Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [adj -er] " in BNC.

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31 If the family has decided on cremation , the undertaker will need a further form , so this decision needs to have been made prior to the visit to the Registrar .
32 However , by July there were signs of more serious trouble and City analysts believed that Eurotunnel might need a further £1bn to pay for a near tripling in the cost of the shuttle fleet and meet the rapidly increasing costs of labour and materials in South East England .
33 You will then need a further five minutes to look through the application form ( or application letter or c.v. ) of the next candidate , and to remind yourself of any particular questions which need to be asked as a result of what it contained .
34 The new theatre is currently £700,000 over its initial £12.4 million budget and the general manager , Paul Iles , estimates the project will need a further £1 million to complete .
35 Solid bases give the firmest support so may need a springier mattress to compensate .
36 You may need a stronger suncream with a higher sun protection factor .
37 And , needing desperately to defend her grandfather , she added weakly , ‘ Knowing he was too old for her , knowing that when the child grew up it would need a younger father … ’
38 As the first land-based creatures would need a tougher , armoured skin to protect them from their new environment , it is likely that these were the first amphibians .
39 First I believe if we are going to seek a broader approach to the problems of law and order , I feel we need a broader electorate than the existing members of a police authority .
40 This may initiate a wider discussion of the role of teachers in a new South Africa and begin to change entrenched attitudes .
41 The Danish prime minister , Mr Poul Schlüter , has made it clear that he will not initiate a further referendum on the basis of the existing text .
42 It was held that no offence was committed ; Parliament was concerned in section 5 with cause and effect , and the causal sequence was not present in the situation confronting the court because , even if the defendant himself was engaging in a breach of the peace , he was not likely to cause or occasion a further breach .
43 At level 8 , this might include some debating activities within a formal structure , opportunities to give talks on a topic of individual interest or expertise , leading a group activity towards a planned outcome or presentation ( which might include a wider audience than the class ) .
44 The new range will include a wider selection of hand knitting yarns in Mohair blends , British Wool and synthetic fibres , shirts , socks and suiting lengths plus a collection of knitted garments for all the family .
45 We support the long-term aim of doubling the area of the UK under forestry , but this must include a higher proportion of broad-leafed hardwoods .
46 The AMA did recognise the advantages of timber-frame houses , namely that they are often quicker and , in some respects , cheaper to build ; other benefits can include a higher standard of insulation as well as more economic use of on-site labour .
47 Depending upon the courts ' interpretation of the term ‘ good faith , ’ this amendment may include a larger number of protected holders than the Pomerene Act .
48 In addition the ‘ Best Micrograph ’ selected from all of the winners will win a further $2,500 prize .
49 There 's no point in going through that trauma unless you can buy a better service .
50 Do you feed your pet on unnecessarily expensive food or could you buy a cheaper alternative ?
51 Near as we can tell , the courtship between Novell Inc and Unix System Labs Inc is unchanged from a few weeks ago when the news broke that Novell Inc could buy a greater share in the AT&T subsidiary ( UX No 398 ) .
52 They could buy a further 41,000 tonnes .
53 ‘ He said that he wanted to sell this house , but he would buy a smaller one for mother and me .
54 I mean then yes you can buy a smaller even more so then .
55 and then yes you can buy a smaller house even more so then .
56 Typically , a young couple with a small two-bedroomed semi in the Essex commuter belt could buy a larger three-bedroomed semi with a reasonable garden or , with a nominal increase in their mortgage , they could buy a three-bedroomed detached house .
57 Now for a motor car I think you can say that the practical desirabilities of a car , and the acceleration and performance and looks are very important , one could also say that the fact that many people have their cars bought for me by the firm they work for means that they will therefore buy a larger car than they would if it was their own money that they were spending , so the market for cars is perhaps not one which is determined by energy efficiency or even optimum efficiency in terms of people 's and prestige is coming into it as much as these other factors and it is determined by who pays the money .
58 If the taxes that individuals pay for a local public good were higher as a consequence of higher income , the poor might enjoy a greater quantity of a local public good if they were resident in a high-income area .
59 They are intended to reinforce the main aim of the National Health Service — to help people live longer and enjoy a better quality of life .
60 We are also calling on the G M B to pursue this issue through the T U C and any other avenues that may be open in the hope that , as a result , we can enjoy a better environment and quality of life at work .
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