Example sentences of "[conj] to a [adv] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " The preface and to a still greater degree the text of the memorandum evince the author 's hidden intention to provide general ideas for the transformation of the whole of Russia " . |
| 2 | The recent rise in company liquidations may additionally , and to a much greater extent than in 1980 , have been induced by the downturn in the housing market . |
| 3 | Leather goods , desk accessories , smoking accessories , tableware , the little playthings of the conspicuously affluent — Edouard knew that these , adorned with the de Chavigny name and crest , could be marketed for high prices and to a much wider market than that which could afford the most superlative jewellery in the world . |
| 4 | But is n't a person , and to an even greater extent , a character in a novel , by definition a unique , inimitable being ? |
| 5 | On the consumption side , that means industrial usage ( which is hit by the recession ) and to an even greater extent , jewellery ( which is even harder hit by the recession . ) |
| 6 | Social and economic stagnation ensured Turkey 's decline ( and to an even greater extent Persia 's ) compared to Europe 's major powers . |
| 7 | The wording of the job advert can say much about the school and the direction in which it 's moving not only to potential applicants but to a much wider audience . |
| 8 | Next , but to a much lower degree , was using personal abilities to the full " . |
| 9 | Horses are very much creatures of habit , too , but to an even greater degree ; and like us , can form both good and bad habits . |
| 10 | Back in the bad old days of the ‘ tripartite system ’ and the 11-plus , when it was more acceptable to know your place , and upward mobility was not such an unquestionably good idea , life was easier and less personal for teachers because to a much greater extent their values were stably enshrined in the organization and structures of the schools for which they worked . |
| 11 | Such benefits are of course also received by households with the highest gross income ( averaging £18,640 in 1983 ) , though to a much smaller extent . |
| 12 | He probably has no serious rival on either side of the Atlantic , though to a much smaller audience of discriminating parents the English psychoanalyst , the late D. W. Winnicott , speaks ( 1964 ) with a similar skill ( as does Dr Hugh Jolly to readers of The Times ) . |