Example sentences of "the [noun sg] for the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grants announced yesterday cover about half of the funding for the higher education sector . |
| 2 | The Government alone could not provide the money for the further increase in student numbers it wanted . |
| 3 | Having chosen the height of the rise for the larger flap , the radius ( and hence the position of the centre ) of its arc can be determined by the method described by Len . |
| 4 | In 1988 T.R. Shipping took on the responsibility for the Rheintainer Line Agency in Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | There is a notion abroad that if there is a response that is more or less uniformly nice it will suddenly transform the image of the industry for the better . |
| 6 | The interval between the two sets was the time needed to set up the instrument for the lower illumination passing through the filter , about twenty minutes . |
| 7 | Yet it is just this kind of assumption , unsupported by any fieldwork , that is responsible for the proposal for the further Directive . |
| 8 | Signora Puglia was convinced that with more lessons I could take the examination for the higher school in Parma , the Scuola Media . |
| 9 | Not only did they disclaim any career but motherhood , they even began to question the need for the higher education itself . |
| 10 | The majority opinion emphasises the subjective condition that the General Assembly must be satisfied of the need for the wider powers , but does not make the power of granting oral hearings rest upon the precondition of failure of its duties by South Africa . |
| 11 | Since the town was expanding at the turn of the century , the population for the earlier time would be a little less . |
| 12 | This work laid the foundation for the later unravelling of the interior structure of the earth , through observation of the behaviour of seismic waves as they are transmitted through it from distant earthquakes . |
| 13 | This last symbol , however , is much narrower than the pencil lines inserted by Michell to pick out the alignments , and about 0.25 mm is probably nearer the mark for the lower limit of alignment tolerance . |
| 14 | Thirdly , normal classroom activities will provide the evidence for the greater part of assessment . |
| 15 | First , if Mars acquired volatiles during accretion then the interior could be less thoroughly outgassed than that of the Earth , and this is in accord with the evidence for the lower level of geological activity on Mars . |
| 16 | With the titans of 1945 gone , the stumbling old guard of the Conservative Party finally tripped up : it was the chance for the lower orders of the middle classes to bite back . |
| 17 | The former , according to Dr Oliver Rackham , indicates that areas of woodland were being carefully managed as coppices with standards in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages to produce the poles for rails and hurdles and the timber for the heavier tracks . |
| 18 | Gum shields are one thing ( having rattled my teeth on many a South African hard field in bygone days , and having been bitten more than once in scrums , I wish they had appeared long ago ) , but shoulder pads are entirely different and their acceptance could change the game for the worse , in my opinion . |
| 19 | THE Southern Hemisphere drive , outlined in our Laws Low-Down feature on page 28 , to make the game more spectator-friendly is a laudable goal — but one that could change the game for the worse . |
| 20 | Strangely enough for a coach who has tall trees like John Eales , Troy Coker , Rod McCall , Warwick Waugh and Steve Cutler at his disposal , Bob Dwyer is adamant that the new line-out law will change the game for the better . |
| 21 | It was not until the 1880s that a number of new factors operating together began to change the prospect for the better . |
| 22 | She entered the lift and impatiently pressed the button for the lower ground . |
| 23 | MBO and venture capital fund investors are only slowly appreciating that the trade-off for the lower risk inherent in transactions that are more carefully selected and more conservatively structured than those typical in the mid-eighties has to be lower anticipated rates of return , whether the exit is via a trade sale or a flotation on to a less than receptive equity market . |
| 24 | But if 60 per cent of Conservative members really believe that standards may suffer , the remedy 's in their hands : they must use their corporate power to change the Bill for the better . |
| 25 | ‘ The two clubs will continue to discuss developments including the potential for the further development of Acklam Park as a venue for first class cricket and rugby . ’ |
| 26 | By measuring H pylori antibody titres in serum samples collected and stored between 1969 and 1990 , we aimed at describing the pattern of acquisition of H pylori infection over a 21 year period in an adult population and thereby to determine the explanation for the higher prevalence of H pylori antibody with increasing age found in Western society . |
| 27 | In this case , the explanation for the stronger main features , for which , must match that for the weaker high-velocity features . |
| 28 | The justification for the clearer articulation of substantive principles can be reinforced by the type of thesis advanced by Reich . |
| 29 | The reason for the higher figure is not clear , but may be due to environmental variations . |
| 30 | The reason for the higher gastric juice ammonium concentration in the H pylori negative uraemic patients than in the H pylori negative non-ureamic patients is not clear . |