Example sentences of "they have a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this is n't likely to occur within the National Parks and although , as Table 8.2 shows , they have a higher percentage of woodland than the rest of the uplands , voluntary agreements to limit any further afforestation will reduce their relative share . |
| 2 | So they have a higher income . |
| 3 | ( You should consider which way the demand and/or supply curves of money shift. ) ( a ) Banks find that they have a higher liquidity ratio than they need . |
| 4 | To reflect their extraordinary skill they have a higher weapon skill than most troops . |
| 5 | On T1 weighted images tumours have a low signal intensity , appearing dark ; on T2 weighted images they have a higher signal and look bright . |
| 6 | Because customers choose to come to them when they visit branches , they have a higher hit-rate . |
| 7 | ‘ Some goods can only be bought with FEC , so they have a higher value to the Chinese who are desperate to get hold of them . |
| 8 | they had no vision of a classless society , erm , personally while I 've no desire to see uniformity , I see no earthly reason why some people because they have a lower income should be compelled to live in inferior and perhaps crowded conditions , whereas the man with five or six or seven times their income can choose a larger house in a much more delightful district and I think it is things like that that make the difference between what I as a young socialist agitator was advocating and what we find today . |
| 9 | This does not mean that they have a lower percentage fat content but that the fat present is partly mixed with the liquid that is retained in the cheese . |
| 10 | They have a lower level of seats , like the new East Stand , but instead of an upper level of seats they have executive boxes for the assorted reptilia who frequent such places . |
| 11 | ‘ The seating on older buses is replaced to make it comfortable and the buses are easier for people to get on and off as they have a lower floor . ’ |
| 12 | This is illegal as they have a lower speed rating than the vehicle requires . |
| 13 | The consequences of an inflexible retirement age fell particularly hard on women as they have a lower pension age . |
| 14 | They have a lower pupil/teacher ratio than any other type of school : 6.3 to 1 in the United Kingdom in 1987–8 ( Government Statistical Service , 1989 , Tables 14 and 15 ) . |
| 15 | Southgate ( 1980 : 33 ) has shown how British police have diffiulties in dealing with domestic disputes , but if anything the situation in Northern Ireland is easier for the police because they have a clearer knowledge of their role : to be on hand to prevent serious crime . |
| 16 | You know , they have a nicer time of it here altogether do n't they ? |
| 17 | As one experienced observer of the trade put it , ‘ The companies which suitable candidates work for consider that they have a greater need of their executives ’ services nowadays than the trade at large has . ’ |
| 18 | They have a greater host waiting . |
| 19 | Together , these studies suggest that although individuals with the less active form of ALDH and more active forms of ADH are less likely to become alcoholic , they have a greater risk of developing alcoholic liver disease if they do drink than people with the normal form of ALDH and less active forms of ADH . |
| 20 | Six double O ones in the gear , the six eight O seven and the one six double O fours in the valve , that basically that drives the gear if you like , in simple terms , and a David 's point was that if we 're allowing to further develop the valve business , and we 're just standing still say , on the gear business , and ultimately they have a bigger supplier , and ultimately put either gear business under more and more pressure , yeah ? |
| 21 | They have a better reputation for reusability , |
| 22 | ‘ When I talk to people about how best to protect themselves from attack I always tell them that if they can turn that surprise back on to the attacker they have a better chance of making an escape . |
| 23 | When they have to go in , he 's there , it means it 's all less terrifying , less alien , and they have a better chance . |
| 24 | But we also want people to understand what is happening in places like Latin America so they have a better awareness of why Oxfam is trying to help . |
| 25 | In some cases a liaison arrangement is made with an individual who will , in addition to the responsibilities given in ( 1 ) above , help with the training of Archive staff so that they have a better appreciation of the needs of particular users of the data . |
| 26 | Students who work with Reading Skills for the Social Sciences , are most likely to notice that they read with greater confidence and that they have a better command of academic/specialised vocabulary as a result of using the book . |
| 27 | They have a better taste if not eaten straight away from the fridge . |
| 28 | they have a better class of cliché . |
| 29 | She addresses the tensions generated by two related dilemmas in feminist thinking , and points out why they have a wider relevance in philosophical and political thought . |
| 30 | While these orders are likely to be used in the main to resolve disputes between private individuals , they have a wider function . |