Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems as if the lower the competition for places , the greater the likelihood of working-class children staying on or perhaps not being pushed out . |
| 2 | The general attempt to sell bonds will tend to drive down the price of bonds and raise their rate of interest , and this will help eliminate the excess demand for money , since the higher the rate of interest the lower the demand for money . |
| 3 | And course you , other than the half an hour for a meal in the middle of the night er that was it you got no time off at all . |
| 4 | Most of all it does not decrease in the slightest the need for heroic endeavour . |
| 5 | That attitude shaped the thinking of the Leaders and Trustees in Edenderry and during the mid-1930s the need for a larger building was felt . |
| 6 | During the 1890s the demand for guaranteed civil liberties and public participation in state decision-making gathered momentum . |
| 7 | Some adjectives — notably superlatives , comparatives , and ordinals — appear to give a grammatically acceptable result when they occur in predicative position accompanied by an article : ( 16 ) Larry 's answer was the rudest Waddington Junior was a third [ e.g. boy caught cheating ] the rat was the other [ e.g. animal which solved the maze ] Analogous sentences with most adjectives would be quite ungrammatical , even though it would sometimes be easy to see what the sentence " ought " to mean , as in the first case of ( 17 ) for instance : ( 17 ) Larry 's answer was the rude [ e.g. out of those we received ] a red coathanger was the noticeable The reason for these facts is , ultimately , that the superlatives , comparatives and ordinals are unlike other adjectives in being inherently restrictive , and always presupposing what we may call an extraction set , within which the restriction is exercised . |
| 8 | He hoped this strategy would attract foreign investment by multinationals which believed that the more literate people there were , the bigger the market for consumer durables would become . |
| 9 | In the 1870s a drive for increased milk production led to an increase in Friesian imports and this typical dairy type settled in the southern lowlands of Sweden . |
| 10 | Also , the stronger the planetary field the larger the magnetosphere for given solar wind conditions . |
| 11 | And her mother does all the all the washing for the when she us does hairdressing does all the washing , all them towels , hangs them out . |
| 12 | By the 1970s the demand for an extension of parental choice was growing . |
| 13 | In the 1970s the search for a room temperature superconductor led chemists to look at one-dimensional organic conductors and semiconductors . |
| 14 | If the past owner was a famous collector or a museum ( the latter the case for the late Ming lacquer altar table which we are displaying , from the Art Institute of Chicago ) or the work of art was exhibited at a museum ( as is the case for the T'ang torso , formerly in the collection of Lawrence Sickman and shown at the Nelson-Atkins Museum , Kansas City for years ) , this would add to its interest in the eyes of subsequent collectors . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher has merely utilized to the full the scope for untrammelled power latent in the British Constitution but obscured by the hesitancy and scruples of previous , consensus-based , political leaders . |
| 16 | It is also clear that the higher the quota value the higher the hurdle for new entrants . ’ |
| 17 | Other things being equal , the higher the average for the length of time a person is unemployed , the greater will be the number unemployed at any moment in time . |
| 18 | Nothing of the old building remained and the long extension to the bar , dignified by the name Banqueting Hall , provided for the undiscriminating a venue for weddings and local functions and on other nights served a predictable menu of prawns or soup , steak or chicken , and fruit salad with ice-cream . |
| 19 | The gangly singer — who later admitted he was the worse the wear for drink — ineptly mimicked Kylie and her dancers for two embarrassing minutes . |
| 20 | Suddenly in the 1930s the demand for their goods had become much less . |
| 21 | Nationalism , yes , but not narrow : what Burke meant by ‘ the little platoon ’ , and a modern writer in small being beautiful , for the greater the overall unit ( and the Common Market was then looming ) , the greater the necessity for autonomy within that unit , if those being governed were still to feel in touch with those governing . |
| 22 | The more slopes to a roof , the greater the scope for the unusual , but they can restrict size . |
| 23 | The more turbulent and uncertain the environment , the greater the tendency for a high level performance to be associated with high differentiation among sub-units , coupled with effective integration achieved by means of shared information , flexible procedures and open decision-making . |
| 24 | Confirming instances are such if they give inductive support to a theory , and the greater the number of confirming instances established , the greater the support for the theory and the more likely it is to be true . |
| 25 | Often the smaller the company the greater the propensity for this particular weakness to develop . |
| 26 | The number of firms is larger , the smaller fixed costs ( C ) relative to the total sales ( δM ) , the greater the preference for variety ( ) , and the more account taken of the indirect effect ( γ ) . |
| 27 | The more complete the tattvic configuration , then the greater the capacity for learning . |
| 28 | Further , the larger the system , the greater the struggle for power , influence and promotion . |
| 29 | The greater the difference between the spot and forward prices , the greater the incentive for the losing counterparty to renege ( i.e. the greater the credit risk ) . |
| 30 | The larger the bureau , the greater the number of specialized tasks , and the greater the potential for conflict and need for co-ordination . |