Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj -er] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We look now at the method adopted in Belfast ( parallel to Labov 's telephone survey ) of complementing , by means of a rather wider but shallower study , the detailed information collected in the five communities . |
| 2 | But the standard biography of her did , in my opinion , leave out too much of the rather conservative views she held and therefore gave the impression that Octavia Hill was a rather kindlier and gentler person than she really was . |
| 3 | If so , imagine the suffering of those poor souls subject to hay fever , of whom there seemed to be a perversely larger than average number among our guests . |
| 4 | If you then remember that the agency 's creative people are — at least in theory — especially good at getting into other people 's minds through a combination of words and pictures , it becomes a little clearer that while an advertising strategy may be a statement of intent about the communication of an idea to a target group , the interpretation of that strategy by the creative group may contain none of the words of the strategy ( except things like ‘ the ’ and ‘ and ’ ) . |
| 5 | Matters may become a little clearer when the results of the efficiency review of government funding of voluntary agencies , begun in 1989 , become available . |
| 6 | In any case the normal cost of equipping a good boat with an efficient crew would certainly not be higher , and probably be a little lower after the trade had settled down to its now increased dimensions than before . |
| 7 | Since men are usually a bit taller than their female partners , it 's easier if the man can stand so that he 's a little lower than his partner . |
| 8 | Tom Merry , Bob Cherry , Billy Bunter and all their peers bid fair to join the immortals , only a little lower than Falstaff , Gulliver and Long John Silver . |
| 9 | Though they were made just a little lower than the angels , they were stamped with God 's character , bearing his image and divine likeness . |
| 10 | These two reasons — the public sector 's ability to spread risk more thinly and the lower after-tax interest rate relevant to resources displaced from private consumption — justify the use of a public sector discount rate that is a little lower than the interest rate inclusive of tax and risk at which private firms must borrow . |
| 11 | The two decades on either side of 1500 were comparatively stable , with wages being only a little lower than in the middle of the fifteenth century , but by the second decade of the sixteenth they began to decline in face of increasing prices . |
| 12 | ( To a first approximation , one is likely to encounter the first type if f is a little higher than f and the second type if f is a little lower than f . ) |
| 13 | But the results of the best ‘ neutrino-catching ’ experiment so far carried out are perhaps a little worse than the expectations of the most depressed pessimist : in 1965 a team of scientists recorded a grand total of seven neutrinos in nine months ! |
| 14 | Only 3% rate themselves as a little worse than most and virtually no one says they 're a lot worse than most . |
| 15 | Sterling ended more than half a cent lower at $1.4890 and a fraction stronger at Dm2.4365 , though the increase in the UK 's current account deficit with the world outside Europe from £1,060 million in January to £1,334 million in February was a little worse than expected . |
| 16 | Er I wanted to talk to Jim Bowen you see about this quiz show host ought to be a a little nicer than they are and apparently his answer machine is on at home . |
| 17 | Thin sections for etching should be left a little thicker than usual , after being taken down to at least the 600F Carborundum stage . |
| 18 | Now let's assume that the grass is a little thicker and the putter looks an unsuitable club . |
| 19 | Unfortunately that empty but we had a little light entertainment when you first came here er especially the way you rode your bicycles er we , we sincerely hoped that you could fly your aeroplanes a little better than that . |
| 20 | The process is one of iteration with a submatrix of p vectors , where p is a little greater than the number of eigenvalues sought , and involves the solution at each step of an eigenproblem of order p only . |
| 21 | It is for this reason that we choose p to be a little greater than the number of eigenvalues sought . |
| 22 | The same mechanism can operate when κ/; κ C is only a little greater than 1 . |
| 23 | Fortunately mortgages tend to be a little cheaper than other loans and you will receive tax relief on the interest you pay , up to a maximum of 30,000 , at your highest rate of tax . |
| 24 | Usually the false eye is a little bigger than the real one , tipping the odds slightly in favour of the prey . |
| 25 | ‘ I opened Keith 's shirt and saw a bullet hole just a little bigger than my middle finger nail . |
| 26 | Make the loop just a little bigger than the outline of the web , place it behind the web , and then bring it towards you slowly so that the main radial threads all touch the wire at the same time . |
| 27 | For instance , a page with an illustration on it — a solid page with a picture — the men charge as solid type and if the page is a little bigger than an ordinary page , they will charge extra for putting that page in , besides charging it as setting up so many thousand letters … |
| 28 | It was very small , just a little bigger than my hand . |
| 29 | The lift was a little bigger than a phone box . |
| 30 | They were a little bigger than this the ones they had shunting here . |