Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This lovely pin stripe looks a lot sexier on our slinky slicker than stretched across some tycoon 's big tum . |
| 2 | The assumption was that later information would allow some of these paths to be eliminated ; the graph would ‘ narrow ’ because hypotheses at some point were acoustically clearer and/or limited by top-down information . |
| 3 | Mustelids are intermediate between categories 2 and 3 ( Table 3.13 ) , with only 24 per cent of the incisors digested but the degree of digestion is heavier than seen for most category 2 predators ( Fig. 3.24 G ) . |
| 4 | Firms are bigger and spread across many locations , information on profitability and time spent on different transactions or matters is demanded , time management is the order of the day and speed of information retrieval is of the essence . |
| 5 | They have generally been found by the chance of fieldwork and aerial reconnaissance and many are awaiting discovery ; when they are studied in detail they are often found to be much larger than thought at first , covering areas , in some cases , of over 100 acres . |
| 6 | When we were younger and talked about this as our retirement home , people tended to laugh and think we were being pessimistic thinking so far ahead . |
| 7 | The 16 central squares compete for attention and would be happier if reduced to nine by the elimination of one line in each direction . |
| 8 | It has often provided dates where there was previously no method of dating available at all , and for many periods , accuracy to the nearest century or so is far better than produced by previous dating methods . |
| 9 | By the time this younger generation has been correctly defined , it has grown older and replaced by some new unknown demographic quantity . |
| 10 | Ophiopristis differs from Ophioprium as follows the oral tentacle scales are not markedly different from the oral papillae — those of Ophioprium are much more elongate and slightly separated ; the tentacle pores are smaller and armed with 1–2 large tentacle scales whereas the pores in Ophioprium are open and armed with small thin tentacle scales . |
| 11 | Any proposal to pay by instalment should only be accepted by the haulier if accompanied by some immediate payment ; otherwise it has no value . |
| 12 | Self-abuse is worse , because more animal ; but those who really must have amatory excitement will find it ‘ better to marry ’ and expend on real lovers those sexual feelings now worse than wasted on this its ‘ solitary form ’ . |
| 13 | Unemployment was higher than expected by 3 per cent or more at Ulster ( 5.5 ) , Liverpool and Queen Mary College , London ( both 4.8 ) , East Anglia ( 3.4 ) and Sheffield , Aberystwyth and the London School of Economics ( all 3.2 ) . |
| 14 | The outcome of £365 was significantly higher than predicted for two reasons . |
| 15 | It was a time of spring tides , which , because of the surge , were some 2 m ( 6 ft ) higher than predicted in eastern England and 3 m ( 10 ft ) higher in estuaries in the Netherlands . |
| 16 | * Horses are usually calmer if shod in familiar surroundings , but it is not fair to use their stable . |
| 17 | Drug doses also tend to be higher and given for longer periods . |
| 18 | The sad thing is that if all the OAPs and others who genuinely ca n't afford the extra withheld that portion of their poll tax , my God , would n't we have been pounced on as lawbreakers and worse and dealt with ten times faster than the poll tax rebels who withhold purely for so-called political reasons . |
| 19 | To make the buoyancy up to competition standards the foam is longer than used in similar models though overall the Aqua-Pak is about the same length . |
| 20 | Independent observers report that the number of boats capable of supporting driftnets in Taiwan is several hundred times greater than shown by official statistics . |
| 21 | To the East , the rugged Riviera del Levante — wilder and dotted with sharp promontories and little sheltered coves , natural habitats for charming fishing ports and yacht-laden marinas . |
| 22 | In contrast , lamina propria mononuclear cells from all groups responded to CaI stimulation , the increase in PAF activity being similar among them and significantly greater when compared with that of unstimulated cells . |