Example sentences of "a greater [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed an even more striking feature of the results was that the individuals examined were especially high on a measure of ‘ ego strength ’ , indicating a greater than average resistance to mental breakdown : the finding is particularly interesting because the latter is usually very low in subjects who deviate markedly on the clinical scales of tests like the MMPI . |
| 2 | Geophysical studies and Quaternary research have a greater than average chance of publication in the journal Nature , probably related to the paradigmatic nature of the former , and the human impact and immediacy of the latter . |
| 3 | However , the lack of any service history is a major drawback when buying a six-year-old car with a greater than average degree of mechanical complexity . |
| 4 | Natural prevention is in operation to the extent that a greater than average proportion of the affected children will be miscarried or stillborn . |
| 5 | Predictably , a greater than average proportion of such children do develop symptoms of schizophrenia — or of some related ‘ borderline ’ condition , such as schizotypal personality disorder . |
| 6 | They will have a greater than average susceptibility to infection and disease , including kidney and heart problems , lung disorders , and even leukaemia . |
| 7 | One way of conceiving of this is that in any period there are in some islands a greater than average number of demanders , and in others a smaller number than average . |
| 8 | Since then , speculation that families living close to high-voltage cables are at a greater than normal risk from childhood leukaemia and other cancers , has made them wonder about the safety of their sons Daryl , aged 2 and Jack , just 8 weeks old . |
| 9 | The Gold Cup has had a greater than usual bearing in the Grand National build-up this year , with Cool Ground , the winner , and Docklands Express , the close third , renewing rivalry . |
| 10 | Perhaps more important , the Earth would be subjected to a greater than usual bombardment of material from space . |
| 11 | As before , cancer was not significantly more common in clinic patients than in controls though , as expected in a hypertension clinic , cardiovascular causes of death showed a greater than twofold excess in men , and slightly less in women ( fig 2 ) . |
| 12 | The realization that it is a very costly option for a firm to try and lay off all employees and replace them allows ‘ insiders ’ to bargain for a continuing employment relationship and to achieve a greater than labour-market-clearing wage . |
| 13 | They all had their own finger of dock with a greater or lesser craft . |
| 14 | We may use physical methods of measuring light intensity that are apparently independent of our subjective experience — for instance photosensitive cells — but these are accepted because they correlate to a greater or lesser degree , under normal circumstances , with subjective experiences of brightness . |
| 15 | They were all young , all the artists of Montparnasse , all talented to a greater or lesser degree , all bravely pitting themselves against the indifference of the public . |
| 16 | All other considerations , to a greater or lesser degree , had to become secondary if that survival was to be ensured . |
| 17 | We all of us have needs that are practical as well as those that are to a greater or lesser degree intellectual or theoretical . |
| 18 | That road is coated with tar — the same substance found , to a greater or lesser degree , in cigarettes . |
| 19 | Naturally some of these people will be more vulnerable and more susceptible to the influence of their surroundings than others but most of them will be affected to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 20 | But one thing has been proved by frequent controlled tests ; not only does the absorption of the substance into the system reduce the mental powers of the individual to a greater or lesser degree , but other problems arise because he imagines that he is actually able to function far better than usual . |
| 21 | To see the aura requires a certain amount of esoteric training ( unless you are a natural sensitive ) , but most people can feel it to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 22 | Immense and quite detailed power now attaches to that office and , to a greater or lesser degree , depending on the actual holder , on the Civil Service and particularly the Department of Education and Science . |
| 23 | Luckily you will already possess something which every gay has , thanks to our enforced lifestyle , to a greater or lesser degree — the ability to think on your feet . |
| 24 | All chalks , including Belemnite chalk , are fundamentally composed of coccoliths ; the belemnites are but a tiny percentage and are also to be found in some seams of Micraster chalk to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 25 | Holding companies in Switzerland pay tax to a greater or lesser degree , depending on the canton in which they are established , and the Swiss tax treaty network is not as wide as the Netherlands ' . |
| 26 | On the contrary they are a natural feature of the human condition , present in everyone to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 27 | That belief system will be accompanied by values of behaviour and culture , which we are likely to accept and practise to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 28 | Even if he is also religious — as he often enough still is — his religion is most commonly seen as a private , individual affair , divorced to a greater or lesser degree from the everyday concerns of the public world . |
| 29 | Secondly , it may be useful to review the operation of a different regulatory regime , that is , one which to a greater or lesser degree relies on market forces and self-regulation to police it . |
| 30 | Such a cleric has long recognised that his personal belief is not the same thing as historical evidence , and he has effected some kind of personal reconciliation between the two — a reconciliation which , to a greater or lesser degree , manages to accommodate both . |