a diplomatic settlement when the French , the English , and the Burgundians ( but not the representatives of the Church , excluded by the English for their alleged partiality at Arras ) met near Calais in the summer of that year . |
| 13 | In 1985 a further Act was passed which went beyond controlling the operation of existing local governments , when the Greater London Council ( created in 1965 ) and metropolitan county councils ( created in 1974 ) were abolished and their responsibilities transferred either to borough/district councils or to joint authorities of various types . |
| 14 | A reason makes its point by having resonances in such a wider set of meanings . |
| 15 | In 1932 a further step towards government intervention in the economy was taken when the Reconstruction Finance Corporation ( RFC ) was established . |
| 16 | In 1957 a better diuretic was found , but only after a logical but circuitous investigation , described in detail by K. H. Beyer of Merck , Sharpe , and Dohme . |
| 17 | In 1981 a wider umbrella organization was set up — the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) , which grouped together the UAE , Bahrain , Qatar , Oman , Kuwait and Saudi Arabia . |
| 18 | In 1978 a further statement was made by the Library Association relating to censorship : |
| 19 | The application of QALY theory would result in old people having less chance of cardiac surgery than younger people for two main reasons : firstly , the operation is likely to have a higher mortality and morbidity for older people ; secondly , older people have in general a shorter life expectancy and therefore fewer life years to gain from the operation . |
| 20 | In 1880 a further Education Act made schooling compulsory for children between five and ten , and in the 1890s it was established that most elementary education should be free . |
| 21 | In 1982 a further project entitled ‘ Study and information skills in schools ’ , was set up at the NFER to extend the above work , with the following aims : |
| 22 | In 1983 a further report to the European Parliament by M. Vandewiele reinforced enthusiasm for Community support of a fixed link , and in 1984 the Round Table of European Industrialists added its voice to the campaign to upgrade Europe 's transport infrastructure . |
| 23 | In 1988 a larger team moved to Tooting , at the invitation of the Shaftesbury Society , and in eighteen months grew to a group of 150 attending worship , of whom 70% are new converts . |
| 24 | It continues the development of oral/aural skills begun in Departures and adds to this a greater emphasis on reading skills , now that students have progressed beyond the beginner level . |