Example sentences of "the [adj] [verb] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is emphasised by the fact that the Doric was the favourite order of the Greeks and was used above all others for important buildings ; to the Romans the Corinthian had a greater appeal . |
| 2 | The two noddies are fairly similar , but the lesser has a longer beak and the brown , as its name suggests , has a paler brown back . |
| 3 | The English have a greater talent than any other people for creating an agreeable family life ; that is why it is such a threat to their artistic and intellectual life . |
| 4 | It seems the French got the better part of the deal when the Eurodisney share price was announced in the City yesterday with all the overkill we have come to expect from the Americans . |
| 5 | It thus encouraged the Japanese to adopt a firmer stance in negotiations with Russia . |
| 6 | There were sound technical reasons for keeping the regular cast no smaller than four . |
| 7 | In some cultures there are still some established religious and social rituals surrounding death that help all the bereaved have a better understanding of how they are supposed to behave at certain times . |
| 8 | As Basil Yeaxley put it back in 1925 : " the spiritual has a wider character than the religious , just as the religious does not fall wholly within the spiritual " ( Yeaxley 1925 : 46 ) . |
| 9 | In my case , being of Scottish descent does not necessarily mean an appreciation of Scottish humour ; I feel the Irish have a finer touch , giving life and subtlety to a jest . |
| 10 | In La Paz , social status is marked by altitude , with the well-to-do preferring the balmier climate at the bottom of the city basin . |
| 11 | The very old and the young have a weaker mind than those in their prime and are for this reason more vulnerable to spirit attack . |