Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This latter formulation would give the courts a greater scope for substitution of judgment , with the additional risk that they would not have to articulate their rationale as clearly as under the heads of purpose and relevancy . |
2 | The aim is to give the readers a better Perspective than could be obtained by examining a large number of separate reports of individual companies . |
3 | Frederick Starr calls the second and third principles " decentralization " ( which involved giving local officials more power but preserved the notion of bureaucratic or " ministerial " hegemony ) and " self-government " ( which meant introducing representative organs and giving non-bureaucrats in the provinces a larger say in the management of their affairs ) . |
4 | This gives the technicians a better idea of your voice and relaxes you . |
5 | To give the engineers a better appreciation of this aspect I encouraged them to learn to fly up to private pilot standard and I am happy to say this was approached by many of them with considerable enthusiasm . |
6 | erm , er and I 'm have to take some time over this , so I think erm in the circumstances the better thing to do would be to adjourn this case till Monday morning and hope that Mr can so arrange his affairs to address me at half past ten on that day , er with Mr and with erm , whatever rights he has to erm deal with matters of this , come up a fresh in reply and to finish off , I 'm gon na leave it like that , a very much , and as I say as far , as far as tomorrow 's concerned that 's er not a difficulty with erm , either Mr informs me which is unlikely or I can , at least get a , make a start , er on the other aspects of the judgement , alright then half past ten on Monday morning |
7 | Already highly successful in popular music , dance and commercial television , blacks have found the movies a tougher nut to crack . |
8 | He swore viciously , turned the mare a touch westward again , but that merely gave the pursuers a better angle to close on him . |
9 | Paint the centres a darker green . |
10 | This will give the curtains a larger expanse and create a striking splash of colour . |
11 | Before the war it had opened at 6 am and kept open until 6 pm to give the men a further chance of shopping . |
12 | But electoral success gave the Jacobites a greater visibility at the centre of politics , and perhaps encouraged fellow travellers in the localities to become more open about their political convictions . |
13 | For most people , getting on in life , winning promotion , saving a bit , going on a better holiday , buying a car , purchasing a home , giving the children a better start — all these are natural aims . |
14 | He was so moved by what he saw inside the orphange that he felt he had to do something to give the children a better start . |
15 | It might help at this point to ask the children a further question : " What might happen if the thief ( the rightful owner of the jewels/the alien in the above examples ) does or does not ( depending on the drama ) manage to steal the " keys " ? " |
16 | As the pupils continue through the tasks a wider range of source materials could be added which also included more sophisticated language . |
17 | The holly bush went to give the cameras a clearer view . |
18 | This has been done to increase the incentives the higher income groups have to work harder . |
19 | The benefits the Better Shoe scheme could bring to parents were discussed , ideas were exchanged and needs discovered . |
20 | As reported in the Financial Times , he said that the trade union movement would be demanding and , he hoped , achieving the implementation of the proposals for industrial democracy ; and that the next decade would offer the unions a better chance than any other to bring in the desired change . |
21 | The Wembley electoral college formula , giving the unions a bigger say in electing Labour 's leader than either activists or parliamentarians , was a triumph of defiance over common sense . |