Example sentences of "[verb] a larger " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you are tackling a larger area — a whole wall , or perhaps even a complete room — you use exactly the same techniques ; the big difference is the sheer scale of the job , which makes the preliminary setting-out by far the most important part . |
| 2 | The association would do better to invest some of that money in advertising to attract a larger audience to the annual meeting . |
| 3 | THE Queen 's speech to the nation at the end of her ‘ annus horribilis ’ failed to attract a larger audience than normal yesterday . |
| 4 | This has led to competition among existing havens to attract a larger share of the market , and to a steady influx of new locations offering investors an attractive environment . |
| 5 | Regular washing of plastic bricks and toys helps to preserve their freshness and while standard Lego pieces can be soaked in a small bowl , larger bricks will need a larger container . |
| 6 | ‘ If you take the remunerative bits away and leave in public hands only the unprofitable ones , we will need a larger grant , ’ argues Mr Paterson . |
| 7 | An increased number of children may not lead to more dwellings being required , but rather to the same number of larger homes ; or may affect the types of homes needed , such as those with amenities like gardens : conversely , an ageing population , which tends to consist of smaller household sizes , may need a larger number of dwellings , perhaps smaller and with special requirements such as ease of access . |
| 8 | The NII has still not reported on crucial areas such as the dangers of external hazards like fires , earthquakes and aircraft crashes , protection systems that should stop a small accident becoming a larger one , and the vexed issue of steam-generator tubes . |
| 9 | York 's a historic city of some hundred and four thousand people , covering some two thousand nine hundred hectares , but that city itself is only part of the settlement that I think we would all regard as as York itself , that covers a larger population of some a hundred and thirty five thousand people , er contained er within the York outer ring road , and referenced to the the map submitted with my H One submission , and also the greenbelt plan which we 've we 've just put up on the board there , er will show you the the broader extent of the urban area . |
| 10 | My subject [ English ] now incorporates a larger amount of theory — that is , questioning the nature of its own activity — than it used to do . |
| 11 | Depending upon the courts ' interpretation of the term ‘ good faith , ’ this amendment may include a larger number of protected holders than the Pomerene Act . |
| 12 | Typically , a young couple with a small two-bedroomed semi in the Essex commuter belt could buy a larger three-bedroomed semi with a reasonable garden or , with a nominal increase in their mortgage , they could buy a three-bedroomed detached house . |
| 13 | Now for a motor car I think you can say that the practical desirabilities of a car , and the acceleration and performance and looks are very important , one could also say that the fact that many people have their cars bought for me by the firm they work for means that they will therefore buy a larger car than they would if it was their own money that they were spending , so the market for cars is perhaps not one which is determined by energy efficiency or even optimum efficiency in terms of people 's and prestige is coming into it as much as these other factors and it is determined by who pays the money . |
| 14 | Any mortgage increase undertaken for personal reasons ( for example , to obtain capital , maximise tax allowances ) or purely as a result of purchasing a larger or more desirable property will not qualify for assistance . |
| 15 | The types of behaviour to which this motivation is said to lead include employing a larger staff than is required for the purposes of the business , lavish expenditure on office accommodation , transport , and various forms of entertainment , and on image- building ( but not cost-justified ) advertising , and charitable giving . |
| 16 | If a profit is equivalent to surplus labour , then the capitalist , in keeping a larger share of the surplus than is given to the workers , is in effect ‘ stealing ’ from them , although what amounts to theft is written into an agreement and therefore not recognised as such . |
| 17 | Since World War II , they have both surrendered empires , acquired nuclear forces , fought distant wars , maintained troops in Germany , and devoted a larger share of output to defence than the European average . |
| 18 | Many schemes are funded for three to five years and , although some tapering mechanisms may allow continued but limited funding thereafter , in the long run local authorities may have to bear a larger proportion of total expenditure if schemes are to continue . |
| 19 | You can draw as little as £5 or £10 , for your day-to-day needs , or as much as £100 , when you want a larger amount — provided of course you have sufficient in your account . |
| 20 | As the owner wants a larger yacht , EXTASEA A is seriously on the market . |
| 21 | He wants a larger allocation in any case . |
| 22 | In addition , though wheat and triticale both contain around 13 per cent protein , that of triticale is better quality as it contains a larger share of lysine , an amino-acid that is relatively deficient in most cereal proteins . |
| 23 | ( The privately rented sector has low values for a number of reasons : it contains a larger non-married proportion , and the form of stock is often considered to be less suitable for childrearing . |
| 24 | However , Sophian and Huber ( 1984 ) found that when the causal task involved a larger number of conflicting cues , three-year-olds did not consistently rely on temporal priority cues , whereas five-year-olds did . |
| 25 | Only AA has reported a larger rise in fee income so far , at 12.7% . |
| 26 | LEFT As a puppy grows , you may well find that you need to obtain a larger check chain . |
| 27 | Since it was restructured five years ago ( see Nature 332 , 197 ; 1988 ) , the CSIR has tried to obtain a larger proportion of its income from both the private and public sectors for consulting . |
| 28 | In so far as the ‘ southern enlargement ’ extended the European ideal , created a larger market for goods , and protected democracy it could be seen as a success . |
| 29 | To undertake more redistribution the government will have to increase tax rates , thereby driving a larger wedge between the price paid by the purchaser and the price received by the seller of the good or service . |
| 30 | Rebuild your original engine or replace with 2¼ as the fitting of a larger engine requires extensive modification to the rest of the vehicle i e brakes , gear ratios , tyres etc If you fit a larger engine you will have to convert to 12v . |