Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the halcyon days of the 1960s , it was lower than is dreamed of now : inflation and unemployment shuffled along together comfortably within ranges of , respectively , 0.8%-6.3% and 1.5%-2.6% . |
| 2 | The Light Rifle is based around the same theory of operation as a lightpen , it 's just much bigger and is designed to be held up to about 10′ from the TV set rather than in contact with the screen . |
| 3 | The camcorder on the right is bigger and heavier and is designed to be supported on the shoulder : compare the position of its side-mounted viewfinder with the ones on the compact machines . |
| 4 | However , after the end of the sixteenth century provision for ceremonies of this kind becomes rarer and is found mainly in treaties to which Spain was a signatory . |
| 5 | Ralph , unlike Jack , is becoming maturer and is starting to respect Piggy and his realistic views . |
| 6 | But the the results for the ten percent were were better than is had nothing for me . |
| 7 | Mike Bews was just getting better and better and is beginning to look like the making of yet another pro reared in Farnborough . |
| 8 | STEAM , even if a little smaller than is hoped will run on the line , could once again be seen at Radstock . |
| 9 | the same and other branches coming off of that one and other branches coming off of that one it 's sort of gets smaller and smaller and is gets |
| 10 | The direct results of the Prime Minister 's aversion to the EMS are : interest rates which are higher than is needed to take the heat out of the economy ; an incipient sterling crisis ; the prospect of recession ; jittery financial markets waiting in vain for a clear signal about the direction of policy ; poisoned relationships with some of her most senior colleagues and Tory MPs who increasingly fear that her arrogance and stubbornness will cost them their seats . |
| 11 | It is getting steadily worse and is moving westward with the stream of refugees , who , having eaten their last stores and sold everything that would buy a morsel of bread , are wandering they know not whither . |
| 12 | Induced labour is longer and is associated with more instrumental deliveries , an increased risk of postpartum haemorrhage , and perhaps most importantly , a higher incidence of low Apgar scores than spontaneous labour . |
| 13 | The rest of the island is much lower and flatter and is covered with deposits of sand , calcareous sandstone and clays . |
| 14 | Now she is able to eat again , although naturally only very little and often but already she is feeling stronger and is doing exercises to build up the muscles which had become so weak . |
| 15 | Additionally , we should recall that , before the nineteenth century , the meanings of terms like sodomy and buggery might have been even wider than is suggested by Foucault 's argument . |
| 16 | The premolar enlargement is greater than is seen in any other hominoid , living or fossil , except for the Moroto palate , which on this basis is also included in the Afropithecini . |
| 17 | Promoted nationally by ministerial circular in 1955 , approved belts now cover nearly 11 per cent of England , an area similar to that devoted to urban development , and greater than is covered by either National Parks or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty . |