Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 32 | Ian has made a better recovery than we dared hope , but it is still important that we do not take his fitness for granted . |
| 33 | He lost Manoj Prabhakar , carried away by the exuberance of his own and everybody else 's strokeplay , but Kapil Dev survives - and he is the only Indian who has made a faster Test hundred than Azharuddin 's . |
| 34 | Madam Speaker , arising out of question time today , the leader of the house the leader of the house told the house that the Prime Minister has made a further statement on the back to basics policy , now since this has er we are told er permeated the whole of government policy since the prime minister 's speech to the party conference last October , is n't it time er that the Prime Minister was asked not to give statements to correspondents and at er press conferences , but made a statement to this house about the back to basics policy and at the very least , placed a copy of his speech and his thinkings on the back to basics policy in the library . |
| 35 | A woman accused of stealing thousands of pounds from a charity that she helped set up has made a further appearance in court . |
| 36 | In the week that council leaders meet for the annual conference of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities in Dunblane , he has made a further appeal for a less confrontational relationship , and one which puts people and the quality of services before politics . |
| 37 | A great deal of the argument against central controls has stressed that local government has shown a greater ability to reduce spending than the departments of central government and even the Audit Commission — in the early 1980s — has acknowledged that the operation of central rules may actually have encouraged increased levels of spending and a reduction in the accuracy of information feeding into the centre ( Audit Commission , 1984 ) . |
| 38 | ‘ In recent years the investment-linked scheme has shown a better return — around 15 or 16 per cent over the past five years , ’ says Feek . |
| 39 | This study has shown a larger proportion of electrocardiographic changes ( 91% ) than previous studies , even though some of these included sinus tachycardia as an arrhythmia . |
| 40 | Some observers have suggested that the decline of the village as the main social unit in Japan has produced a greater heterogeneity in the smaller groups which go to make up society as a whole . |
| 41 | Hanning has produced a smoother result than repeated medians alone . |
| 42 | John Wilson , Cambridge coach , who was with the victorious Oxford camp last year , considers he has produced a fitter and more professional crew for the four-and-a-quarter-mile . |
| 43 | The Department of Employment research programme has produced a rosier picture than local studies or the experience of local homeworking campaigns . |
| 44 | The Gold Cup has had a greater than usual bearing in the Grand National build-up this year , with Cool Ground , the winner , and Docklands Express , the close third , renewing rivalry . |
| 45 | A plaque on a wall is admittedly not much to look at for those with a passion for working machinery and dramatic industrial landscapes , but this one marks the site of the foundation of that industry which has had a greater impact on civilization than any other . |
| 46 | No one has had a greater influence on intellectual life in twentieth century Spain than Jos'e Ortega y Gasset ( 1883-1955 ) . |
| 47 | The analysis of intergenerational redistribution ( whether , for example , the generation now retired has had a better or worse deal over their lifetime than those currently in the labour force ) poses still more severe problems . |
| 48 | The SDA has had a wider set of powers than those readily available to UDCs in England , but it has used them . |
| 49 | ALBSU has had a wider brief to facilitate literacy and numeracy among the native and non- native speakers of English . |
| 50 | The professor said : ‘ Judith has had a worse time than David because all of this is not of her making . |
| 51 | Her GP informed us that she has had a further recurrence of left hemiparesis and , after investigation , the provisional diagnosis is demyelination . |
| 52 | Reid , who has a hairline double fracture of his leg , has had a further X ray and although this shows slight improvement he wo n't play again this season , although it wo n't be long before he is fit again . |
| 53 | Samuel Rhodes , the viola player of the Quartet , has had a larger size instrument made which enables the normal viola range to extend downwards by a fourth . |
| 54 | The Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award has had a happier track record . |
| 55 | Wimpy International has opened a further four restaurants at the Metro Centre , Gateshead ; Carbis Bay , Cornwall ; Shirley , Hampshire ; and Sudbury , Suffolk . |
| 56 | The government has opened a further six air pollution monitoring stations , bringing the total to 16 . |
| 57 | The development of interest rate and currency swaps has offered a further fillip to the eurobond market , by increasing borrowers ' flexibility in issuance , as well as enabling them to profit from comparative advantage in borrowing in different markets ( see Hammond , 1987 ) . |
| 58 | It seemed that Smith has got a better image than the present chancellor has n't he ? |
| 59 | Ours , ours has got a bigger garden . |
| 60 | BRITISH Rail has promised a better deal for Teesside travellers . |