Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be most apparent when beauty marries beauty . |
| 2 | The actual death rate from asthma in West Cumbria seems to be much lower than mortality statistics suggest . |
| 3 | Economic and social conditions in the 1990s may prove so unlike the previous decade that CD-X purchases may either be much greater than CD-A or significantly less . |
| 4 | The relative prices of timber and steel vary greatly in different countries and also the price of timber itself varies from that of rough timber , which may be much cheaper than steel , up to expensive plywoods which cost far more than steel sheet . |
| 5 | Secular university choirs are said to be much better than church groups . |
| 6 | When eventually interviewed regarding the suspected offence there could well be a denial and whilst not essential , the prosecution case would be much stronger if corroboration is available regarding the driver 's identity . |
| 7 | This conflict of interests would not be so bad if teaching was seen to have an equal claim with the others on doctors ' time , but too often it is pushed into last position in the list of priorities . |
| 8 | Bed wetting is not the most glamorous of paediatric problems ; treating it , however , can be highly rewarding because treatment is so often successful . |
| 9 | β Blockers may be less effective than angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors in reducing microalbuminuria because they are less effective in reducing angiotensin II production . |
| 10 | Training in singing appears to be less systematised than training in voice production . |
| 11 | A year long investigation by a US Congress subcommittee , prompted by last year 's Perrier scare , has claimed that some bottled waters may be less safe than tap water . |
| 12 | Job knowledge can be less important than willingness to learn . ’ |
| 13 | Frequently staff will resist the change in ways which may be less dramatic than sabotage , but be equally effective . |
| 14 | This could be especially useful as preparation before a museum visit . |
| 15 | Freewheeling down this long , windy road can be especially exhilarating because emergency action is often needed to dodge the tractors that chug around the hedge-blind corners . |
| 16 | On my short acquaintance with Victorian Cichlids I found the males to be single-mindedly aggressive when breeding , but their harassment of tank-mates soon diminishes after spawning . |
| 17 | At every stage machine speed , temperature and many other factors must be exactly right if product quality is to be achieved . |
| 18 | Generally this must be not lower than cost or market value . |
| 19 | For such pupils , the application of reduction can be more useful than magnification . |
| 20 | However , staphylokinase has now been found to be more potent than streptokinase for the dissolution of platelet-rich arterial eversion graft thrombi ; moreover , it seems to be less immunogenic . |
| 21 | And certainly precision — unless carried to the ultimate degree , as in Madame Saint-Ange 's Livre de Cuisine or Julia Child 's Mastering the Art of French Cooking — can be more misleading than vagueness . |
| 22 | Overall , however , there was a trend for prednisolone to be more effective than fluticasone propionate . |
| 23 | In the 1970s a series of controlled trials compared the drug with other neuroleptics , and whereas no other drug has ever been shown to be more effective than chlorpromazine ( Largactil ) , clozapine was found to be so in six out of thirteen studies . |
| 24 | We believe that these grants would be more effective if responsibility was transferred to those Departments which can make best use of the money . |
| 25 | Acrylic , emulsion and gesso grounds tend to be more absorbent than oil and alkyd grounds . |
| 26 | Acrylic , emulsion and gesso grounds tend to be more absorbent than oil and alkyd grounds . |
| 27 | It is just a question of knowing when to use it : not , I would think , for food , or , usually , cosmetics ; but illustration appears to be more successful than photography for fashion , and it can clearly be used for most other types of product . |
| 28 | Specialist lay representation tended to be more successful than representation by solicitors and barristers . |
| 29 | The study confirmed findings which had been highlighted in earlier research , for example that schools tend to be more successful if leadership is purposeful and teachers cooperate in the implementation of an agreed policy . |
| 30 | The expert 's liability in tort can never be more extensive than liability under any related contract , and whether the expert will be liable at all will always depend on the particular context and purpose of the particular statement . |