Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a greater " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it could have hidden a greater reduction in flow in the deeper layers of the bowel wall , which may be the main site of vascular compromise . |
| 2 | After the majestic setting of Old Trafford , Middlesbrough could not have expected a greater contrast than Roots Hall . |
| 3 | Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history . |
| 4 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
| 5 | And this must in part have reflected a greater diversity among its patrons . |
| 6 | Never though can it have housed a greater galaxy of scientific and industrial leaders than on that Thursday last month . |
| 7 | Since the last war , however , strains of the gonococcus which produce fewer symptoms will have had a greater chance of being passed on before treatment could be instituted . |
| 8 | Her publications list appears to consist of only two papers , but she may have had a greater influence than this suggests ( J. White , personal communication ) . |
| 9 | The government , at no additional cost to the Exchequer , would have had a greater impact on the individual 's welfare . |
| 10 | This independence and opportunity for large profit must have been the most important distinction between riches and grinding poverty and must have played a greater part in creating the economic hierarchy of rural society than any other factor . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , they did not forget the main object of their expedition and kept a careful record of all the plants found , though they commented that had the journey been made a month or two sooner , they would have found a greater number of rarities . |
| 12 | Would I have cut a greater dash in the world ? |
| 13 | Once she could not have imagined a greater disaster — all the garments she 'd been working on , with such dedication , day and night , for weeks on end now , had totally vanished , disappeared . |
| 14 | This is thanks to handling and power which , to my mind , would have posed a greater threat to the Honda NSX 's title of best-handling car than any Mazda RX-7 . |
| 15 | The Big Bang may have encouraged a greater familiarity among companies with search firms , simply because it was the first occasion when they had called on their services , often reluctantly and as a last resort . |
| 16 | This meant further discontent on the part of the workers and peasants , which would have meant a greater use of coercion by the state . |
| 17 | To have released Meehan from seven years of wrongful imprisonment , recommended a free pardon for him , and then to have arrested and charged Waddell for the same crime would have required a greater degree of resolution than either of them possessed . |