Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun sg] [be] the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason for this change is the greater competition among banks and the more aggressive lending policies that ensue . |
| 2 | Fortunately , the classroom located below this block was the smaller of the two , and because it adjoined the kitchen , it made a logical dining-room . |
| 3 | The poignancy of this catastrophe is the greater when it is realised that Andrew Carnegie , the greatest benefactor the British public library system has ever known , was himself a cotton man who started life as a boy in a cotton mill . |
| 4 | The grand characteristics of this remedy are the worse ( < ) from first movement and better ( > ) for continued movement with better ( > ) heat and worse ( < ) cold . |
| 5 | ‘ The only losers in this transaction are the larger regional banks , because they now have another competitor of significant size . |