Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 IT IS now a little more than three years since four biologists caused a minor uproar among molecular geneticists by publishing in Nature two papers in which they argued that a substantial proportion of the DNA of animal cells may exist for no higher purpose than its own propagation .
2 ( Employees may opt for the higher quote but can expect to pay the difference themselves . )
3 Let it be supposed that according to the usual methods of borrowing and funding , the Public Debts , during the present war , should encrease to no greater degree than they did in the last war ; which was about 30 millions : And let it be supposed , according to past experience , that in ten or twelve years after a peace ; we should be plunged into a fresh war ; which might encrease the debts of the nation 30 millions more , and that afterwards we should have another breathing time of ten or twelve years , and that according to custom a third war should ensue , no less expensive than each of the former two ; these three wars will swell the national debts to the amount of 170 millions , and that in little more than fifty years .
4 Most of the ‘ energy ’ ideas are based on dowsing results , but until these can be cross-referenced with physical monitoring they must remain on the wilder shores of the subject .
5 In politics he is that which of all things least resembles a democrat — an aristocratic republican who thinks ‘ nothing more agreeable to the order of nature or more for the interest of mankind than that the less should yield to the greater , not in numbers but in wisdom and virtue ’ .
6 Older men are usually polygynous ; thus a youth rarely has available for marriage an age-mate female , and he must wait for a younger generation of females to mature before cohabitation with them .
7 The process of modelling the organisation should result in a better understanding of the business .
8 The first should result in a lower incidence of infections , possibly in combination with decreased severity due to a lower average ‘ dose ’ of pathogens crossing the mucosal barrier , whereas the second will tend towards a decreased severity , but not incidence of infection .
9 That is not to say that it is enough to do deliberate actions which , in fact , obstruct ; there must be an intention that those actions should result in the further state of affairs to which I have been referring . ’
10 No other mention is made of the fact that Molla Fenari 's son ( presumably Mehmed Sah ) was with him ; and , though the sentence is in the context of the visit of 823 , it presumably must refer to an earlier Ramadan .
11 Before parting with the case , we should refer to a further argument mounted by Mr. Thornton .
12 The passage from Lord Lindley 's judgment that I have cited has been relied on in a number of subsequent cases but , before coming to them , I should refer to an earlier case , Bainbrigge v. Browne ( 1881 ) 18 Ch.D. 188 .
13 The junior recruits sit on the edge of the parade ground to witness the parade and to learn what they must achieve after a further four weeks ' training .
14 It would enclose within it , a traditional economic development strategy for the work this Committee 's helping , but it should look in a wider issue , and seek to influence wider , wider things that happen within the county .
15 Where solicitors want a " consent order " , provided it does not relate to a possession order of residential premises , and is not for an order in matrimonial proceedings , the Court staff can now sign it , which should provide for a quicker return ; it must be clear from the face of the order that it is " by consent " .
16 ‘ Do n't you think you should begin with a lighter schedule ? ’
17 We must work towards a wider range of ‘ acceptable ’ lesbian and gay images , and stop colluding with restrictive definitions .
18 But you should descend at a higher rate so as to reach 2500ft before you turn .
19 When you first start out you should stick to the lower end of your aerobic range ( 60 per cent ) until you feel comfortable with it .
20 Thus , although SS continues to show the labour supply curve in terms of the after-tax wage , we must draw in the higher schedule SS ' ; to show the supply of labour in terms of the gross or pre-tax wage .
21 When Baldwin returned to London , Tom Jones showed him an article in the Political Quarterly , suggesting that the new Monarch should mix with a wider range of people .
22 Many experts , he said , believed that we should aim for a smaller , more concentrated and more efficient network .
23 What is more , because this youthful community has little contact with the older generation it has increasingly little reason to see why it should defer to the older generation 's judgement .
24 Restructuring must coincide with the broader Community objectives , and Community funds must be matched by national funds .
25 This should lead to a better quality of grape in the following season .
26 It should lead to a greater efficiency among the police and give a much-needed boost to the fight against crime .
27 That is why it is so important that , as one of the conclusions of the Maastricht settlement , it was agreed that the 12 countries should set up an organisation loosely known as Europol whose first job would be to set up a Europeanwide drugs intelligence unit among the Twelve , which should lead to a greater level of co-operation with our continental partners to stop Ecstasy and other drugs coming into the country .
28 New business gains at both companies were achieved and together with recent price increases , should lead to a further advance in profits in 1993 .
29 Cobden-Sanderson quarrelled with Emery Walker and , through the mediation of Sydney Cockerell , came to an agreement that Cobden-Sanderson should retain the Doves type for his lifetime , after which it should pass to the younger man .
30 That must rank as a greater own goal than any in football .
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