Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun sg] be [art] [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 consequence of this immediacy is a greater degree of autonomy for the figure : |
| 4 | Whether this provided any dating evidence I can not remember , but at the bottom of this deposit was an earlier pavement which proved to be of much greater interest , as it was a most unusual pattern of a scroll of trumpet-shaped leaves . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Under these conditions he might say the following : ‘ If I can satisfy you that the fuel consumption of this car is no greater than that of the Vauxhall Cavalier , would you buy it ? ’ |
| 7 | The grand characteristics of this remedy are the worse ( < ) from first movement and better ( > ) for continued movement with better ( > ) heat and worse ( < ) cold . |
| 8 | ‘ The only losers in this transaction are the larger regional banks , because they now have another competitor of significant size . |
| 9 | High level gene expression may then result from this protein being a stronger trans-activator than NF1 allowing it to direct a higher level of gene activation even following displacement of NF1 . |
| 10 | Outside this office was a smaller room , little more than an antechamber . |
| 11 | Next to this bedroom was a smaller one , but it was never used . |