Example sentences of "[adv] and [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hodgson explained that in buying up so many small firms , who really could no longer make ends meet , he , Howard Hodgson , could do better and cheaper funerals and that no one need worry about the cost any way , because if the deceased or whoever was taking the responsibility of next-of-kin possessed less than £300 , the DHSS would pay for the whole thing . |
| 2 | We must keep on finding better and simpler ways of doing things . |
| 3 | Its director , Eric Appleby , said of the plan : ‘ Before such a step is taken pubs must become better and safer places — places suitable for children . ’ |
| 4 | Many of the basic Windows techniques are taken for granted in the rush to produce better and better Windows applications — assuming that everyone understands Windows inside out . |
| 5 | Cinema audiences in the 1920s expected better and better things and cinema-going became part and parcel of their social betterment . |
| 6 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 7 | Focus on producing better and better source code . |
| 8 | And whether it 's new sections , price cutting , more sports pages or simply giving away compact discs , everybody 's at it , offering their readers better and better value for money . |
| 9 | Obviously , experimentation is going to yield better and better results , but few guitar players would find much trouble extracting a workable sound in a matter of minutes . |
| 10 | We can now speak of quantities of heat and use this to develop better and better theories and laws of thermodynamics . |
| 11 | The great majority would like to see better and wider roads which would be less congested and safer . |
| 12 | The spirit of the age , and of Europe in particular , is for more , better and wider democracy . |
| 13 | Its objects are to unite the deaf and dumb and all interested in them , advance and protect their interests , elevate their social status , secure better and higher education for them , afford to anyone information as to their condition , education , etc. , establish missions in places where none exist , and last of all to assist by means of pensions the most deserving aged and infirm deaf and dumb , and so prevent them , in many instances , from drifting into the workhouse . |
| 14 | Ministers can go from London to Balmoral as well as Sovereigns from Balmoral to London , and the former has to my mind a far better and longer tradition behind it . |
| 15 | When purely environmentally-dictated policies ( such as forest closure or forcible destocking of pastures ) do not work because the social context has been analysed insufficiently , force is often contemplated ( or , in administrative language , better and tougher implementation and environmental protection ) . |
| 16 | For the advisory service clients are charged a flat rate of £250 annually and higher dealing costs . |
| 17 | Its advantage is that it allows a far deeper and richer assessment to be made than the pen and paper exercise . |
| 18 | A strong east wind crested the wavelets on the dark bosom of Loch Ness , rain-clouds gave to each hill a sombre tone ; some rocky crags and woodland had deeper and richer hues ; while the foreground of heather in full bloom , a corn-field , and potato and turnip rigs , gave other colourings . |
| 19 | Will television dictate the future of sport or will the public demand deeper and wider coverage ? |
| 20 | But to fully relinquish myself and to trust you , O God , is a much deeper and wider experience than I can yet fully enter into . |
| 21 | It is a grave mistake to dismiss Liberal Theology simply as a manifestation of late nineteenth-century German culture , to which no special attention need be paid : it has a far deeper and wider appeal even now . |
| 22 | During our discussions , we have raised many issues that need deeper and further explanation if we are to achieve the right results for Scottish education . |
| 23 | But wider , deeper and larger considerations had to be taken on board and at this stage I do n't know if any of the money will be available to me for replacing Batty if he goes . ’ |
| 24 | Around the pool the hotel guests sunbathed religiously , oiling their sleek bodies in order to achieve deeper and deeper tones of tan . |
| 25 | As mentioned earlier , making deeper and deeper beach starts is often a successful way of tackling the water start , provided you have a gently shelving beach . |
| 26 | But wider , deeper and longer considerations had to be taken on board . ’ |
| 27 | If it is less than 12 hours then do n't worry , just take the delayed pill straightaway and further pills as usual . |
| 28 | Compulsory retirement for all at a fixed age is no longer appropriate as people live longer and healthier lives . |
| 29 | In other words , the same principle which motivates speakers to place given before new information also motivates them to place longer and heavier structures towards the end of the clause , as in the following examples : |
| 30 | By now he was used to spending longer and longer periods alone , yet in that moment when she walked away he always experienced a brief sense of loss that made him want to rush after her and beg her not to go . |