Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His doctrinal position is further and usefully clarified in fifteen sermons , which presumably belong to his years as abbot and bishop . |
| 2 | Industry will especially be looking to the polytechnics to provide a further and much needed stimulus to innovations already taking place in higher education ; in particular , in the development of mixed degree courses , modular courses coupled with practical experience , and of the sandwich system of education and training generally , and in the opening up of opportunities for women in all branches of higher education , not least science and technology . |
| 3 | He rightly points out that we need more ladies toilets and if you know you get the chance to use the ladies loo it 's cleaner and better looked after than the men 's , I 've heard . |
| 4 | Slightly shorter in length , and with a 90sq in headsize rather than the 95 and 105 which are currently the norm , the Challenge 26 is also lighter and specially balanced to suit female and junior players . |
| 5 | The new FKW tool free modular system axe and hammer come with S-shaped shafts and should be lighter and better balanced than the original FKWs . |
| 6 | Health is a much broader and socially defined concept than the simple absence of disease . |
| 7 | Iron concentrations ( 3.5 µM ) could only be estimated in gastric juice because of unavoidable contamination , but these were about 15-fold lower than previously reported values . |
| 8 | Calorie-wise , all fresh fruit is lower than both dried and tinned . |
| 9 | The unexpected reduction in the number of criminal legal aid orders granted over the last few months means that expenditure will in any event be lower than originally expected . |
| 10 | Whilst this is an increase over the 1991 level of 41,000 boepd , it is lower than originally anticipated due to the delay in the commencement of production from Piper and lower production from Ninian as a result of the deferral of well workovers from 1992 to 1993 . |
| 11 | M paratuberculosis was detected in 65% of Crohn 's disease tissues , 4% of ulcerative colitis tissues , and 12% of non-inflammatory bowel disease control tissues , but in a tissue abundance 10 5 to 10 7 fold lower than commonly seen in Johne 's disease tissue in animals . |
| 12 | Base-exchange treatment is in the neighbourhood of 1.5–4p per 1000 gal ( 4546 litres ) , automatic systems tending to be lower than manually operated plants . |
| 13 | The news that developing economies , whose costs are low , are bigger than previously thought will cause some Americans and Europeans to fear still more the threat they pose to local output and jobs , and to demand higher trade barriers to check the intrusion of these nouveaux riches . |
| 14 | Bigger and better equipped practices and those with a diabetic miniclinic had patients with significantly better glycaemic control , as did those with access to dietetic advice . |
| 15 | The buttresses themselves became larger , heavier and richly ornamented with carving and panelling . |
| 16 | In this , Positive economics is typical of other ‘ Positive ’ sciences , although perhaps clearer and more developed in its approach . |
| 17 | Much of Jesus 's world has emerged from the haze of conjecture , speculation and mythic hyperbole , and is clearer and better documented than , say , the world of King Arthur . |
| 18 | The steering is slightly heavier but more damped , too . |
| 19 | It was soon overtaken by the profounder and better known works of Bonaventure , Albertus Magnus , and Aquinas . |
| 20 | The European variety has the advantage of a simpler and better understood theory of pricing , but it is a less flexible instrument . |
| 21 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |
| 22 | Also , the project is proving to be even larger than originally thought . |
| 23 | Germany is at last waking up to the what has been clear to outsiders for the past year or so , that there is going to be no quick fix to the recession it is facing and that it will be long and grinding : this week the BDI industrial federation admitted that the downturn could develop into Germany 's worst recession since the end of World War II , saying that the western German economy will continue to decline , and the fall will be deeper than previously thought , so that in important sectors such as the capital goods industry the downturn will represent a new post-war record ; the body blames weak foreign demand for German goods , the now over-valued mark and rising costs for German industry and now admits it is the result of structural problems that will have long-term economic effects . |
| 24 | Awareness that others often younger and less experienced will be in a position of authority at work . |
| 25 | There is of course a continuing controversy over whether the bureaucratic bourgeoisie of senior military , civil , party , co-operative and industrial administrators constitute a distinct class ; or whether they merely form part of a larger and more differentiated social stratum ; whether such a class is dominant or subservient to metropolitan capital ; where the boundary around such a class should be drawn ; whether it is fully formed or not , and whether the power of the state is equivalent to the power of the bureaucracy as a social entity ( Murray 1967 ; Leys 1976 ; Zieman and Lanzendorfer 1977 ) . |
| 26 | The government itself became larger and more concentrated in its operation as it assumed increasing responsibilities in areas such as education and defence . |
| 27 | Even so , Dr Neil 's modest home was larger and better appointed than most around Vetch Street , and was vast compared with the one stifling room she had briefly occupied in Crow Court . |
| 28 | Though small , the working class in Latin America , because of higher levels of urbanisation and industrialisation , is relatively larger and better established than in most other Third World regions . |
| 29 | We need a much larger and better resourced inspectorate to enforce it so it is fair and seen to be . ’ |
| 30 | Some buildings are larger and better known than others , and have had a great deal of publicity ; others are perhaps more modest in both scale and workmanship , but still deserving of attention as an important part of the local scene . |