Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 The books he read and the music he listened to took on profounder significance than ever before .
2 They begin , after all , as caricatures who only take on further dimensions as the tale develops .
3 They lose all interest in the initial problem and prefer , instead , to concentrate on further abstract programming .
4 Mr Major insisted on further severe cuts .
5 The reasoning , however , is that problem determination is not a ‘ core competency ’ and so IBM is happy to relinquish its responsibility and concentrate on further CICS development .
6 However , the finance company will often require the dealer to take on further obligations and to enter into a recourse agreement .
7 Joint commitments were also given to promote human rights , to respect international law , to support an international summit on children , to protect the environment and to call on further international assistance to fight the spread of cholera and drug trafficking .
8 An untapped telephone number was to be communicated to the gang , who would use it to pass on further details , identifying themselves by the same method they had used with Valesio .
9 Ann Davies , who set up and catalogued WACC 's library , has taken on broader responsibilities in relation to WACC 's Forum Programme .
10 Always analyse how you could have improved your approach and landing and why you did not manage to touch down nearer to the spot .
11 Each numbered block counts down nearer to destruction when you walk over it .
12 Although both ‘ Bomber ’ Smith and the engineers hoped that in time they would be able to bring construction times down nearer to three years ( from the beginning of work on site to the commissioning of the first sets ) , the time actually taken was typically five or more years .
13 The pH of ponds at The Real McKoi had always been 8.4 and impossible to get down lower .
14 Studio D especially , Christopher Barry remembers as being , ‘ very much smaller than most studios at Television Centre , certainly very much lower in height , which meant the lamps were down lower as well , and therefore hotter for the actors and crew .
15 This provided a series of standardized measures against which to evaluate individual Projects , while at the same time laying down broader objectives for the whole Programme .
16 At the same time , friendship with Robert Southey was in further steep decline .
17 Four months later they filled in further questionnaires .
18 I could not pursue a conversation that would put me in the degrading position of having to ask Otto to fill in further gaps in my knowledge and understanding of my own lover .
19 Acquisition of the Macedonian mines in the mid-second century B.C. brought in further notable gold resources and these were still further enlarged by Trajan 's conquest of Dacia early in the second century A.D.
20 ‘ A constable may arrest a person without warrant if — ( a ) he engages in offensive conduct which the constable warns him to stop , and ( b ) he engages in further offensive conduct immediately or shortly after the warning ( 5 ) In subsection ( 4 ) , ‘ offensive conduct ’ means conduct the constable reasonably suspects to constitute an offence under this section , and the conduct mentioned in paragraph ( a ) and the further conduct need not be of the same nature . ’
21 Bourassa , who in the past had opposed separatism for his province , declared his intention not to participate in further constitutional talks , and suggested that his administration would prepare a new policy for Quebec 's status , but gave no further details .
22 On May 18 the ANC announced that it would not participate in further constitutional discussions with the government , " or in any all-party congress to discuss the mechanisms for drawing up a new democratic constitution " .
23 Write down further examples of where you yourself are aware of episodes of self-denial in order to help the addict in your life .
24 Write down further examples of where you yourself are aware of episodes of caretaking for the addict in your life in order to diminish the damaging consequences of his or her addictive disease and give " just one more chance " for him or her to get straight .
25 With some difficulty she swallowed down further argument , but was honest as she stated simply , ‘ It was my fault , not his .
26 Disquiet grew and , on 11 February 1911 , the ever-appeasing government brought in tougher laws restricting the use of Aube grapes .
27 The later programmes laid down clearer guidelines about the objectives and role of Urban Programme funding than was always apparent in the later 1970s .
28 In a bid to bring in larger audiences its name was changed to the Palace of Varieties and it went over to non-stop vaudeville and variety for three years .
29 the teacher-report form left for filling in later .
30 It 'll be filled in later . ’
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