Example sentences of "that they [verb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were so pleased with these that they ordered a further six vessels in 1860 of novel long design , with a narrow beam and flat bottom , which earned them the nickname of Bibby 's coffins . |
| 2 | These regulations constitute a cost in that they prevent a larger number of deposits than would otherwise be the case , from being on lent . |
| 3 | The men on one floor would complain , for instance , that they had a thicker piece of barley to turn than the men on the floor above them : ‘ The top floor is not spreed [ spread ] as thick as this 'un ’ , and so on . |
| 4 | yeah it 's good that they had a fairer chance of getting on to the tables |
| 5 | For the unions one of the main inducements in favour of centralised negotiations was that they offered a better prospect for promoting the labour movement 's specific policy of wage solidarity . |
| 6 | What research and evidence there is appears to suggest that at school level at least their educational achievements are higher than those of Afro-Caribbean boys , and that they exhibit a greater tenacity in the pursuit of educational qualifications than white girls . |
| 7 | This means that the ISAs are one of the sites of class struggle and although there is a continuity amongst the ISAs Althusser suggests that some are more dominating than others in the sense that they play a larger role in the reproduction of the relations of production . |
| 8 | ( You should consider which way the demand and/or supply curves of money shift. ) ( a ) Banks find that they have a higher liquidity ratio than they need . |
| 9 | Students who work with Reading Skills for the Social Sciences , are most likely to notice that they read with greater confidence and that they have a better command of academic/specialised vocabulary as a result of using the book . |
| 10 | In some cases a liaison arrangement is made with an individual who will , in addition to the responsibilities given in ( 1 ) above , help with the training of Archive staff so that they have a better appreciation of the needs of particular users of the data . |
| 11 | This does not mean that they have a lower percentage fat content but that the fat present is partly mixed with the liquid that is retained in the cheese . |
| 12 | As one experienced observer of the trade put it , ‘ The companies which suitable candidates work for consider that they have a greater need of their executives ’ services nowadays than the trade at large has . ’ |
| 13 | This is perhaps not surprising : their preference for home care at the first interview indicates that they have a stronger commitment to looking after the dementia sufferer than those who said in the first interview that they would prefer institutional care . |