Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The word ended in a wail , and Angelina ran to her to try to forestall a further attack of hysteria . |
| 2 | He paused ; he 'd have to catch a later flight . |
| 3 | It is much better to try a simpler design and to be thrilled with the results rather than try something more complicated and then feel despondent because it did n't work . |
| 4 | The time to change to a smaller hook is when a lack of bites suggests you ought to try a smaller bait . |
| 5 | The development was welcomed by exhibitors , who felt that stage adaptations would enable them to attract a better class of customer , but they were n't to know what they were letting themselves in for . |
| 6 | It is within the power of the Council to make a one-off grant to the World for golden hellos to attract a higher calibre of research workers . |
| 7 | Loans for risky projects like the Channel Tunnel and North Sea oil exploration , for example , are likely to attract a higher interest rate than the rate on a loan to finance the construction of , say , a foodstore . |
| 8 | They have announced plans to invest more than £38 million in the area and to attract a further £23 million from the private sector . |
| 9 | Designed to attract a younger , bolder market . ’ |
| 10 | The association would do better to invest some of that money in advertising to attract a larger audience to the annual meeting . |
| 11 | THE Queen 's speech to the nation at the end of her ‘ annus horribilis ’ failed to attract a larger audience than normal yesterday . |
| 12 | This has led to competition among existing havens to attract a larger share of the market , and to a steady influx of new locations offering investors an attractive environment . |
| 13 | ‘ Mr Manners farmed the land until 1987 and the landowner began to re-negotiate a further Licence period . |
| 14 | But the emergence of a strong , secular republic in the south could do much to encourage a better neighbourliness in the north . |
| 15 | Twitch bites have always been a problem , and the best answers have been to scale down tackle and bait to encourage a better bite , or to hover over the rod and attempt to strike and hit the twitch bite . |
| 16 | A few Local Authorities are experimenting with new types of recycling schemes to encourage a greater reduction in the amount of refuse put into landfills . |
| 17 | The general thrust of policy guidelines seems to be to encourage a greater contribution from the voluntary sector . |
| 18 | The Young Engineers Clubs aim to encourage a greater number of Scotland 's more able youngsters to continue with subjects which give them the option of tertiary education in science or engineering . |
| 19 | Thus polar groups tend to encourage a higher T g than non-polar groups of similar size , as seen when comparing polypropylene , poly ( vinyl chloride ) and polyacrylonitrile . |
| 20 | Keen to encourage a wider audience , Sydney Newman , as Producer , also cast a female lead in the series to play the part of Professor Meadows , an ‘ older woman ’ character who could relate the plot 's weird happenings in human terms to the young , but now more grown-up , children . |
| 21 | The scheme was set up to encourage a broader section of the public to buy works of art by living artists , thus opening up the art market while at the same time helping artists to earn an income . |
| 22 | These were put in much faster and deeper , able to accept a greater charge , and be capable of breaking down a greater burden . |
| 23 | The first of those points is the principle of a Greater York dimension to the structure plan , erm we 'll all probably be aware that in the original structure plan the Secretary of State was n't prepared to accept a Greater York dimension in the structure plan , but did accept with the support of the district councils on the first alteration , the inclusion of a Greater York dimension . |
| 24 | Bankers close to the deal say that Morgan Stanley was forced reluctantly to accept a lower commission structure because Italy was being offered this by other banks competing for the business . |
| 25 | Firstly , if , as they have been , house sales are still sticking when you come to sell , you may have to accept a lower price than you had hoped to get ( although , of course , you may also be able to buy your new property more cheaply ) . |
| 26 | As Guildsoft puts it ‘ You ca n't ask your current users to accept a lower standard of service than users of other products that you 're trying to attract ! ’ |
| 27 | From the outset , Nigeria and Iran sought quota improvements and in the late 1980s there arose some aggrieved discussion of the UAE 's insistence on setting its own unilateral quota ( 1.5 million as against the 0.948 set by the Vienna conference in 1987 ) and vehement debate with both Iraq and Iran , neither of which was willing to accept a lower quota than the other 's . |
| 28 | We were in a typical winter low pressure region which meant that we reached maximum manifold height fairly quickly , and by the time we reached 7,000 feet air traffic control had obviously got the message and asked us whether we were able to accept a higher level . |
| 29 | Now we had originally had this extra facility available er so that we could trade off life against the extra thrust in an emergency but there was clearly the possibility erm that that might be used er when it really was n't necessary and we would end up with extra costs , extra life cycle costs , shorter engine life and it was felt on balance that with a reduced threat overall that it was sensible to take out that facility and to accept a longer engine life , but not , there 's no reduction in the total normal thrust but its merely its override combat facility . |
| 30 | LORD HANWORTH M.R. [ after stating the facts and accepting the principle that a creditor is not bound by an agreement to accept a smaller sum in satisfaction of a larger ascertained amount , unless there be a benefit or even any legal possibility of benefit to the creditor thrown in ] : We have , therefore , to consider whether the agreement that was made here on July 6 was an agreement to do anything else than simply to pay on Friday , July 8 , into the hand of the creditors the sum which was already ascertained and in respect of which there was not only the legal liability , but a duty enforceable by any mode of execution against the debtor . |