Example sentences of "to a [adj -er] [noun sg] [conj] they " in BNC.

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1 But one problem which employers may face is employees ' reluctance to move to a cheaper area as they can foresee the difficulty of moving back into a high-priced housing area later on .
2 The tendencies exist in very many people to a greater extent than they are prepared to admit and sexual fantasy abounds with sado-masochistic components .
3 Making risk assessments while they were driving may have caused drivers to think about risks in the situations to a greater extent than they would have in the course of normal driving .
4 His plea is powerful ( Beck 1990:49 ) : teachers must become " intellectuals " to a greater extent than they typically are at present … they should have greater awareness of the interconnected theory that bears on both the content and method of their teaching .
5 I could n't have gone to a better place because they 'd got most parts of the country and one thing and another and I fitted their bill to a tee .
6 They hung on as the plane made an emergency dive to a lower altitude when they pulled him back on board .
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