Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agree either that there continue to be no lower limit for the remuneration certificate jurisdiction or that the Solicitors ' Remuneration Order 1972 be amended to provide for a lower limit of £100 profit costs . |
| 2 | GDP fell by 9 per cent in 1991 and was expected to fall by a further 14 per cent in 1992 , which may well be an underestimate . |
| 3 | Such a fluid working arrangement can not be expected to work in a larger industrial firm . |
| 4 | Having doubled in the past fifty years to five billion , the world 's population is expected to increase by a further one billion in the 1990s alone . |
| 5 | Direct subsidies are expected to increase by a further £100 million this year . |
| 6 | Girls are expected to conform to a stricter morality , by their parents in particular . |
| 7 | It now appears that , in addition to this , I will be expected to part with a further portion of my income as a graduate tax to pay for my education , the last three years of which I am spending in hospitals , not only studying , but assisting on a voluntary basis with essential clinical procedures and tests . |
| 8 | In Sabah the United Sabah Party ( Parti Bersatu Sabah — PBS ) won 14 of 20 federal seats , and was expected to press for a better return from the exploitation of Sabah 's natural resources . |
| 9 | Guo and Bradshaw carried out analyses of the nutrient ( N , P and K ) and energy flow patterns within the village and have conducted a variety of experiments to see how these patterns can be modified to result in a greater retention of nutrients and a more efficient return of energy to the human population . |
| 10 | And , because they are designed to operate at a lower cost level they tend not to make demands for expensive peripherals such as PostScript devices or even simpler page printers such as Epsons and Okis that emulate the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet . |
| 11 | The successful candidate will be expected to register for a higher degree and will also contribute to the teaching programme . |
| 12 | Unemployment , already over 3m ( 10.7% of the workforce ) , is expected to rise by a further 150,000–200,000 this year . |
| 13 | Louis B. Wright 's Middle-Class Culture in Elizabethan England is welcomed by C. Bowie Millican on the grounds that it confirms a healthy trend in literary research whereby antiquarian , statistical , and editorial work are made to contribute to a broader and more comprehensive " cultural synthesis " : " it is the proper evaluation of such information … that leads to perspective and reveals literature to be both a continuum and a truthful mirror of life . |
| 14 | Pupils can be helped to come to a deeper understanding of other peoples and/or events with the questioner 's guidance . |
| 15 | It is anticipated to grow by a further 50 per cent in the next seven years . |
| 16 | Within the spirits category , Scotch Whisky has had to compete with a wider range of heavily marketed white spirits . |
| 17 | Using the hypothetical examples above , for instance , this is how it might work out : skilled employment ( 4 ) the top possible score : employment duration — she has just gone back to work ( 1 ) ; housing — she has had to move to a smaller flat(l) so has n't been there long ( 0 ) ; she does have a bank account ( 4 ) ; but is separated ( 0 ) ; and quite young ( 2 ) . |
| 18 | Before we could do so he was called to account before a higher tribunal . |
| 19 | Far too many handicapped young people have been condemned to operate at a lower level of education and achievement than their abilities warrant because of lack of facilities for further and higher education . |
| 20 | That fund is set to increase by a further £1 million next year , and I certainly expect motor projects to figure significantly within that increased expenditure . |
| 21 | And in fact , some of the values that have often been associated with literature would seem to conform to Derrida 's anti-logocentric approach , in so far as the so-called medium in literature ( the form , the language ) has been presumed to exceed to a greater or lesser extent any content or message it may have . |
| 22 | The existing equity holders may also be asked to participate in a further round of equity raising , for around 10 per cent of the total . |
| 23 | Darlington 's MP , Conservative Michael Fallon , has pledged to fight for a fairer payment system . |
| 24 | Lady Dedlock , lacking the life of the affections , is not bored but frozen to death ; the Victorian angel of domestic happiness has gone to shelter beneath a humbler roof . |
| 25 | It was probably intended to rebuild on a grander scale with an additional floor , but the work was curtailed , and the extra floor not added . |
| 26 | If only he had started to write in a larger script , I might have felt I had succeeded with him , made him a poet . |
| 27 | 15.37 ( i ) Pupils working towards level 6 should be encouraged to work in a wider range of situations in which their individual contributions are given greater emphasis . |
| 28 | Extra time may be spent learning the basics of editing , or more advanced camera work etc. , or this might be left to develop at a later workshop . |
| 29 | To avoid backlight exposure problems , they have been re-angled to appear against a darker background . |
| 30 | Also , a combination of poor investment returns and shrinking property values has meant that steadily reducing the debt has proved prudent , particularly where borrowers have elected to move to a cheaper property . |