Example sentences of "[coord] with a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Species and genetic change , fixation of atmospheric N 2 , and nitrogen deposition may have facilitated plant response to CO 2 in the past when concentrations rose more slowly or with a greater relaxation time between change than today , but data are lacking . |
| 2 | In most respects , Britain spent a smaller proportion of the annual budget on welfare than did continental European countries with a system financed from contributory sources or with a greater mix of public and private provision . |
| 3 | That these may be continuing problems is evident by a study by Bauman ( 1964 ) who found partially sighted pupils to be particularly insecure and with a greater sense of loneliness when they were integrated into open education systems . |
| 4 | The available trial results are consistent with a shift in the spectrum of illness to being less severe , of shorter duration , and with a greater proportion of subclinical disease . |
| 5 | It could well be that Matadial was thoroughly discredited , even as the case ran , but with advance information her demolition could have been more clinically achieved , with perhaps a greater effect on the jury and with a better chance of involving Zaidie in the destruction of the Crown case on motive and malice . |
| 6 | It will print to laser or dot matrix and with a better quality than our 350.00 pound package does . |
| 7 | ‘ I believe by forming a better definition of criminal record information , and with a better definition of criminal intelligence , we should be able to identify the middle grade which is called criminal information , ’ he said . |
| 8 | A diet low in saturated fats and with a higher percentage of polyunsaturates ( just like the diet you were on ) has been shown to help premenstrual breast tenderness . |
| 9 | Their biomass totals 22.9 kg per ha , 73% of arboreal mammal biomass on Barro Colorado Island and they crop 38 kg leaves per ha per annum ( 40–60% of their diet ) , whereas the howlers take 52.8 kg , reflecting their higher metabolic rates and less ruminant-like digestion : they are therefore less efficient , even though at a lower density and biomass and with a smaller percentage of leaves in their diet . |
| 10 | This method — removing an aggressive nursery school child from play for a period of one minute — was compared by researchers with a scolding and orders not to hit and with a further method of distracting ( i.e. redirecting ) him to other play . |
| 11 | The advantages of team teaching , for instance , include the fact that the teacher is no longer dependent on his own wit and abilities , nor on his own lobbying power ; the team can plan with more flexibility and more confidence , drawing on the insights and specialist skills of its members and with a broader knowledge of what the pupils are receiving and needing . |
| 12 | Near to a school and a cemetery and with an older house ( with its orchard and coachhouse ) at the end of the road , this spacious house remained Edward 's home until he left Oxford . |
| 13 | Our results are consistent with previous studies in T-cell-deficient nude mice suggesting that class II + epithelial cells play a crucial role in T-cell development and with an earlier report showing that fetal day-12 thymic anlage stripped of their mesenchymal capsule fail to support lymphocyte development . |
| 14 | There has been extensive work on the psychology of language ( Campbell and Smith , 1976 ; Gerver and Sinaiko , 1978 ) , but with a greater emphasis on language as an interpersonal communication vehicle rather than language as a supporter of thinking . |
| 15 | The committee 's policy was in many respects akin to that just being abandoned by the Communist Party , but with a greater syndicalist content . |
| 16 | But with a greater willingness to let in somebody — a relative , best friend or counsellor — at least two little boys would n't have to face the future without a father . |
| 17 | While the native people were fairly evenly distributed across Siberia from west to east ( but with a greater concentration in the south than in the north ) , the distribution of the incomer population from west of the Urals was always very uneven . |
| 18 | People like us , I suppose , but with a bigger dose of ignorance and superstition . |
| 19 | After a few modifications had been made , based on Frank 's own playing requirements , this model emerged as a bastard offspring of the Saber — the family lineage basically intact , but with a wilder spirit and some distinctly antipodean overtones . |
| 20 | All new patterns , but with a wider selection of weights of yarn for all seasons suitability and with styles from the simplest and most stylish to high-drama pieces for electronics . |
| 21 | Also included in the IFM recommendations are a national angling centre with teaching facilities and offices and continuing the use of Anglers Consultative Associations but with a wider range of representaion of angling interests . |
| 22 | Factory wages enabled young men and women to become economically independent of their families and some of them broke away completely , but most town dwellers maintained their family connections and were careful to preserve links not only with their immediate relatives but with a wider range of kin . |
| 23 | While Arbuthnot was tactful and exceedingly good-natured , Harriett was equally discreet but with a sharper mind . |
| 24 | If any have not generated this message , and the main image is not running , stop the image you started prior to the one which has failed and restart both , but with a longer wait in between . |
| 25 | Labour 's victory , widely predicted but with a smaller swing than they had hoped for , essentially ruled out any chance of a snap poll . |
| 26 | This is known as the STYCAR test and was devised by Mary Sheridan using the Snellen standard but with a smaller selection of letters and with the possibility of using a 3m distance , more suitable for younger children than the standard 6m distance . |
| 27 | Of the three windows , the large central one is carried on carved figures , an unusual design , which has much in common with the façade at Spoleto Cathedral , of similar date , but with a later porch in front . |
| 28 | It is a common fallacy that the cheaper , carbon-zinc batteries will do the same job but with a shorter life . |
| 29 | It is an incredibly ugly gruesome-looking animal , rather like a baby crocodile but with a shorter head . |
| 30 | At Hampton Ferry the Saturday match was cancelled but with a milder day the Sunday event was still going ahead Saturday night . |