Example sentences of "a further [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this , however , it adds a further proposition . |
| 2 | I turned to Lorne , who was also having difficulty in breathing , and was quite aware of the idiocy of attempting a further rope descent ( and hopefully subsequent ascent ) with our equipment . |
| 3 | The fish possesses a further adaptation to enhance its accuracy : binocular vision . |
| 4 | Explosive breeders also show a further adaptation to male competition — the development of enlarged nuptial pads on their hands . |
| 5 | This creates an exception to both : ( 1 ) the general practice that experts ' decisions are final : see 8.8 ; and ( 2 ) the less well-established principle that certifiers owe no duty of care to contractors : see 7.4.2. introduced a further tier of dispute resolution by interposing optional alternative dispute resolution ( ADR ) between the decision of the engineer and arbitration . |
| 6 | On Dec. 6 the European commission granted a loan of $1,138 million for a five-year term , and in June Western central banks issued a further $280,000,000 short-term loan . |
| 7 | There is a further howler . |
| 8 | Furthermore , if Chemical did hand back the plane to Boeing , it would be at an effective cost to Virgin of a further $10m — the amount by which the plane 's value had increased in the time Virgin had owned it . |
| 9 | By the close , the shares had fallen a further 40p on the London market to close at 560p while they ended the day on the French bourse Fr3.6 lower at Fr59.9 amid heavy dealing in both markets . |
| 10 | The news sent the Anglo-French group 's share price plunging a further 40p to close at 528p . |
| 11 | In London the shares lost a further 40p to close at 528p and it was a similar story in Paris . |
| 12 | Already more than £8m has been paid out by the Compensation Agency , but claims totalling a further £38m are yet to be processed . |
| 13 | A further sophistication , though in fact historically a return to basics , is rotoscoping . |
| 14 | To move from ‘ art ’ to ‘ craft ’ is rather plainly a further contraction , or diminution : and it will be radically misunderstood unless we remember that for Pound the level of craftsmanship ( not just in letters , but in supposedly humbler trades also ) is a register , a thermometer-reading , of the good or ill health of a period or of a society . |
| 15 | In broad terms , our membership of the European Economic Community was likely to quicken the pace of technical and economic change in the industry , thereby causing a further contraction of the labour force and a further substitution of capital for labour , though at a slower rate than in the previous decade . |
| 16 | At current prices the cereal farmers will experience a £2 million per annum contraction immediately and there will be a further contraction as farmers reduce output in response to lower prices . |
| 17 | Despite heavy government intervention aimed at warding off a further crash in prices , trading continued to be nervous as a result of fears that Mehta would dump holdings to clear his bank debts , which included Rs6,200 million ( about US$214,000,000 ) to State Bank of India , the largest commercial bank . |
| 18 | Nabeel Dancer , trained by Alex Scott and ridden by Pat Eddery , was a further head back in third . |
| 19 | A further objective is to make sure that people do not move out of unemployment to an even lower income from work . |
| 20 | In the case of Turkey a further objective was a weakening of Turkish commitment to NATO membership . |
| 21 | In a news conference on Jan. 18 , 1990 , Borja announced that inflation had been brought down to just over 54 per cent in December 1989 after reaching a record 99.1 per cent in March ; a further objective of the administration had been to reduce the accumulated annual inflation rate to 30 per cent for 1989 . |
| 22 | It is easy to exaggerate the contribution that the reading of books and other materials make to development if one ignores the rich experiences provided by home , school , and peer group , but reading enables ( as can be seen from the discussion in earlier chapters ) a complementing of direct experience , a further widening of children 's worlds . |
| 23 | In conclusion , Owens ( 1984 ) has commented that the 1980s have been characterized so far not by significant conceptual developments , but by a further widening of the empirical base . |
| 24 | We have revised our premium rates because of the continuing increase in the cost of theft claims — 1983 saw a 24% increase over 1982 and there has been a further 12% increase in the first half of 1984 . |
| 25 | Compare these potential losses with the fall due to the recession , estimated by the Henley Centre for Forecasting at 9% in 1990 and a further 6% in 1991 but for the national press at 11% in 1990 and a further 12% in 1991 ( Media Week 8.7.91 — and the recession will be coming to an end by the time any tobacco advertising ban is introduced . |
| 26 | If you are travelling some distance , and it is a hot day , you may find picnic cool blocks a further help . |
| 27 | For we read in Agnes Strickland : ‘ The death of St. Edmund , archbishop of Canterbury , furnished Henry with a further opportunity of obliging Eleanor , by obtaining the nomination of her uncle Boniface to the primacy of England ’ . |
| 28 | Sir Thomas Moore , seizing on the Teddy Boys as a further opportunity to sing the praises of the birch twigs , seemed to think that the name itself was a slander against the peaceful Edwardian years : ‘ On a point of order … |
| 29 | For the government , not only was it a further opportunity to display its resolve in the face of a union challenge but it also provided the chance of defeating , if not publicly humiliating , one of the country 's most powerful trade unions . |
| 30 | In 1981 the Procedure Committee asked that eight days should be allocated in the chamber for the discussion of particular estimates ; the estimates would be chosen by the liaison committee of chairmen of select committees , so this arrangement would provide a further opportunity of examining matters raised in committee inquiries . |