Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , however , equally good in scale passages , legato , and staccato , in wide leaps , in rapid changes from p to f and it is capable of more varied and more subtle tonal nuance than is any other wind instrument . |
| 2 | Consequently an MdB is much less harassed by routine constituency casework than is a conscientious MP . |
| 3 | In the past , whatever was said about his methods , he probably won even more matches for his side than was appreciated . |
| 4 | The investigators wish to facilitate comparative work , which is lacking in this field of study , and to encourage the writing of books and articles with a wider readership than is currently usual . |
| 5 | Coelomic cells are derived from the extra-embryonic mesoderm , and thus there may be fewer problems with pseudomosaicism than are encountered with trophoblastic cell preparations . |
| 6 | ‘ The position was ’ , he observes , ‘ thus reversed , the investors taking both a prior claim and a higher rate in the pound than was allowed the workers . ’ |
| 7 | Many of the suggestions made in this Report presuppose a higher degree of expertise and commitment in church organists or directors of music in the future than is often the case at present . |
| 8 | Historical evidence shows that the so-called " present " tense could formerly be used much more freely to refer to the future than is now the case . |
| 9 | The existence of internal labour markets is sometimes used to explain labour ‘ hoarding ’ ( the practice of employing more labour than is actually required ) because firms do not wish to break the link between workers and the firm , thereby losing the skills acquired by workers over the years ; and is also put forward as a cause of a reduction in the overall level of competition in the aggregate labour market and , therefore , a possible reason for the inflexibility of wage rates , particularly in the downward direction . |
| 10 | Those with new , more productive equipment are prepared to pay higher wages to attract labour than are those with older machinery because the former can operate profitably at higher wage levels than the latter . |
| 11 | In an attempt to keep labour costs to a minimum none of the organizations wanted to employ any more labour than was absolutely necessary . |
| 12 | Ambitious as ever for more recognition than was either possible or reasonable , she was no longer satisfied with receiving honours worthy of a spouse , or even a ‘ world-ranking scientist ’ in her own right . |
| 13 | It was unaccounted for in The Future of an Illusion , and yet it is more a basic and fundamental source of religion than are illusory and delusory beliefs . |
| 14 | The study , by the Greater Glasgow Health Board , revealed that more than a tenth of all newborn babies in Glasgow entered the world with more lead in their blood than is considered safe for adults … |
| 15 | Unfortunately for his thesis , women , who are normally thought to be more intuitive than men , have on average less spatial ability , while spatial ability is more important for scientific thinking than is verbal ability . |
| 16 | For the elderly , and especially for students , it is a better deal than was offered by any previous alternative system of local government finance , and it is much fairer and is a better deal than what would be imposed by the Labour party . |
| 17 | Erm there 's also a view been expressed that well if you 're going to have it it may need some more guidance than is presently written into it . |
| 18 | They also provide much greater uniformity than is possible with strains derived from conventional plant breeding methods . |
| 19 | Banking policy , both in Germany and in France , is far more geared to industry than is the case in the United Kingdom and there is considerable pressure on the German government to maintain grossly inefficient production in East Germany , which it can do by enlisting the aid of the banks . |
| 20 | The Government will welcome any arrangement that the liquidator and the principal shareholders can make that would result in BCCI 's depositors getting a considerably greater return on their investment than was previously thought possible . |
| 21 | Not only has this led to a high degree of volatility in the foreign exchange markets , but at the same time trade and capital flows have been undertaken against a greater background of uncertainty than was customary in the 1960s . |
| 22 | When non-exclusive fruit-eating passerines ( in Israel ) were kept on exclusively fruit diets , they lost weight as the protein digestibility increased : they ingested more energy and protein than was required but digested less , suggesting that the fruits may contain agents that reduce the efficiency of nitrogen metabolism , such that dispersal is improved because birds must move away from the fruit source to seek out insects or other animal proteins to balance their diet . |
| 23 | I see little point in presenting the bream with more groundbait than is necessary , and anyway , if both of you catch fish then you are doubling the pleasure , or if your mate catches and you are unlucky , you can enjoy his success and net the fish for him , which is a pleasure in itself . |
| 24 | To prevent this kind of puerile triteness , it is best to use musical metres which break across the verse metre , and in Example 46 a much more subtle effect is obtained : The first version , ( a ) is more ‘ square ’ in rhythm than is ( b ) , and therefore has less poetic potential . |
| 25 | Although cerebral organisation in adolescence may be characterised by greater functional plasticity than is the case among adults , the picture after left hemispherectomy is essentially one of gross linguistic impoverishment in which comprehension is better preserved than expressive speech . |
| 26 | MITI is working to ensure that there is broader and more open international collaboration in the New Information Processing Technology Programme than was possible in the Fifth Generation Programme , and it is hoped that organisations in other countries may be able to play a major role both in the research and its exploitation . |
| 27 | Will it be seen , with hindsight , that the introduction of the computer into the humanities disciplines has made no more substantial change in the eventual output of research than was made by the introduction of the electric typewriter ? |
| 28 | By selling more outside the advanced bloc than was bought in , capitalists could have increased their assets ( in the form of third world factories , gold or financial assets ) without accumulating means of production at home . |
| 29 | Much more vigorous action than is provided for in the Bill is needed . |
| 30 | Back-bench Members of Parliament whether of government or opposition parties are far more removed from questions of policy and administration than are councillors who discuss these matters through a series of committees and subcommittees . |