Example sentences of "[v-ing] with the [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large , short-necked , broad-winged , rather short-tailed birds , much smaller than same-shaped but longer-necked Aquila eagles ( pp. 79–81 ) and overlapping with the smaller eagles and the mostly smaller long-winged long tailed harriers ( p 87 ) . |
| 2 | He was the butler , a gentleman full of his own importance and not usually given to conversing with the lower servants . |
| 3 | Sartre 's character the Auto-Didact was working his way through an alphabetical subject catalogue , with the result that he knew nothing of subjects beginning with the later letters ; to learn mathematics by the route Algebra , Arithmetic , Calculus , Geometry … and on to Trigonometry would be bizarre by any conventional standard . |
| 4 | I 'm starting with the smaller accessories , since they often seem to be passed over . |
| 5 | Tennis , walking , dancing with the older women she met in the villages . |
| 6 | Police powers were permissive in dealing with the lower classes . |
| 7 | Dealing with the larger crabs was that outstanding bird , the crab plover . |
| 8 | This was followed by weeks of bargaining with the smaller parties over ministerial posts and policies . |