Example sentences of "and a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reality began to slide away outside , and a sphincter of darkness drew tight around the windows . |
| 2 | As in most walks of life , you generally get what you pay for and a higher-priced product will generally be of higher quality . |
| 3 | Changes from the original design include an extra 440lb ( 200kg ) of ballast and a stiffer mast . |
| 4 | But his captain Kim Barnett believes Morris 's England career can take off again and if he adds greater consistency and a harder-edged professionalism to exceptional natural gifts . |
| 5 | Hoot more muffled than Tawny 's , also a barking ‘ khau , khau ’ and a harsher version of Tawny 's ‘ ke-wick ’ . |
| 6 | His partner was both less well educated and a sharper observer of his boss . |
| 7 | A extra day 's training a week and a sharper competitive edge through playing in a League with promotion and relegation helped Shelbourne and Cork achieve Euro glory . |
| 8 | A extra day 's training a week and a sharper competitive edge through playing in a League with promotion and relegation helped Shelbourne and Cork achieve Euro glory . |
| 9 | The homo sequences consist of an arrangement of repeating units that pack efficiently ( large negative ΔH ) and tightly ( large negative entropy ) in a regular array , such that melting occurs in a cooperative fashion with a large ΔS and a sharper melting transition than for the mixed sequence oligomers . |
| 10 | Colour came later , even in the glass of the great east window ; first there was only the shape of comparative light , then gradually the lattice-work of the lead cames , a filigree of shapes that had no meaning until the warmth of approaching dawn conjured into them cloudy reds and blues and greens , and with every minute breathed into them a purer brightness and a sharper clarity . |
| 11 | Variations include larger reservoirs of 1 litre or more and a heavier version with a longer range fitted with a separate pistol grip and a flexible feed tube that can be used to draw directly from a bulk container . |
| 12 | We have a very fine cotton lawn for the delicate items and a heavier calico for the more sturdy ones . |
| 13 | These include low-cost lines for data transfer and a cheaper alternative to packet switching , plus cheaper multimedia applications like videoconferencing and videotelephony . |
| 14 | The paper quotes Intel 's Dave House saying that the part will initially appear in the promised 66MHz version and a cheaper 60MHz version — Siemens AG is said to have been unable to drive the chip faster than 40MHz with cooling before it burned up . |
| 15 | It was expensive , however , and a cheaper substitute was available called Macon made from pressed , sliced mutton . |
| 16 | Erm and therefore you produce less wasted time , less remedial work er and a cheaper product . |
| 17 | They are a well tolerated and a cheaper alternative to elemental diets , which merit serious consideration as treatment of active Crohn 's disease , specially in malnourished patients or when steroid treatment is contraindicated . |
| 18 | After an initial modernist interest in the medium as such , there came a shift away from the live or near-live interactive installation , and a closer engagement with the politics of representation . |
| 19 | It was enough to warrant an investigation of related compounds and a closer exploration of how they worked . |
| 20 | But evaluation calls for more particular consideration and a closer look at the cultural differences between the domain of disciplines concerned with language and learning and the domain of the subject of language as it appears on the curriculum . |
| 21 | Gris ' use of sumptuous colour , delicate geometry and bold composition converge in romantic collages of musical instruments or table top still lives , and a closer look at his work belies his popular reputation as a cool logician . |
| 22 | But Ciaran Fitzgerald and manager Noel Murphy met the four provincial coaches recently , and a closer rapport has been devised . |
| 23 | The chastened company admitted that the shock loss showed that it had been guilty of poor financial controls and a badly-timed shareholders letter — Vannotti said the board was convinced up to March 22 when the shareholders letter was sent that it would record a profit for 1992 , but he and the chairman subsequently ordered a special audit , after financial controllers warned of problems with the accounts for Ascom 's cable television and mobile telephone businesses in Germany , and a closer examination revealed the German results had to be corrected by $41m — $28m of extraordinary depreciation and $12.8m of adjustments to inventory values , Vannotti said . |
| 24 | Hammadi , a Shia , who had been appointed Prime Minister in March [ see p. 38083 ] , was reported to have favoured greater political liberalization and a closer adherence to UN resolutions to end Iraq 's international isolation . |
| 25 | Well , the national secretary 's national officers are of course accountable to the C E C , they are accountable to congress , the introduction of section conferences means that they have another , an additional level of accountability , which does n't replace the accountability to the C E C or to Congress , but supplements it and subjects them of course to a closer scrutiny and a closer contact with the major activists in a whole sector of employment . |
| 26 | The extra relevance is achieved by a deeper exploration of the hearer 's contextual assumptions about long walks , and the result is a wide range of weak implicatures and a closer understanding of the speaker 's attitude or emotions . |
| 27 | It effectively does away with the need to buy fine grind coffee for filter machines and a coarser grind for cafetières and percolators . |
| 28 | A cask has two holes , the tap hole at one of the flat ends to which a tap and pipe are attached , and a bigger shive hole on top . |
| 29 | He needed colleagues and a bigger library . |
| 30 | With Europe in recession and fears about unemployment , Britain and other countries which could previously be relied upon to put the case for a freer market ( and a bigger share for themselves of Japanese investment ) are no longer being heard . |