Example sentences of "he [vb -s] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the right labels , the attitudinist agrees that no properly ethical expression can be adequately defined in purely naturalistic or even metaphysical terms but offers what he thinks a better explanation of this fact than the invocation of non-natural properties , namely that such definitions ignore valuational or emotive meaning . |
| 2 | Born in Czechoslovakia and now teaching in Paris , he receives a fuller introduction on the page by our literary editor , Julian Evans . |
| 3 | he has a better idea of the total market picture , especially in relation to marketing opportunities between segments of that market , |
| 4 | The enemy has a chance to out-fly you , and if he has a better machine he will probably kill you . |
| 5 | If er Mr Major is not going to look at why I say that then I hope that he , I assume from that that he has a better hope of peace an an |
| 6 | The 32-year-old Londoner , second behind the brilliant street-driving genius of Ayrton Senna in Monaco , knows he has a better chance of glory in Montreal . |
| 7 | The 32-year-old , second behind Ayrton Senna in Monaco , knows he has a better chance of glory in Montreal . |
| 8 | Paish feels he has a tougher job instilling that killer instinct in footballers than athletes . |
| 9 | Mr Smith has pinpointed the area from which he wants a better return . |
| 10 | Now he wants a bigger say in how the money he gives is spent . |
| 11 | He wants a larger allocation in any case . |
| 12 | For television , Nunn has pruned 40 minutes off its four-hour plus length and he says a further twenty minutes may still come out . |
| 13 | We might even discover that he uses a lower number of abstract nouns than other writers of his time . |
| 14 | I 'm not all that keen on the race because he prefers a flatter track . |
| 15 | I 'm not all that keen on the race because he prefers a flatter track . |
| 16 | He sees a further shake-out of European personal computer manufacturer — with half the manufacturers disappearing in the next 18 months . |
| 17 | He fears a further decline in peasant confidence in the Bolsheviks . |
| 18 | Because you can see if the client 's up to the age of forty , he gets a higher erm , a reduced allocation , but if he 's seventy , he gets actually forty percent allocated in the first year , and he gets er , a full allocation from then on . |
| 19 | The trouble is that each creditor wants all the other creditors to sign new loan deals , while he keeps his original loan agreement , so that there will be more money , and he gets a bigger slice of it . |
| 20 | If the driver still refuses to wait he commits a further possible offence , but there is no power to detain or ‘ arrest ’ the vehicle . |
| 21 | Sir William Scarlett is a master of that craft … among masters ; but he acknowledges a better , ’ And then abruptly : ‘ How many set upon me ? ’ |
| 22 | He sounds a further note of caution : ‘ It is sometimes difficult to be sure you are sending your cars to be serviced at a garage that is properly equipped to deal with diesel vehicles and has appropriately trained staff . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I shall write to director general John Birt to suggest he keeps a closer watch on how public money is being spent . ’ |
| 24 | Then he fixes a smaller box to the larger one , types on a small keypad and whispers into a handset . |
| 25 | he deserves a happier memorial than the one afforded him by his last few crazy hours on the dance-floor and the street . |
| 26 | If he opts for a basic valuation , for which he pays a lower fee than for either of the other two , he will normally receive a copy . |
| 27 | He pays a further £6 sundry expenses . |
| 28 | If he translates word-for-word , he will achieve greater fidelity in one respect ( , for instance , evokes the same picture as put the cat among the pigeons ) , but to the detriment of fidelity in another respect ( is a live metaphor , while is not ) ; if , however , he puts a greater value on the latter type of fidelity , then he must sacrifice the former . |
| 29 | For every document the PROFITBOSS puts into the filing system he puts a further hundred into the waste bin . |