Example sentences of "the [adj] or [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the pebble moves on the desert floor new facets may be formed , giving rise to the three-crested or dreikanter form , the importance of which was probably exaggerated in earlier literature . |
| 2 | Maps showing monastic estates or baronial holdings ( although few of the latter have been attempted ) serve to demonstrate the administrative focal place function of such sites as motte and bailey castles , ringworks , or small monastic complexes ; at the same time the dependent or lower status of other settlements and surrounding lands is demonstrated by their relatively peripheral position . |
| 3 | It thinks in years , not months or weeks : the three or four years it takes to reach a degree ; the similar or longer period needed for a doctorate ; the intellectual shifts that occur over decades , even centuries . |
| 4 | A breeding colony of the required or higher health status is needed to provide foster mothers . |
| 5 | Problems with the younger or older generation — or both — will annoy you . |
| 6 | Look these words up in the Oxford English Dictionary ( complete version , not the compact or shorter version ) ; in Brewer 's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ; in the Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature ; in the Encyclopedia Brittanica ; and in whichever other relevant reference sources are available to you . |
| 7 | Thus a pupil may be exempted from the national curriculum in the short or longer term ; what exactly he or she will then ‘ receive ’ ( i.e. the relationship of an individualised curriculum to the national curriculum ) is of course a crucial issue . |
| 8 | The over-riding priority in deciding on cuts was that our essential core-funded research activities should not be harmed in the short or longer term , and I am satisfied that this objective has been met . |
| 9 | That concern is heightened if the settlement 's intended to have growth potential beyond two thousand and six , and heightened still further if it 's likely to be the focus of major employment development either in the short or longer term . |
| 10 | If the sales mix and the profit margins of the two products are different this causes problems because while overall sales volumes targets may be achieved total contribution will vary depending upon whether the higher or lower margin product dominates the sales mix . |
| 11 | Assume that a test marketing exercise can be carried out , at a cost of £10k , to establish whether the higher or lower market share is the more likely . |
| 12 | Assume that a test marketing exercise can be carried out , at a cost of £10k , to establish whether the higher or lower market share is the more likely . |
| 13 | The same or greater loss of bone has been found in all the predator assemblages examined here . |
| 14 | On the other hand , it would be incorrect to suppose that the first influx of nuclear workers in Thurso did not produce the twofold or greater increase noted in rural new towns : the only two cases at ages 0–14 in the period 1951–67 occurred in the five years following the influx in 1958 ( expected 0.41 ; not significant ) . |
| 15 | The upper or lower strand , alternatively , of this DNA duplex was 5'-endlabelled with [ 32 P ] as indicated by asterisks in the header of Figure 5 . |
| 16 | Either the upper or lower summary X values could be used to find the intercept : a = Y R - bX R , for example . |
| 17 | Allocation was weighted so that there were 30 controls in order to form a solid baseline and 20 mice each irradiated to the upper or lower mediastinum . |
| 18 | My talk with Quintin had more content since he said that if another peer came down from the Upper House he would withdraw from public life whether he was in the Upper or Lower House . |
| 19 | As gastrointestinal symptoms or signs may be non-specific two or more features related to either the upper or lower tract were considered necessary to suggest the site of possible disease . |