Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fleet of 50,000 tons at the time of Drake had become a grander fleet of 200,000 tons a century later when Samuel Pepys was " clerk of the king 's ships " . |
| 2 | However , the study of difference has acquired a newer meaning and can now be seen in the light of a test of our theories of development and language , and in a way which does not isolate a particular group under study . |
| 3 | As the decades have gone by , scholarly work has piled up , so that this category of book has taken a larger , longer and much more expensive form than before . |
| 4 | And this must in part have reflected a greater diversity among its patrons . |
| 5 | FOURTEEN NUNS battling to save their flock of 5,000 chickens from slaughter have won a further reprieve . |
| 6 | We can preserve , conserve , store , freeze , can , bottle , jar or produce doorstep-fresh anything you want ( short of the snowflake ) , but as a result of this , a greater understanding of the very composition of food has become necessary , which in turn has given a deeper insight into handling systems . |
| 7 | In comparison with the last recession , recent rises in unemployment have had a greater relative impact on the South East of England . |