Example sentences of "to [be] great [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may reach a point where the public costs of city life have to be greater than the private . |
| 2 | Incomers do not understand why , when public attention turns to acres of unused or underused pasture or park , the needs of sheep or the needs of agriculture in the distant future are felt by Shetlanders to be greater than the incomers ' here-and-now needs for housing , shops or recreational facilities . |
| 3 | So the real influence of the press is likely to be greater than the Mori data indicates . |
| 4 | This will occur where the corporate controllers perceive that the long-run loss to the company 's wealth ( and to a greater or lesser extent their own — it may depend on a number of variables ) is likely to be greater than the short-term profits . |
| 5 | In addition , the signal has to be correlated with observable future events ( e.g. , a ‘ bad ’ signal has to be correlated with future insolvency while a ‘ good ’ signal has to be correlated with future survival ) , and the cost of sending a false ‘ good ’ signal has to be greater than the cost of sending a ‘ true ’ bad signal for the firm as well as the manager . |
| 6 | From ( 8.19 ) above , this means that the futures price has to be greater than the expected spot price and to decline over time . |
| 7 | The car park charging scheme will cost £67,000 but the council expects the income from charges to be greater than the cost of setting up the scheme in the first year . |
| 8 | The proportion of pupils who treated decimals as whole numbers appeared to be greater when the numbers were in context than when pure numbers were used . |