Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hockey is a very low game and it 's all in the quads in your upper legs and I can move into the ball without slowing down , where as a bigger guy has to run in and stoop down ’ . |
| 2 | There is no significant difference in long term survival between Child 's A and B patients except for a higher mortality in the first two months after surgery in Child 's B ( six of 19 v three of 24 ) ; this largely accounts for the difference in the overall survival between the surgery and sclerotherapy groups . |
| 3 | Finally , the kestrel has large excesses of isolated teeth for both incisors and molars , and all three samples show a similar pattern , although with a greater range of variation than was seen in the tawny owl : incisor excess range of 110–172 per cent . |
| 4 | It is a common fallacy to assume that all blown trees die ; on the contrary , those retaining at least 25 per cent root contact with the soil may well continue to grow , albeit with a shorter life expectancy . |
| 5 | But £2.5 million of extra work booked in May — with no dithering — gives Foden the sense that , now the initial shock of the slump has worn off , business is returning to its normal rhythms , albeit in a lower key . |
| 6 | In October 1981 , the government 's review of the Schools Council , conducted by Nancy Trenaman , concluded that , although the Council had been ‘ too political , too complicated and was over-stretched ’ , it should nevertheless continue in existence , albeit in a slimmer form . |
| 7 | The I 'm not an economic development officer so the er breadth of the perspective I have is limited from market experience rather than from a broader overview . |
| 8 | This is less stringent than the German standards , but represents a toughening of earlier suggestions , which envisaged targets of only 60 per cent recovery , and 40 per cent recycling , although within a shorter time-frame of five years . |
| 9 | Much in the same way , although on a higher level , the obedience competitors , in which I include trials and Schutzhund workers , train their dogs throughout the week and aim either to win a qualification or pass a test . |
| 10 | Limiting a bed or an area of a border to all the various shades of a single colour produces a sophisticated effect , although on a larger scale it may appear monotonous unless relieved by a subtle use of green or variegated foliage . |
| 11 | This theory holds that , although human society originated as Freud described it in Totem and Taboo , subsequent social evolution led to repetitions and expansion of that primal trauma which , although on a smaller scale than the original one , nevertheless share something of its traumatic nature and crucial consequences — particularly for the subsequent evolution of the superego . |
| 12 | For many of the physical science students , the term ‘ physical science ’ referred to the specific course rather than to a wider discipline ; I therefore reserve many of their comments for a later section . |
| 13 | At the time when rent levels were falling , some less profitable land also went out of cultivation ( although the extent of this is hard to measure ) , so it is clear that the fall in rents must have been due to a shortage of potential tenants rather than to a greater supply of land , which might have resulted from the clearance of forest or the reclamation of fenland . |
| 14 | They showed that subjects given verbal pre-training with one set of stimuli learn the appropriate motor response more rapidly to these stimuli than to a further set introduced for the first time in the test phase . |
| 15 | Opposition was likely to be stronger where children were transferred to another small school rather than to a larger school . |
| 16 | Some have been initially successful and then suffered a relapse , suggesting that at least some of the cases owed their success more to the Hawthorne effect than to a deeper understanding of people . |
| 17 | In addition , the results show that gradients of HSR between the two eyes , differential horizontal perspective , which are similarly created by binocular viewing of a close , fronto-parallel surface , also affect the amount of perceived depth in stereoscopic surfaces , albeit to a smaller extent . |
| 18 | The repression continues today , albeit on a smaller scale . |
| 19 | Tony returned to Britain with the idea that the M.I. concept could work equally well over here , albeit on a smaller scale . |
| 20 | Like Ghyll climbing in the Lake District , which provides memorable classics such as Piers Ghyll on Scafell , the Dark Peak can also furnish a few esoteric delights — albeit on a smaller scale — with fine outings such as Wildboar Clough on Bleaklow or the challenging Blackden Clough on Kinder Scout 's northern slopes . |
| 21 | As mentioned previously , in its unusual level of incomers west Thurso resembles a new town , albeit on a smaller scale . |
| 22 | His daring and persistence , albeit on a smaller scale than his friend Sturt 's , and invested with considerable self-interest , met , in contrast , with unparalleled success . |
| 23 | A less important category is those contracts which are material to the continuing conduct of the vendor 's business but without which the business can still be operated after completion , albeit on a smaller scale . |
| 24 | The same trend happens in the rural areas , although at a slower pace . |
| 25 | Total business declined in the first quarter , although at a slower rate than at any time over the past year . |
| 26 | None the less , what the United States data imply is that the upward trend in recorded crime is in the same direction as actual victimization , although at a slower rate . |
| 27 | ( Some nuclei that are not aligned with the field also take part in fusion reactions , although at a slower rate . ) |
| 28 | The company has dropped strong hints to union leaders that the current programme involving cuts of 24,000 over the next year will be followed by a further rundown , although at a lower rate . |
| 29 | Under the scrutiny of Hayward and Browne , he began to revise and concentrate his verse — after the problems with The Family Reunion , he wished to use only poetry which met the test of " strict dramatic utility " although at a later date he was to worry in case he had strayed too close to the drama of Frederick Lonsdale . |
| 30 | By 1973 the Conservatives had moved to a statutory prices and incomes policy and massive state intervention in industry ; the reorganization of secondary schooling along comprehensive lines proceeded , albeit at a slower pace than under Labour , and the trade union legislation under the Industrial Relations Act was effectively non-operational . |