Example sentences of "[prep] [adj -er] [noun sg] is [that] " in BNC.

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1 The third aspect of the boundary of higher education is that it should be higher .
2 Another counter to this argument might be to point out that one of the defining characteristics of higher education is that students are brought to the ‘ frontiers of knowledge ’ in a particular field .
3 But perhaps the precise reasons for its origin and the timing of its confirmation are not so important ; of greater significance is that it became a key precedent during the ensuing century for those who wished to restrict the outflow of money from the English church to the church universal and in particular to the Roman Curia ; its appeal to the interests of patrons whose intentions were thwarted or impaired by impositions on the houses so that ‘ infinite loss and disinheritance are like to ensue to the founders of the said houses and their heirs ’ was to reappear in the later statute of Provisors .
4 A common theme in faster turning is that a low body position with bent legs keeps the centre of gravity low and makes you more stable throughout the manoeuvres .
5 A second implication of the low background credibility of evaluation in higher education is that the methodology of each study must be fully described .
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