Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj -er] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some were for the better but a lot were for worse . |
| 2 | Then I heard the snap of a lighter and a cloud of blue smoke came out of the doorway , followed by a rattle sound . |
| 3 | You may be written off as a malingerer or a neurotic or , perhaps even worse , as someone who must be gently humoured back to health . |
| 4 | A competitor like Hewlett-Packard Co , which earlier this year took its own lumps for baiting-and-switching , says the machine is ‘ neither fish nor fowl , ’ describing it as ‘ too severely compromised to be a workstation ’ and dismissing it as no better than a 50MHz 80486 box . |
| 5 | Cromwell had thrown in his lot with the Levellers when it suited him two years before and so was regarded by them as no better than a mutineer himself when he turned against them . |
| 6 | Though covenants were made between equals , the religious use of the term always referred to a relationship between a greater and a lesser partner . |
| 7 | In any intimacy between a stronger and a weaker personality the weaker is inclined to yield even when he has the means to prevail , from a compulsion to see through the eyes of the stronger . |
| 8 | They also go about with a galvanometer and a Geiger counter to measure ‘ sources of power ’ . |
| 9 | Determined to experience life as a catwalk photographer , I swapped my pen and notebook for a Canon Eos camera , 200mm lens with a doubler and a monopod ( bravely loaned by Michel Arnaud ) and squeezed into the ‘ gun emplacement ’ at the back of the Salle Sully . |
| 10 | Cos you 've effectively got a dead short through an ammeter whereas a a volt meter 's got a a hun , a high er resistance or an open circuit , effectively . |
| 11 | Or in a greater or a less Degree . |
| 12 | This reply comes in a stronger and a weaker form , but in either form it has clearly got some point . |
| 13 | It is best to acknowledge that " style " , like " meaning " , is a word which can be used either in a broader or a narrower sense . |
| 14 | They will all tend to put a stress on the system and depending on our health or susceptibility we will be affected to a greater or a lesser degree . |
| 15 | Each of these organisations is , to a greater or a lesser extent , involved in transferring technology to an end user . |
| 16 | Orwell and Waugh , older by a generation , belonged to an earlier and a sparer tradition . |
| 17 | SHILDON Strollers retained their leadership of the Durham Second Division at a canter when a weakened Wingate failed to offer any real threat despite the incentive of moving into third place with a win that would have toppled the home team from the No 1 spot . |