Example sentences of "[art] slightly [adj -er] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Practically on arrival I was caught up with what was a slightly better standard of rugger and tennis , No 4 Flying Training School ( FTS ) . |
2 | Smith Kline Beecham spokesman Alan Chandler said : ‘ Once we found we had a slightly higher incidence of mumps-meningitis we notified the authorities . |
3 | Now , if , if a child sends a distress call to a certain level of intensity , it may get a certain amount back , but it may have a sibling who sends the distress call a slightly higher level of intensity and might get some more back . |
4 | Comparisons between action and control carers would suggest that there is a slightly greater move towards home care preferences and diminished strain among the action sample carers at follow-up interview but there is no overwhelming evidence in this direction . |
5 | By the year 2000 gas will be supplying a slightly lower proportion of energy demand than in 1983 but consumption will rise slightly . |
6 | They pay a slightly lower rate of interest on money at call than they earn by discounting bills . |
7 | There was no moon , and in the pale starlight the river showed between the banks as a slightly thinner shade of black . |
8 | Daphne flitted from party to party while I walked at a slightly faster pace from lecture hall to lecture hall , our two paths rarely crossing . |
9 | Again we 're back to the the the same arguments on the capital receipt and I do n't intend to begin re-rehearsing those but quite frankly , I mean I would n't claim by any to have a vast or a a slightly deeper knowledge of housing finance but obviously since you 've been on the council the same length of time as I have , I mean you 've got even less . |
10 | Beyond , a slightly steeper slope of pasture rose to a low skyline with a toupeé of trees . |
11 | The previous 1991 order was discussed at a slightly later time of night , but on the same day of the week nine months ago , since when there has been no significant change in the construction industry 's circumstances . |
12 | We speculate that individuals in category C have the same genotypic characteristics as those in categories A and B but are identified at a slightly later stage in disease progression . |
13 | Three miles to the west , near the village of Austerlitz , ninety thousand Russian and Hapsburg troops faced a slightly smaller number of French in preparation for the decisive battle of the campaign . |