Example sentences of "great [noun] [subord] [det] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This greater variety than that envisaged by Morgan or Engels does certainly modify the picture . |
| 2 | The Council of Europe covers a much wider area with a much greater population than that covered by the European Economic Community . |
| 3 | The lithosphere possesses a certain degree of rigidity so that the mass of any load ( such as an ice sheet ) placed on it is supported over a greater area than that covered by the load itself . |
| 4 | However , there does not seem to be a simple connection between resistant rocks and incised meanders , as Blache has pointed to the fact that the lower Loire passing through Palaeozoic rocks does not meander , while the Seine has meanders in the Chalk of a greater size than those found in the Mississippi . |
| 5 | To my mind there could be no greater re-education than that offered by the Alexander Technique . |
| 6 | In general , housing allowances amount to around 15 per cent of salary although company policy may allow for lower-paid employees to receive greater percentages than those given to the more highly paid . |
| 7 | Producers , and directors , have often been greater villains than those portrayed by actors on screen . |
| 8 | It is doubtful whether much can be gained by trying to achieve any greater precision than that suggested in the definitions above . |
| 9 | The Royal Commission on Legal Services found that in 1976 the apprentice in commerce or industry received a considerably greater salary than that paid by private practitioners ; also , the median salary of solicitors in this type of employment was substantially more than in private practice ( £7,584 outside Greater London , as compared with £4,346 in private practice ) . |
| 10 | No leakages were permitted at any points nor were the canvas sides allowed to bulge inward to any greater extent than that caused by the slackness of the canvas specified on the drawing . |
| 11 | The basis for supposing that there are hereditary factors in the aetiology of peptic ulcer disease is provided by studies showing aggregation of peptic ulcers in the families of affected individuals to a greater extent than that found in the general population . |