Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a [adj -er] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Norris has given a further and suggestive explanation : ‘ The possession of a written Constitution whose principles are yet open to all manner of far-reaching judicial review … gives a political edge to questions of textual and interpretative theory that they do not have in the British cultural context . ’ |
| 2 | John Wilson , Cambridge coach , who was with the victorious Oxford camp last year , considers he has produced a fitter and more professional crew for the four-and-a-quarter-mile . |
| 3 | But , in recent years , alcoholism has become a greater and nationally recognised social problem . |
| 4 | It is interesting to find , therefore , that in certain systems there has evolved a tighter and more centralised system of control with curriculum units established and housed within ministries of education . |
| 5 | My mouth felt as if I 'd swallowed a cheesegrater and my scalp had suddenly acquired radioactive dandruff . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , her husband could not reconcile himself to having married a commoner and even taught their sons to be disrespectful to her when they were young . |
| 7 | The attainment of his majority would naturally have heralded a larger and more independent following , but Gloucester 's early influence was in areas where there was an established network of royal servants and this shaped his developing retinue . |
| 8 | The attainment of his majority would naturally have heralded a larger and more independent following , but Gloucester 's early influence was in areas where there was an established network of royal servants and this shaped his developing retinue . |
| 9 | Dexter had expected a bigger and taller man with the harsh glint of money-making in his eyes , rather than this relaxed , almost shambling , figure . |
| 10 | In many ways I 've had a fuller and more satisfying life since then , and I know that my children still need me in lots of ways . |
| 11 | Since the heady days of Henson it had become a duller and more local object . |
| 12 | She had remained a stranger and her bouts of listless depression had grown along with her drinking . |
| 13 | Now Lucy Netzer and Jacob Sagiv , from the Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot in Israel have developed a simpler and quicker technique for preparing monolayer films that relies simply on the chemical properties of the starting materials . |
| 14 | Am I right in thinking I have seen an earlier and a later version . |
| 15 | At the same time , the post-war years have provided a larger and more easily identified target for racial animosity in the new populations of Caribbean and Asian immigrants . |