Example sentences of "[coord] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in their faith in " ordinary " people , whose qualities were far from ordinary in Wordsworth 's eyes , that we find the justification for political demands for popular power or a wider franchise . |
| 2 | But McMahon and Greene 's model predicted that there was an ideal between these two extremes , a surface at which the runner would be deflected more quickly than on either a harder or a softer track . |
| 3 | So the choice is between the very high initial cost of a fast charger and a couple of batteries , or a cheaper slower charger and several batteries which will have to be replaced earlier . |
| 4 | Some fundholders did switch hospitals for some specialties where they were promised a better or a cheaper service . |
| 5 | If on the date the seller fails or refuses to deliver , the buyer can buy similar goods from elsewhere at the same or a cheaper price , then prima facie the buyer 's damages are only nominal . |
| 6 | Clearly , memory for a Christian is far more profound than merely having a mental skill or a better-than-average ability to recall . |
| 7 | This is in itself unremarkable and can be explained if , of the two types , the carbon-free granulites have a higher porosity , a weaker matrix or a greater proportion of long thin cracks that tend to close on application of small confining pressures . |
| 8 | Anyway , the perceived need since 1945 is said in the Report to have been ‘ to involve employees to a greater extent in company decision making ’ whatever involvement involves or a greater extent extends to . |
| 9 | It can , for example , refer to an increased interest in the home , or a conviction that families should be the main focus of interest , or a greater sharing of domestic and child-rearing tasks between husband and wife , or a generalized tendency to treat the home as the focus of leisure and consumption activity . |
| 10 | Clearly , if the seller has been able to sell the goods elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay ( or a greater price ) the seller must refund the buyer 's part payment . |
| 11 | So public employees can not be said to have less of an incentive to be efficient or a greater incentive to pursue non-pecuniary rewards . |
| 12 | No-one can say that such a flood or a greater one may not recur next month , next year or next decade . |
| 13 | Also her son , though young and ‘ with it ’ , would prefer an exquisitely knitted and finished find wool classic sweater in a quiet colour or a heavier , brighter , really big sweater for cold weather — but I must find out first what colour he fancies this year ! |
| 14 | If you would like more sauce or a thinner one , splash in vodka or white wine , both of which have unassailable affinities with the fruit in any guise . |
| 15 | And they too will reply , ‘ Lord , when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison , and did nothing for you ? ’ |
| 16 | Pop or a better world . |
| 17 | Likewise Churchill , who would have agreed with her sentiment when she told him that without the Board of Education , the Board of Trade was ‘ powerless ’ to make ‘ a better worker , a better man , or a better citizen of the young worker . ’ |
| 18 | You have fish which are notorious for making the water dirty , so must either have a greater volume — a bigger tank — or a better filtration system . |
| 19 | They will expect you to watch helplessly as their trap gradually tightens , so do n't wait — break through their line as quickly as possible and run to find help , weapons or a better place to stand and fight . |
| 20 | Thus , to put the point at its mildest , it is by no means clear that the general abolition of competition is desirable , that the alternative of centrally planned provision and allocation will offer a more sensitive and efficient response to consumers ' demands and wishes , or a better means of deploying resources . |
| 21 | Monopoly profits are ( or should be ) eroded by the entry of new firms and products , which are able to displace the incumbent firms by offering lower prices or a better product . |
| 22 | A corporation may get into a certain line of business as a short-term objective simply in order to generate cash-flow , a customer base or a better price-earnings ratio in order to move on to something quite different . |
| 23 | Will he re-emphasise that at the end of the day the document is all about contracting out to produce as good a service at less cost or a better service at the same price ? |
| 24 | However , one major difference has been that the mind of an individual develops with time and becomes better at the tasks it undertakes , whereas computers , with certain limited exceptions , perform at the same level of ability until replaced by a better machine or a better program . |
| 25 | The courts will not take the incidence of future inflation into account in calculating the dependency , but if it is established that the deceased would have increased his income in the future for reasons other than inflation ( eg because he would have been promoted if he had remained in his job or because he would probably have attained higher and better paid skills or a better paid job if he had lived ) this might give grounds for increasing the multiplicand . |
| 26 | Eventually it could give thousands of jobless youngsters , who may otherwise have turned to crime , the chance of a well-paid job or a better future . |
| 27 | In the survey of people who had used the tape ‘ Coping with Anxiety ’ , produced by the Liverpool based Council for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction [ CITA ] , four out of five anxiety sufferers questioned said they had benefited from it , experiencing a reduction in their anxiety , fewer panic attacks or a better night 's sleep . |
| 28 | I am talking about the occasional and varied insertion of a comment clause as a means of making a monologue flow smoothly , or identifying a change-point for the dialogue — you know ? — or as a means of establishing rapport , you see , or a gentler conversational style . |
| 29 | THE MUDDLES all come from thinking you could have a better idea of God or a worse one or any idea of God at all . |
| 30 | None of us was better off , none of us was worse off — none of us was a better human being or a worse human being . |