Example sentences of "[noun sg] of a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local experiments with joint telephone services may shortly provide some indication as to the feasibility of a wider plan . |
| 2 | Not everyone , however , accepts the desirability or feasibility of a longer working life . |
| 3 | La Belle Noiseuse ( 15 ) Now offered in two versions — the full , four-hour marathon or the two hour ‘ Divertimento ’ — Jacques Rivette 's luminous film explores the tensions generated when an elderly artist essays a final masterpiece using the beautiful girlfriend of a younger painter as his model . |
| 4 | Dr. Lynne Michelle , of Edinburgh , has highlighted in her studies on the perception of children of the promotion of cigarettes the grave danger , almost the entrapment of a younger generation by irresponsible elements in the industry and , sadly , the example set by other adults , including parents . |
| 5 | This includes moderations from the external examiners , late notification of medical problems , decisions on field changes which affect a student 's progress or the recommendation of a higher class of degree than that indicated by a progressive average . |
| 6 | It is consonant with the Warnock Report 's recommendation of a broader definition of special educational needs than one based simply on disability or deficiency . |
| 7 | This file will be very small and , if indexed , it will usually match the access speed of a larger direct file because it can be held on a single cylinder of disk , with its index in main storage . |
| 8 | Many teachers exploit the possibility of comic , ‘ fun ’ poetry , or the lyrics of popular music as a way into the appreciation of a wider range of contemporary writing , beginning with writers who are easily accessible . |
| 9 | With the closure of a further five mills in the first half of the current year major cost savings will be realised . |
| 10 | A strong force of 26 heavy line-of-battle ships was based on Plymouth to protect the western approaches and patrol up-Channel towards the Nore , while Vernon himself took command of a smaller fleet , of rather weaker vessels , in the Downs , which could either sail west down the Channel or north-east to intercept an enemy making for the Thames estuary . |
| 11 | In order to exclude a bias as a result of a higher proportion of men being included in the adenocarcinoma group the data were analysed again for male patients only who smoked or drank . |
| 12 | Further , it seems likely that although it may have been the case in the earlier nineteenth century that the proportion of the English population living in the higher-waged North increased both as a result of a higher natural rate of increase and from in-migration , in 1801 53 per cent of the population still lived south of the Severn/Wash line , while north of it counties like Herefordshire and Worcestershire were not high-waged . |
| 13 | Between February and October the Labour and Tory votes both fell , and Labour 's parliamentary success was merely the result of a greater slump in the Tory vote . |
| 14 | Many of the deeply painful and depersonalizing situations in our society come about as the direct result of a broader but lower valuation of sex and sexual relationships . |
| 15 | Between 1973 and 1985 GDP there rose by 46 per cent while energy use fell by 6 per cent , and that , according to the Association for the Conservation of Energy , put the United States ‘ at a $200 billion disadvantage to Japan as a result of a poorer energy efficiency performance ’ . |
| 16 | Some foreign ministry officials ( like Briand 20 years before ) saw European unity as the only solution : France and Germany could join in European institutions as equals , with no need for special controls on Germany ; but at the same time German economic independence would be restricted and German resources would be used for the good of a greater whole . |
| 17 | With the funds available , Florey collaborated with Chain , whose work on lysozyme , already mentioned , led naturally to a study of a wider range of antibacterial agents . |
| 18 | Secondly , a non-porphyrin ligand would be easier to chemically modify and so permit study of a greater range of ligand structural variations . |
| 19 | The London embassy reported that , while the great majority supported the " Anglo-Saxon " " alliance " " ' , there was a real fear of a bigger — even of a global — war . |
| 20 | Of course , not every would-be escaper would be deterred by the fear of a harsher sentence , but even now some prisoners refuse to go along with escape or mutiny plans due to fear of the consequences . |
| 21 | Most MPs see the cross-party support for the new Speaker as an omen of a kinder , gentler House , a suitable legislature for the kind of country , ‘ at ease with itself ’ , that John Major has said he wishes to create . |
| 22 | In addition , the procedure usually takes longer and an endoscope of a greater diameter is used when biliary stenting is performed . |
| 23 | We are working for no patchwork modifications , for no ‘ reconciliation of capital and labour ’ , for no ‘ infusion of a better spirit ’ into old industrial forms . |
| 24 | Many find the rhythm of a larger horse more comfortable but turn to page 31 to see if you can be converted ! |
| 25 | the very fabric of a higher skill |
| 26 | There was also some indication of a higher incidence in sectors with a higher child density measure both at ages 0–4 and 5–24 , and at both greater and lower degrees of isolation . |
| 27 | She had never given any indication of a closer relationship . |
| 28 | Despite this , one still sees lay lords investing in land — there was no possible alternative — and the need to compensate for declining returns to maintain an existing standard of living may indeed explain some of the characteristic features of fifteenth-century society , the pursuit of heiresses , the search for the patronage of a greater man , particularly the King who could grant pensions and offices , and the desire to campaign overseas . |
| 29 | This is all part of a trend away from the narrow specialization of the past and towards the offering of a wider and wider range of services . |
| 30 | The ancients taught of a universe built on invisible causes , the material world being the outer garment , veil or effect of a higher , more subtle order of reality . |