Example sentences of "this [noun] [be] [adv] [adj -er] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A ribbed shell of this kind is often stronger than one without ribs ( for the same reason that corrugated iron is used for roofing ) , and it is probably no coincidence that ribs may be developed on bivalves too . |
| 2 | This part is much easier if the model is equipped with an autorotation freewheel , but that , too , I will cover later . |
| 3 | This spectrum is considerably flatter than the pulsed spectrum seen from the Crab ( ref. 19 ; and P.L.N. et al. , manuscript in preparation ) , which has a spectral index -2.0 . |
| 4 | Many businessmen are complaining that this recession is even worse than that of the early 1980s ( especially in engineering — see next page ) . |
| 5 | The nature of this description is even clearer if one deletes the pauses , interjections , and the ums and ahs ; the patient describes the picture thus : ‘ Girl and boy , girl , cloth and steps , steps , window , curtains , a pot and an … ’ |
| 6 | This secretion is significantly higher than that observed in the present study on days 6–9 ( Table I ) . |
| 7 | This figure is far smaller than that which they would make under the terms of ‘ own resources ’ were they full members of the EEC . |
| 8 | This result is marginally bigger than the previous traditional estimate of 11p . |
| 9 | Molar masses from 10 2 to 10 6 g mol -1 can be measured and this range is much wider than any other existing technique . |
| 10 | Predictably , the experiments showed that comprehension and recall of this passage were significantly better when subjects were provided , before reading , with what Bransford & Johnson called ‘ the topic of the passage ’ . |
| 11 | Suddenly it dawned on Ramsay that this flag was considerably larger than that flown by the Regent . |
| 12 | As the language used in this posting is much snappier than normal I think I 'll take this as arising from a Man Utd supporter — if there is such a thing . |
| 13 | ‘ This place is much prettier than our house in London , ’ said Phyllis . |
| 14 | This race is distinctly darker than our British bird and can be seen to good advantage on Sea-lion Island , the most southerly inhabited island in the Falklands . |
| 15 | You know that old old saying about football being a funny game , well this tie was even funnier than that , Joey Beauchamp shot United into the lead midway through the first half . |
| 16 | This procedure is much easier if sterile gloves are worn . |
| 17 | They claim that this age is far worse than previous ages , and they go on as though they had learned nothing at all from history — and yet history is the great teacher of life ( magistra vitae ) . |
| 18 | Note , too , that this size is marginally smaller than that for which you were asked to quote . |
| 19 | This performance is significantly better than that for vertical symmetry ( P=0.01 ) . |
| 20 | But this integer is clearly smaller than unc and so it does not lie in S. That is , unique factorisation does apply to this smaller integer and we can deduce that the remaining unc pair off ( in particular r -1 = s — 1 so that r = s ) in the manner described in the statement of the theorem . |
| 21 | ‘ There 's no pressure this time ; in fact this tour is much easier than ‘ Brothers In Arms ’ . ' |
| 22 | The results of this test are that the energy required to reach this state is much higher than that leading to the optimized B II conformations , overall losses varying from 12 to 40 Kcal/mol ( with the exception of the C6pG7 junction which nevertheless loses 6 Kcal/mol ) . |
| 23 | This preference was even stronger when minnows were offered plastic models of nests — they invariably laid in nests containing white eggs , a habit which tends to ensure that the minnows ' eggs hatch before the perch 's do , and therefore while he is still on guard . |
| 24 | The costs of treating Richard in this fashion were far greater than the gains to be made from keeping him in suspense about his future . |
| 25 | This form is much rarer than ( a ) or ( b ) . |
| 26 | And the man whose glory days at Goodison included League championship , FA Cup and European Cup-Winners ' Cup medals insisted : ‘ This situation is even bigger than my experience at Everton . |
| 27 | Correlations calculated this way are generally smaller than those that would have been obtained by correlating the averages but because they do not average out the variance from different subjects they provide a more realistic assessment of the size of an effect for any individual subject . |
| 28 | More precisely , the errors in measurement possibly eliminated in this way were much smaller than the errors occurring for other reasons . |
| 29 | The government 's own team have recognised that morale in teaching is low and that the position this year is significantly worse than last , yet the government have for this year ignored the findings of that particular report and it 's all tied up with the whole issue of pay , workload etc .. |
| 30 | This school is much smaller than St Aidans . |