Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of exporting live horses for meat still causes a greater outcry than the continued export of half a million live British sheep each year . |
| 2 | Most investigators have observed that H pylori infection causes a greater percentage increase in the postprandial gastrin than fasting gastrin . |
| 3 | Thus , intracellular acidosis causes a greater increase in Na + / H + exchange activity than that expected from the more facourable in to out H + gradient . |
| 4 | Coal 's complex structure causes a further problem . |
| 5 | Alternatively , this mutation might lead to production of a protein that is only partly functional and causes a milder disease . |
| 6 | And even for those women who turn to religion later in their lives , the Goddess , whatever her ancient roots , exercises a weaker pull than the long-established structures that are culturally familiar . |
| 7 | Super-SARA covers a wider programme of research into accidents than any of the other projects in West Germany , France or the US . |
| 8 | We should not collapse luxury goods production and their consumption , however , into unproductive consumption , since unproductive consumption covers a wider spectrum . |
| 9 | The work of his modern American successor in this field , George Peter Murdock , covers a wider range of kinship data and is generally more ambitious in scope in its systematic search for the determinants of different systems of kinship terminology . |
| 10 | Becher et al put forward the following strengths and weaknesses of visitation ( which covers a wider range of activities than inspection ) as an accountability procedure : |
| 11 | Public relations covers a wider field than selling or , indeed , marketing . |
| 12 | York 's a historic city of some hundred and four thousand people , covering some two thousand nine hundred hectares , but that city itself is only part of the settlement that I think we would all regard as as York itself , that covers a larger population of some a hundred and thirty five thousand people , er contained er within the York outer ring road , and referenced to the the map submitted with my H One submission , and also the greenbelt plan which we 've we 've just put up on the board there , er will show you the the broader extent of the urban area . |
| 13 | The live Genesis compilation from this year 's world tour covers a shorter time span but it at least has an unusual , if clumsy , title — The Way We Walk , Volume 1 : The Shorts . |
| 14 | Oral history does not have to be collected from the very old , though books like Ronald Blythe 's Akenfield and The View in Winter are marvellous examples of such work , while Roberts ( 1984 ) covers a longer time-span . |
| 15 | This reduces the surface wetted by dew or shower and exposes a greater area of bare ground to the early sun the following morning . |
| 16 | My subject [ English ] now incorporates a larger amount of theory — that is , questioning the nature of its own activity — than it used to do . |
| 17 | This emphasises a further point to which domestic competition authorities need to apply their minds . |
| 18 | West of Princes Street lies a later stage of the New Town planning , centred on the wide and dignified MELVILLE STREET with the triple spires of St Mary 's Cathedral rising at its far end . |
| 19 | In these we shall attempt to say what it means to be social , for in that attempt lies a further definition of ‘ mind ’ . |
| 20 | British Telecom says that selling a service in which the equipment is in the company 's own offices stands a better chance of success . |
| 21 | Equally , some political organisations are so ineffective ( the Labour Party ) , that riot actually stands a better chance , on occasion , of making the powers-that-be aware of discontent . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , the recipient of this altruism stands a better chance of survival and , more importantly , its genes stand improved possibilities for replication and expansion . |
| 23 | Peru owes a further $760million in arrears on its repayments of past loans from the Fund . |
| 24 | Next in line is the ErgoLite range of four desktop computers , intended for the business or home user that wants a cheaper product . |
| 25 | ‘ She wants a higher , more serious profile . |
| 26 | Mr Smith has pinpointed the area from which he wants a better return . |
| 27 | It is also a must for anyone who wants a better understanding of , and comment on the events that are reported daily in the World 's Press . |
| 28 | He just wants a better one than they 've got now but a very basic |
| 29 | Though it still has no intention of selling directly , Microsoft wants a bigger say on how its products should be used . |
| 30 | Now he wants a bigger say in how the money he gives is spent . |