Example sentences of "to the [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fading winter light that seemed wise advice and we retraced our steps to the gentler landscape of Teesdale itself . |
| 2 | I think once more , but now for the last time , I 'm going to turn back again to the preface to The Reason of Church Government and whoops and read you one more sentence erm in which he is apologizing once more for having entered the fray , the political fray ‘ But although a poet , soaring in the high region of his fancies , with his garland and singing robes about him , might without apology speak more of himself than I mean to do , yet for me , sitting here below in the cool element of prose , a mortal thing among many readers of no imperial conceit , to venture and divulge unusual things of myself , I shall petition to the gentler sort it may not be envy to me . ’ |
| 3 | The terrain is very varied from the great expanse of Dartmoor to the gentler stretch of Exmoor . |
| 4 | It descends into Bernese Oberland territory in sweeping bends that present a close view of the Stein glacier , then along the Gadmen valley to the gentler scenery of the valley of the Aare at Innertkirchen ( near Meiringen ) . |
| 5 | Without open debate and education , the local community can not move to the clearer understanding of the nature of child sexual abuse that is necessary for professionals to receive the help and support they need from the public . |
| 6 | And among the leadership cadres of almost every industry there was a clear tendency to go beyond the Menshevik call for a degree of co-operation with the liberals , to the clearer cut , class-distinctive slogans of the Bolsheviks . |
| 7 | From Navarra in the east , to the greener-than-green Galicia in the west , the northern coast is all about nature before ‘ civilisation ’ got to it . |
| 8 | One hand was tangled in her hair , holding her down , and with the other he traced a line past her collarbone and down on to the softer flesh beneath , tugging the neckline of her dress lower and lower , until Folly could feel it brush the swollen aureoles of her breasts under the silk of her bra . |
| 9 | We 're supposed to the better style of play . |
| 10 | Wherever possible , the project and surveys undertaken in training should be drawn directly from the working life of the participant and selected because they will contribute to the better management of the school . |
| 11 | Goal attainment is also improved in the long run : leadership development among the clients is a goal by itself , and the strengthening of client independence will lead to the better preservation of any other outputs achieved . |
| 12 | A cost cutting programme also contributed to the better figures at the company . |
| 13 | but then again I 'd rather just let them get on with it I 'm not trying to convert you to the better way of doing things , cos obviously I do n't know a whether there 's |
| 14 | They are also more flexible , as the trust managers can switch investments to the better performing markets . |
| 15 | I soon had an armful , then clambered up off the shingle to the better walking of the salt-washed turf where the burn , dividing into deep peaty runnels , cut its way to the shore . |
| 16 | ‘ One-hundred percentism ’ refers to horizontal equity , whereby quality and level of work effort alone should determine income , and discrimination on the basis of sex , race , social background should be avoided so that all have access to the better posts . |
| 17 | His objectives were to give a guide to the better choice of an animal ; to establish the true conformation of the racehorse , setting a standard for an ideal animal to achieve maximum speed , and at any given time to discover whether the breeds had improved or degenerated . |
| 18 | De Gaulle was an altogether subtler animal , with a good intellect , equal to the better teachers at Toronto . |
| 19 | Accordingly it is interesting to speculate to what extent these attitudes have caused British businessmen to adopt short time-horizons in making decisions — with negative consequences for longer-term growth performance — because their main objective is to acquire sufficient wealth to enable them to move on to the better things in life . |
| 20 | Here you will need to reduce the airbrake to continue the float and then , as you get to the better ground , to re-open them to make the landing . |
| 21 | I have no doubt that , by providing instant access to comprehensive records of offenders , the national criminal records system will become an indispensable aid to the better functioning of the whole of the criminal justice system . |
| 22 | The Spanish Enlightenment remained a government-sponsored , government-censored movement largely confined to the better spirits of the public administration . |
| 23 | ‘ Beyond that the company is introducing , and indeed educating people to the better standards it is creating , not only in the UK , but world-wide . |
| 24 | The fictional drama that had seemed to appeal to the better classes was now being offered to a mass society . |
| 25 | as if pleading helped — she might as well try to appeal to the better nature of a power-crazed tyrant . |
| 26 | But what many people do n't realise is that long-term conservation , particularly in the Third World , is going to depend , whether we like it or not , more on the economic state of the country than on appealing to the better nature of its politicians . |
| 27 | It can therefore be a valuable aid to the better understanding and management of what is inevitably a very complex process . |
| 28 | It is this last comment which provides the clue to the better definition ( though not necessarily precise specification ) of project cash flows . |
| 29 | Women 's inferior economic position must affect their access to the better places , but no work has been done to substantiate this point . |
| 30 | The Secretary of State 's proposal runs contrary even to the better parts of Thatcherite philosophy , which sought to separate regulator from provider . |