Example sentences of "[vb base] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , to be sure , is not the manner of Anthony Burgess , a Manchester-born novelist of Catholic upbringing who has lived much of his abundantly creative life in Italy and Monte Carlo ; and his A Clockwork Orange ( 1962 ) and Earthly Powers ( 1980 ) , though lit with humour , suggest a darker and more haunted vision . |
| 2 | Thus , we have apparent flip-flops before nasals as between Jenewary , Frencis , in which /a/ is raised to [ Ε ] , and Wanysday , mantion , in which /Ε/; is lowered to [ a ] : if raising before dentals also applied , then massage and others suggest a further possibility of a flip-flop rule , and a wider range of environments in which the mid and low vowels are exchanged . |
| 3 | The national data suggest a further mismatch — between this same collaborative setting and the teacher 's predominantly individual or whole-class mode of interaction . |
| 4 | ‘ If the indicators for the first quarter remain flat or suggest a further fall in output , then the time will have come for a further cut in interest rates , by another 1 per cent or more . ’ |
| 5 | The government 's aim is evidently to shift the taxation of motorists on to petrol ; this will link the tax more closely to vehicle use , and so provide a greater incentive to economise on fuel . |
| 6 | Three of the schools had clearly used the project to identify , and provide a richer resource base for , curriculum areas already committed to a degree of RBL and/or subject departments with a history of library involvement and use . |
| 7 | Inscriptions , within mosaics and elsewhere , provide a richer source of information . |
| 8 | If the European Assembly and other such bodies provide a wider forum in which to raise difficult questions then they could perform an important task as an alternate channel of communication for the people of DRAs . |
| 9 | The aim is to bring together model developers and users from all disciplines to discuss progress in developing modelling techniques , and provide a wider understanding of the tools available . |
| 10 | The plastic pipes , strengthened on the outside by thin bands of steel , provide a cheaper alternative to concrete pipes used as flood drains , sewers and irrigation canals . |
| 11 | Instead , simply offer plenty of affection when your dog responds as required , and provide a healthier treat such as a small piece of carrot . |
| 12 | The combination of these two measurements could be very useful in studies involving food intake in obese patients and its pharmacological regulation and also provide a clearer understanding of the physiological relationship between the stomach and appetite . |
| 13 | Most of the schemes provide a simpler and cheaper route than resort to a court of law , without taking away the right of consumers to go to law if they should wish to do so . |
| 14 | A major question is , of course , whether such products provide a better , or at least no worse , hop character than whole hops . |
| 15 | What 's more , we 'll give families the economic and technical support they need to irrigate land , grow crops , raise livestock and so provide a better future for their children . |
| 16 | As a result , there have been changes to land-clearance contracts , including the replacement of grasses by leguminous species that provide a better protective cover and enhance the nitrogen content of the soil . |
| 17 | Comparisons of species represented in pitfall traps and artificial traps show that the former provide a better sample of small mammals in an area . |
| 18 | Moore says that all these activities provide a better climate in which new technologies will grow . |
| 19 | On the contrary , he maintains that such a study might well lead to the extension of one 's regard for one 's own religion to other religions , and at the same time , provide a better understanding of one 's own faith . |
| 20 | They provide a better range , so why reinvent the wheel ? ’ |
| 21 | In addition to descriptive data , which provides greater clarity on how to differentiate among families experiencing a variety of types of abuse when providing the treatment , the studies also provide a better understanding of how to deliver such services to both the adults and the children who have suffered . |
| 22 | The general application of such an assay will probably in itself provide a better understanding of the pathogenesis of AIDS . |
| 23 | People felt that suburbs or semi-rural estates provide a better environment in which children could be brought up . |
| 24 | Do ‘ problems ’ provide a better focus for learning than ‘ theories ’ ? |
| 25 | In general , it is probably fair to say that the Philadelphia neighbourhood studies provide a better general model for the in-depth study of communities located at various points in the class continuum . |
| 26 | Even if an NHS trust can be demonstrated to be in the interests of patients to reduce waiting lists and provide a better quality of service , they would reject it because they put politics before patients . |
| 27 | ( 4 ) It shall be the task of the all-German legislator to introduce regulations no later than Dec. 31 , 1992 , which ensure better protection of unborn life and provide a better solution in conformity with the constitution of conflict situations faced by pregnant women — notably through legally guaranteed entitlements for women , first and foremost to advice and public support — than is the case in either part of Germany at present . |
| 28 | It is therefore possible that measurements of hepatic venous pressure gradient provide a better estimate of the degree of architectural distortion in acute liver failure than morphometric analysis of liver biopsies . |
| 29 | Analysis of oncogenes and tumour suppressor genesmay provide a better guide to tumour behaviour than conventional techniques . |
| 30 | Yet top rate taxpayers today provide a bigger share of our tax revenues than they did before . |