Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It could be gathered by inshore divers down to ten metres and where necessary dredged from greater depths by nets weighed down by heavy timber frames .
2 The intensity of the band obtained when a RJ2.2.5 extract was used was much higher than that observed for Raji extracts , provided that the same protein concentrations were used ; interestingly AR exhibited a binding activity lower than RJ.2.5 and higher than Raji .
3 When two potentially toxic agents are coadministered the resultant toxicity may be greater than that observed with either agent when given alone .
4 The dose of 40 mg omeprazole once daily is higher than that recommended for peptic ulcer therapy , but is regularly used in reflux oesophagitis , while a duration of five days was chosen because it has been shown that the effect of omeprazole on gastric acid and serum gastrin stabilises after three days of treatment .
5 But there is another aspect of television 's curriculum that is more hidden — and perhaps even more powerful — than that contained in specific programs .
6 Some of the most exacting university degrees , such as those in the biological and physical sciences demand a level of work load from the conscientious student which is greater than that expected in most occupations .
7 The utility lost in good times is clearly less than that gained in bad times i.e. individuals can gain from ensuring an average income in all periods provided the transaction costs of the policy do not fully swamp the potential gain .
8 There was , however , room for two pages of details of other excerpts records in the same series : why anyone would be any more interested in these than in the Humperdinck if they had not more information than that supplied with this CD was not clear .
9 It only allows for a diet less generous as regards variety than that supplied to able-bodied paupers in workhouses .
10 This is a much larger proportion than that found among teenage women , where only about 1 in 3 were cohabiting at the time of the birth .
11 The small negative slope after in vitro CO 2 equilibration of gall bladder bile ( ) is much lower than that found in human serum of -0.23 .
12 This method was used by the Court of Appeal in Whiteside [ 1989 ] Crim LR 436 : The defendants were selling counterfeit cassettes at a price much cheaper than that charged for real tapes .
13 The BrdU index obtained in this material was higher than that reported by Risio et al , and lower than that reported in other studies .
14 In other words , this approach uses a concept of industrial change which is broader than that used in long-wave theory .
15 Disabled Visitors : Narrow and uneven paths and many steps , not ideal for wheelchairs ; no more than 2 admitted at one time ; may be loaned at ticket office .
16 Although this led to Greek mathematics being dominated by geometry , time was no less an important element in early Pythagorean thought .
17 The legislation that was considered in Estonia , to take another example , introduced a compulsory language requirement for a number of occupations , although this was a violation of Soviet labour law , and provided that court business was to be conducted in Estonian , although this conflicted with all-union legislation on court procedures .
18 In claims that one tradition rather than another led to scientific innovation , one often detects an apologetic intention .
19 Only three other deaf men became missioners for the first time in the 1920s , although some moved from one place to another like George Mackenzie .
20 On Dec. 23 two Palestinians were shot dead and more than 40 injured during fresh unrest in the Gaza Strip , the borders of which had been opened that day for the first time since the abduction of Toledano .
21 Moreover , Allan offers a description of her which seems more explicit than any offered through another mouthpiece .
22 While fibre-rich foods fill the stomach for lengthy periods , calories supplied in fluid alone pass through more quickly than any digested from solid foods .
23 Drudy and Drudy ( 1979 ) , in a study of north Norfolk , found that 31 per cent of their survey group aspired to professional and intermediate non-manual jobs and that a further 31 per cent aspired to other non-manual jobs , so that little more than one-third aspired to manual work .
24 Kenyatta and Ahidjo were nationalists first , and localists second although both went to great lengths to secure their political base amongst their own ethnic group .
25 If this continued into this year , it would leave the Government with a £15m a month overspend .
26 She knew that the car could n't go far along the ride , because this ended in dense thickets .
27 Mrs Brown lived in Morrell House , Burton Stone Lane , York , but before that lived for 70 years in New Earswick .
28 Experience has shown that with the introduction of such systems the cost per case dropped , but there is little evidence of whether this resulted from greater efficiency or lower quality of care .
29 They tempted the women by treats and presents , and when that failed by psychological means .
30 Thus , when his secretary of the treasury ventured on one occasion to suggest that colonial rule was more efficient than the successor regimes in the newly independent states , the president brusquely retorted that it was his " personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than accept the political domination of another government even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living " .
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