Example sentences of "to [v-ing] a [adj -er] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | When imported cloth became more difficult to obtain from the mid 1980s tailors and seamstresses reverted to using a higher proportion of home-spun cloth woven on handlooms . |
| 2 | With enormous gains in the white-collar suburbs , Labour became the party of bureaucrats , administrators and a progressive intelligentsia , all predisposed to seeing a greater share of public control over an increasing range of national affairs . |
| 3 | Over 2,000 people passed through the museum during its three month opening period in 1992 , so we are encouraged and look forward to seeing a larger number of people pass through during the six month opening period in 1993 . |
| 4 | A comparison of these three types of CAD techniques ( optimal , simulation modular and simulation linear ) was thus made , with a view to developing a greater understanding of the means by which the computer may be applied as an aid to design . |
| 5 | The award is presented every two years in recognition of activity that ‘ has contributed exceptionally to furthering a better understanding of the influence of the communications media and technology on society in general , and on its cultural , artistic and scientific activities in particular . ’ |
| 6 | Psychology recognizes the importance of representing women and men equally in samples , and declares itself committed to achieving a better understanding of how sex and gender affect subjects . |
| 7 | In addition to obtaining a better understanding of the biological basis underlying reproduction , we also need more knowledge to evaluate reproductive customs in the cultural environment in which they happen . |
| 8 | For example , where particular clients agree that their money may be placed with a particular bank with a view to earning a higher rate of interest but correspondingly accepting a greater risk of default by the bank , those clients ' claims will form part of a separate pool consisting of the assets placed with that bank or ( in the case of a designated fund account ) with a group of such banks . |
| 9 | It will ensure that the growth that we have established over the last 10 years in terms of the range and volume of health care facilities continues under future Conservative Governments , partly because we are committed to ensuring a fairer distribution of resources within the NHS , which will secure benefits for the constituents of my hon. Friends , and partly because of the commitment given from this Dispatch Box yesterday by the Prime Minister — that under a Conservative Government the national health service will have its real resources increased year by year — something which the last Labour Government were unable to do . |