Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] the [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is even the new risk that undue stress on the ‘ truth ’ of APRs may give people the wrong idea about the actual money cost of their credit , so that if , for example , they compare six-month credit with two-year credit they may think the shorter loan five times as costly — in comparison with the longer one — as it really is . |
| 2 | A hospital admission is frequently accompanied by a more in depth assessment , which may explain the better results for the 25 patients in this subcategory . |
| 3 | He told the conference pre-natal viral illness may explain the higher rates of schizophrenia , found in city-born people and in Afro-Caribbean immigrants in England . |
| 4 | Higher cuffs generally give more support in rough terrain , but the more experienced user may prefer the greater mobility offered by lower cuff designs . |
| 5 | Yet paradoxically , the conditions governing award of a pension should encourage the older people to continue working in order to reduce the total cost of pensions , and thus the scheme adjusted to the differing capacities of individuals to work in old age . |
| 6 | Obviously , you the supporters already accept that I must take the greater challenge when it comes . |
| 7 | Purchasers should note the smaller print which indicates this offer does not apply outside the USA ! |
| 8 | For completeness , we should mention the further grounds of appeal concerning the summing up . |
| 9 | Sometimes , as a matter of necessity , you must tackle the harder terrain first . |
| 10 | All PCs bought from 1992 onwards will meet the technical standards , but we should check the older machines . |
| 11 | Prison reformers have been slow to adapt to prison realities , and to accept that they must address the wider canvas of the criminal justice process . |
| 12 | To examine the factors which might explain the higher mortality from sudden infant death syndrome in Maori infants ( 7.4/1000 live births in 1986 compared with 3.6 in non-Maori children ) . |
| 13 | We therefore used data from a large case-control study to look at differences between Maori and non-Maori children and examine factors that might explain the higher mortality from sudden death infant syndrome among Maori children . |
| 14 | She says it 'll demoralise the older children . |
| 15 | Mr Lenarduzzi 's sleep is also disturbed by the thought that the interests of the nation may only be served at the expense of local needs or , indeed , that purely academic considerations might distort the wider implications of a proper education . |
| 16 | These are very very cheap discounted tickets er usually using what we might call the dodgier carriers of the world , not necessarily those which have got a bad safety records or crash records , but where the cuisine is n't quite as good on board , or you do n't get an inflight movie . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll have the larger piece of that cake over there , with extra cream and a large plateful of your extra special greasy chips , ’ said the girl . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I 'll take the smaller size , thank you . |
| 19 | McMillan said : ‘ There 's no way I 'll take the smaller share . |
| 20 | On the other hand , if you , as a pensioner , are the householder and have relatives living with you , you 'll receive the higher rate of benefit . |
| 21 | I only have the small size winder , perhaps one day I might get the larger size ; I bought it from PDB Engineering . |
| 22 | Hold on , wait there , I 'll get the better stuff than that Tramp |
| 23 | But if her foot 's wider , you 'll get the bigger size it 'll take it up on the length bit . |
| 24 | Before a successful method for dieting is assumed to have been found it must be realized that the effects were small and that the difference might reflect the greater energy expended by those who ate in the morning . |
| 25 | Rambo 's Hall provided Jeremy with , his first Ascot win but he 's hopeful of doubling that with Doulab 's Image tomorrow — ‘ He 'll love the softer ground . ’ |
| 26 | So , if you are in the market for a text only system stick to something that resembles your current word processor while if you already use business graphics you 'll find the simpler page makeup programs fairly straightforward . |
| 27 | I 'd prefer the darker colours |
| 28 | The practice of eating dead enemies probably arose from the idea that you could absorb the better qualities of the person who had died through eating their flesh . |
| 29 | ( 3 ) The proposal is a friendly merger with the larger company wishing to acquire the smaller company but there is known to be a difficult minority shareholder in the smaller company holding above 10 per cent of the voting rights ( or able to muster that level of support against the proposal ) which could prevent the larger company implementing the compulsory sale procedures under CA 1985 , s429 . |
| 30 | Although he was clearly a grand gentleman — and she could sense the larger houses up and down the valley waking up to his presence like hunting dogs suddenly scenting a stag on the wind — his consideration for her — in one or two trivial matters — was nearer to the sort of decent , friendly understandings she herself had grown up with in the village . |