Example sentences of "be [adv] fair [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But larger districts are usually fairer than small . |
| 2 | It would be much fairer if the positive achievements of the last 17 years were also recognised . |
| 3 | It is not enough for researchers to assume that if they do not make conscious decisions , try to be scrupulously fair when selecting their samples , that randomness will be assured . |
| 4 | In these circumstances it may be hard for other people to believe that the governors ' proceedings can be as fair as they should be . |
| 5 | Faced with the impossible task of finding something that was cheap , simple and fair , the Group opted , to their credit , for a system that would be as fair as possible in all the circumstances , letting the other criteria take care of themselves . |
| 6 | A PR system could be as fair as Snow White in reflecting party support , and yet , at times , frustrate all these hopes . |
| 7 | reduction if the tax is to be as fair as it needs to be . |
| 8 | Erm on school libraries we 're thinking of maintaining school library service and be as , be as fair as possible for schools that are different sizes , that I have erm , that I have erm , erm doing that . |
| 9 | So I mean , I think that would be quite fair if we erm , given 'em two hundred and fifty pounds , at this stage , or |
| 10 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 11 | The British Open is the finest major in the world and it 's much fairer than ours . |
| 12 | Because , it is , I think that 's much fairer than doing minutes , cos you still get the |
| 13 | Kirwan and Timu look good on the wings , while Tuigamala is only fair for he is very large and by no means consistent . |
| 14 | If he is n't prepared to do that then he must accept the workings of a system which is much fairer than the system which was previously enforced . |
| 15 | Home Office Minister , John Patten who 's also MP for Oxford west and Abingdon , says the scheme is much fairer than at present . |
| 16 | Well that 's hardly fair if you did n't do it ! |
| 17 | Their PR is as fair as it comes . |
| 18 | It will provide massive rebates for those who are worse off ; and it will be welcomed by the majority of the public , who will realise that it is far fairer than the community charge , that it is progressive and that it will work . |
| 19 | Thus , it was not surprising to find one headteacher expressing some annoyance that the schools were selected by procedures which were not open to public scrutiny and claiming that a competition was only fair if all potential entrants knew in advance that the " race " was to take place and the rules under which it would be run . |
| 20 | Although Jerry was of the same height , he was much fairer than I , with very attractive blue eyes , he was slighter of build , and had a much sweeter disposition . |
| 21 | It may be that the Sri Lankan system of crime control was more fair than most others , that it did not discriminate against those least able to defend themselves , and that the ‘ real ’ profile of Sri Lankan lawbreakers was not much different from those of other societies . |
| 22 | He was as fair as Nevil was dark . |