Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [conj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may however have achieved a realization of theoretical proposals : but we can not be certain about that until further research has been undertaken into the workings of the Household . |
| 2 | With unemployment up from 3 per cent at the beginning of 1991 to 9 per cent , expenditure on unemployment benefit would be markedly higher ; the additional FMk7,000 million needed for this and higher health benefits would be financed out of cuts in other areas of social spending . |
| 3 | General hints at fertility ceremonies may be present , demonstrating another continuity in theme between this and earlier poetry ; but it is important to see that , though its death and rebirth are also related , Christianity is presented by Eliot as an escape from Frazerian cycles of fertility ( in the way that the Buddhist ‘ Shantih shantih shantih ’ hinted at such an escape ) , not as its mere continuation . |
| 4 | Is the seeking of more and greater wealth ( greed ) a reason for tramping on compassion and humanity ? |
| 5 | The product sectors on which we have focused will , I believe , be proven to be increasingly beneficial to us as consumers look for fewer but better quality , better value products . |
| 6 | There were demands in the press for the militia to be allowed greater use of firearms and for Interior Ministry troops to be provided with more and better equipment ( notably computers , communications equipment and vehicles ) . |
| 7 | But even if the proposition be true , it could not be the case for more and better education because of the nature of education itself . |
| 8 | First , the inequalities of the system lead to demands for more and better education for the majority of their peoples ; second , the authorities often regard education as a direct threat to their domination so that teachers , academics and indeed books are targets of repression and censorship . |
| 9 | It also emphasised the need for more and better instrumentation to assist the operators , to monitor the development of the accident , and to provide quick and reliable information to help in the actions taken in response to the emergency . |
| 10 | For example , the first rise in expectations of the lower orders would be for more and better food before manufactured goods . |
| 11 | Roses are heavy feeders at the best of times , and pruning for more and better bloom drives a plant even harder . |
| 12 | Pressures for more and better housing for the working classes led to the introduction of a succession of unsuccessful Bills into Parliament from 1901 . |
| 13 | Throughout the social services there is a need for more and better training and better distribution and deployment of staff . |
| 14 | They have full jurisdiction to say : ‘ We are satisfied that there is a nuisance here , but we are not going to order you to do what the local authority say you are to do because we think it can be done in another and cheaper way or in a more effective way ’ . |
| 15 | Hersh argued that resale rights would help stabilise artists ' incomes and such stability , he maintained , ‘ would probably result in more and better art from artists freed from some of the anxiety of performing on a tightrope without a safety net ’ . |
| 16 | All that is left is a question about how we might open up these and other conduits to more and better funding . |
| 17 | ENTERING A CLIMB — FOR SAME OR HIGHER SPEED — |