Example sentences of "and [verb] to a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | before they actually suggest to somebody that they sell a house , that they sell a house and moved to a smaller one , they have to be unemployed for quite some time . |
| 2 | At the beginning of March he was brought to trial and sentenced to a further one year and one month in a labour camp . |
| 3 | So perhaps their disappearance was a brave bid to shake off that old image ( two years is long enough to be forgotten in teen land ) and appeal to a broader church . |
| 4 | Try using a paler shadow at the inner corner of the lids and blend to a deeper tone on the outside . |
| 5 | Included within the ranks of those who ‘ gadded to sermons ’ and aspired to a higher spiritual plain were peers , gentlemen , clothworkers , cobblers , and humble villagers ; according to the Jesuit William Weston , Puritan meetings on the Isle of Ely were attended by ‘ men , women , girls , rustics , labourers , and idiots ’ . |
| 6 | DEC last week reversed a decision of a few weeks standing not to put OSF/1 on future MIPS machines ( UX No 386 ) and reverted to an earlier strategy that will — see front page . |
| 7 | Free cells were collected by centrifugation and subjected to a further depletion with A2B5-coated beads as above . |
| 8 | It is a feature of modern administration in medical care at any level , whether the team on the ward or the hospital board or any other body , that they assert and seek to defend what they see as a right to autonomy and self-government , while using and distributing to a greater or lesser extent public resources . |
| 9 | That belief system will be accompanied by values of behaviour and culture , which we are likely to accept and practise to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 10 | Rays and means to a safer tan |
| 11 | But everybody knows that , in other games at other times with oter referees , goalkeepers will dally and dawdle to a greater degree and get away with it . |
| 12 | Any schemes which promote the arts and lead to a wider understanding are obviously most welcome . |
| 13 | They tend to depose the ‘ child king ’ ( Aries 1983 ) and lead to a weaker level of ‘ familism ’ : that is , supportive feelings towards marriage and childbearing ( Lesthaeghe and Meekers 1986 , Lesthaeghe and Surkyn 1988 ) . |
| 14 | The British scientists behind the mission — one possible name for it is Exspect — believe it will-become an international project , a move which will decrease its cost and lead to an earlier launch . |