Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] the [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Mexico exports food , but not processed foods , foreign food processors are net importers , and where TNCs use local raw materials the contracting arrangements tend to drive the poorer peasants off the land . |
| 2 | The bottom dwellers mentioned so far tend to prefer the shallower waters of the continental shelf . |
| 3 | ‘ But in the end they get pushed over ; they just manage to delay the bigger-spending Departments a bit , And they pop up again , good as new , the next time , like a row of skittles . ’ |
| 4 | Here we again begin to approach the deeper aspects of philosophy and I do not intend to say any more about it here . |
| 5 | It might also be worthwhile buying packs of d.i.l. integrated circuit holders , or bulk buying the smaller types . |
| 6 | Good meadow ha is ideal for sheep , who tend to waste the coarser fibres in ‘ see ’ hay . |
| 7 | The charm of this resort lies in its quiet , friendly atmosphere which will appeal most to those who like to avoid the larger resorts . |
| 8 | I can imagine that there may be some listeners who fill find the earlier movements just a shade self-effacing , despite the exceptional playing standards , typically glowing Philips recording , and exemplary foresight and structural awareness . |
| 9 | ( Well , you try explaining the finer points of haircutting to a Russian whose grasp of English , while good , is far from perfect . ) |
| 10 | The companies are watching carefully lest other lobbyists try to slip the tougher provisions back in . |
| 11 | So , if you are n't even at the word processing stage yet it may well be better to get this technology in place first before you try to tackle the wider issues of electronic publishing . |
| 12 | So I try to put the younger ones off acquiring one until they 're older . |
| 13 | Erm I 'm not sure what time yet but erm it 's more likely to be sort of just before lunch or just sort of or maybe just after lunch or round four o'clock I try to keep the younger ones earlier so they 're not you know it 's not |
| 14 | Well , if people if women do get the higher positions of power , do you think that we 'll see different kinds of decisions made and more factors taken into account that will affect women ? |
| 15 | I 've got the bigger styles of Maggie Thatcher |
| 16 | Problems arise when we come to consider the smaller centres , such as Arkhanes ; could they have had territories which were on the same footing as those of the major temple-centres ? |
| 17 | You you ti , you tithe of your parsley , and your thyme , and your sage , yo you tithe of these things , when you , when you go and pick ten figs , you give one fig to th to God , you tithe of that but you 've left the weightier things undone . |
| 18 | In most instances , though not all , I have listed the bigger titles first . |
| 19 | We have provided comics , magazines , records and cassettes ; we have installed comfortable seating and modern furniture , and have laid on numerous events and activities : we have been successful in updating our image , but one of the consequences of our success has been the degree to which we have attracted the rowdier elements of the local youth . |
| 20 | Certainly the scousers have had the better results , Saturdays was no big deal … 2–0 at home to 10 men Sheff Wed who were totally impotent up front . |
| 21 | Like many other executives who have reached the higher echelons , you may well find that the career evolution methods you used earlier can no longer produce the results you seek today . |
| 22 | We have linearly interpolated each pair of sections onto a common grid with points 40m apart vertically and 0.25° of longitude apart horizontally , and we have subtracted the earlier temperatures from CONVEX-91 temperatures ( Fig. 3 ) ( the west sections are not shown ) . |
| 23 | However , we need to address the wider issues of VFM . |
| 24 | Where the river valleys have followed the weaker beds in the structures , drowning will result in long but usually simple inlets of the type observed in the extreme south-west of Ireland ( Fig. 9. 1 ) . |
| 25 | Icelandic cattle today still show some likeness to those of Shetland and have developed under similar environmental conditions ; the main differences are that the Shetlands are horned and now invariably black-and-white pied , whereas the great majority of Icelandics are polled and have retained the older colours . |
| 26 | I think there 's a lot of the co , er , the smaller companies feel that way , but the bigger companies have tried the smaller ones , and I think we , we 're not likely to lose the bigger ones as easy as lose the small ones . |
| 27 | The other reason for the scarcity of mines in areas where sediments have overlaid the older rocks is that the tools with which geologists look for deposits a the main , useful only when the deposits are near to the surface . |
| 28 | In particular , accountants need to note the earlier arguments that even ‘ dogs ’ can sometimes be regenerated and that SBUs must be viewed as product groups or business interests and not necessarily as corporate organizational units . |