Example sentences of "[adj -er] [noun sg] [subord] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've talked a lot about the Gardener Centre , but of course the university is a much bigger place than just the Gardener Centre . |
| 2 | It 'll be a bigger bone than a bigger bone than ever the poll tax was . |
| 3 | General practitioners have had to bear a much heavier load than even the most pessimistic were expecting . |
| 4 | Female mammals are better at caring for their young without male assistance and , where it is necessary , there tends to be a larger group than just a single pair . |
| 5 | A common lawyer , as in the 1520s , might seem a better choice than either a noble or a cleric in an office so concerned with the law , but in the early fourteenth century common lawyers were regarded with some suspicion by the king-witness the attempts to get them barred from parliament — and by people whose complaints about the corruption of lay judges were frequent until late in the century . |
| 6 | As the right hon. Gentleman is now keen to look at a longer period than just the last year , he will also be interested to know that between 1981 and 1991 the British economy grew faster than the German economy , the French economy , the Italian economy or the economy of any other country in Europe . |
| 7 | Even though open systems may be able to meet requirements at a lower cost than perhaps the traditional proprietary systems , if you 've already paid for the traditional proprietary system , clearly there is no saving to be made by throwing it away and replacing it with the equivalent functionality on new technology . |
| 8 | But at least since 1984 the major flashpoints of conflict between Britain and her European partners had disappeared , while Mrs Thatcher found , with the departure of Schmidt and Giscard d'Estaing , a greater eminence as both a European and a world statesman . |
| 9 | They also want the chance to use their minds and energies in a wider sphere than just the home . |
| 10 | In practice direct grant schools , the perpetuation of the public school system and the vested interests of sections of teachers as well as that complex animal , parental wishes , worked to maintain the status quo ante bellum to a much greater extent than even the most lukewarm of reformers could have wished . |
| 11 | In this case , the O 2s AO has a much lower energy than either the O 2p z AO or the symmetric combination of H 1s AOs , and is more closely held to the oxygen core than the O 2p z AO . |