Example sentences of "more commonly [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1860's the French anthropologist and anatomist , Pierre Paul Broca called attention to the fact that language disorders ( termed ‘ aphasias ’ ) were far more commonly observed after damage to the left hand side of the brain . |
| 2 | As Hannah and Kay observe ‘ the elimination of inefficient productive capacity is now less frequently achieved through the action of bankruptcy in a competitive market process , but more commonly emanates from decisions to ‘ rationalise ’ made by a bureaucratic organisation ’ . |
| 3 | Tachycardia recognition is now more commonly achieved by heart rate analysis alone , with either separate epicardial , extrapericardial , or endocardial sensing electrodes . |
| 4 | Advice and protection were more commonly given for diseases such as tetanus and malaria than for sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhoea and syphilis ( table ) . |
| 5 | As the figures on page 59 show , bank accounts are still more commonly held by people in higher socio-economic groups than those in lower ones . |
| 6 | A large number of overseas and international qualifications , such as the International Baccalauréate or the Irish Leaving Certificate , are also accepted : a list of the overseas qualifications more commonly offered by applicants is to be found in the overseas section of this prospectus . |
| 7 | Events characterised by loss , on the other hand , were more commonly experienced by patients with a depressive disorder . |
| 8 | They are fascinating in themselves , but they also offer us humans many of the benefits of pet ownership more commonly attributed to dogs and cats . |
| 9 | Yet the interview , especially of the formal and standardised type in which questionnaires are used , is more commonly used in connection with survey research , which means that standardised interviews using questionnaires are the most frequently used social research technique . |
| 10 | It is important to distinguish work of this kind , and to emphasize its possible value , by comparison with that narrowest version of the social conditions of art ( often called ‘ sociologism ’ or ‘ sociological relativism ’ ) , which is more commonly associated with Marxism . |
| 11 | For example , each model sees the amount of legitimacy conferred upon a dispute as influencing the way it is handled by the police ; and there is similar agreement that deep-seated ‘ ideological issues ’ are more commonly associated with disorder than more mundane ‘ material issues ’ . |
| 12 | These tugs built by John Lewis & Sons Ltd. in Aberdeen and more commonly known as water tractors were the first of their kind in Scotland . |
| 13 | A long search ensued for similar formulae in terms of radicals ( that is , formulae involving unc and the coefficients of the given equation ) for the roots of equations of higher degree , but none appeared until the 16th Century when a formula for the cubic was found by the Italian Niccolo Fontana ( more commonly known as Tartaglia , " the stammerer " , because of a speech impediment brought about by injury in childhood ) . |
| 14 | In a statement released on Jan. 6 , leading members of the Medellín drug cartel , known as Los Extraditables , declared that they would take reprisals against the rival Cali cartel , claiming that one of the Cali leaders , Gilberto Orijuela , had hired Luis Meneses — more commonly known as Ariel Otero , the former leader of some of the most powerful right-wing paramilitary organizations in the country — to kill them . |
| 15 | They may be glazed , with a plain colour or a printed design , or unglazed — more commonly known as quarry tiles — and many have textured surfaces to make them less slippery underfoot . |
| 16 | Aphrosyne Taylor-Agathangelou , now more commonly known as Folly Taylor , emerged from the Rose Bowl — from her Rose Bowl — in a daze of excited speculation . |
| 17 | John Hardyng , a mid fifteenth-century poet and chronicler , is the first to mention the story and quotes as his source the sixth-century Merlin of Caledonia , more commonly known as Merlin the Wizard . |
| 18 | We will take the shorter route from Portela to Santo António da Serra , more commonly known as Santo da Serra ( 41km ) . |
| 19 | In assays using L289 and LW60 , immunoreactive material was more commonly found in tumours than control tissue . |
| 20 | Inside the grykes the environment is cool , dark and damp , so species more commonly found in woodland are seen , including wood sage , harts tongue fern and there are even stunted trees . |
| 21 | The flat was garishly decorated , the sort of expensive chic more commonly found in Chelsea . |
| 22 | Captain 11 times , he repaid them with 3915 runs , 12 centuries , an average of 43.98 , and an adhesiveness more commonly found in tubes of Araldite . |