Example sentences of "[adv] great [subord] [adj] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Fig. 8.6 the amounts of fallen debris are proportional to the areas ABCD and ABEF : the amount provided by the cliff in Fig. 8.6B will obviously be much greater than that provided by the cliff in Fig. 8.6A . |
| 2 | The difference , of course , is that under Article 86-type legislation there would be a prospect of fines for abuse of market power , giving rise to potential costs much greater than those incurred by an MMC inquiry . |
| 3 | And the damage to health caused by alcoholism and stress among Soviet citizens moved from their homes was probably greater than that caused by released radioactivity . |
| 4 | Even if production of the five main CFCs is reduced by 50 per cent — the figure aimed at by signatories of the Montreal Protocol — the warming due to CFCs by 2050 will be nearly as great as that caused by carbon dioxide . |
| 5 | On appeal by the company , it was held that the duty of fidelity owed by Fowler and others to the company as former employees was not as great as that owed by an employee during the course of his employment . |
| 6 | Cézanne in particular had as a rule relied completely on visual models , and had looked at the subjects of his paintings with a concentration and intensity as great as that shown by the artists of the early Renaissance in their rediscovery of the natural world . |
| 7 | Liberal Democrats aim to build an economy which is not only competitive and enterprising but also environmentally sustainable , leaving future generations a wealth inheritance — of knowledge , technology , capital and environmental assets — at least as great as that inherited by the current generation . |
| 8 | In the frail beam of light the longish hair in separated locks gave an appearance of neglect almost greater than that suggested by his crushed trousers and crumpled jacket . |