Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [prep] [be] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Rubinstein answered , ‘ I want to be older . ’ |
| 2 | I was bewitched by her , I think to be freer than became me , though I had no intention to carry the jest further . |
| 3 | That has inspired fears over potential damage to the occupants ' ears due to the sudden pressure change within European saloons which tend to be smaller than those in the US , and also to worries about the ability to control the car in the unlikely event that the bag deploys accidentally . |
| 4 | Black people can be denied eligibility by rules which were originally drawn up for completely different purposes ; property let to ethnic minorities tends to be of lower quality than that allocated to the white population ; and black families , which tend to be larger , may not find council accommodation which is large enough for their needs ( Brown , 1984 ) . |
| 5 | The notebooks show that Nietzsche was prepared to rethink the precise shape of the book well into 1871 , but almost all of the numerous plans there — including some which appear to be earlier than " Socrates and Instinct " — point to a book centrally concerned with tragedy and recognizably related to BT . |
| 6 | It 's got you need to write a hundred words or less what you want to be older and plans for the future . |
| 7 | Even as you become more familiar with materials and techniques , there is still a tendency to play safe and work in areas you consider to be easier . |
| 8 | But it strikes on particular things , it strikes on something rough , but you never quite know , know what , not , no good trying it out because you never quite know whether it 's going to strike or not , when you get to be older , we 'll allow you to strike a match , but you have to be quite older to do that |
| 9 | You have to be better than that . |
| 10 | ‘ And that means that you have to be better than the next man to be considered half as good . |
| 11 | each one of you have to be louder and also it also means that you can make , one person can make more than one sound , okay , work it like , just you can substitute for the other two |
| 12 | When the stumps only come up to your knees you have to be larger than life . |
| 13 | Why is it that in the north of England , particularly in this region of the north of England , we seem to be worse than anywhere else ? |
| 14 | In fact , the further we are from whatever happiness is , the more scope we have to be happier . |
| 15 | We need to be clearer about the interactions which affect this , and whether there are substantially more breakdowns when mental infirmity , especially dementia , is present in old people , or whether other factors are of equal significance . |
| 16 | We need to be clearer than we usually are about what we mean by " democracy " . |
| 17 | In the future we need to be quicker than the competition and totally focused on customer satisfaction and production requirements . |
| 18 | There have to be further cuts — on that we have no choice . |
| 19 | Placings were the most popular method of issue over 1985–89 , although the average size at £6m was considerably smaller than offers for sale and tenders at £62.3 and £32.8 million respectively , reflecting the fact that smaller companies tend to go for placings as they tend to be cheaper ( see Table 11.2 ) and placings have also become more popular as a result of the requirements for the size of company using a placing being relaxed after Big Bang . |
| 20 | In general , when male animals compete for the attention of females , the biggest males are most likely to be successful ; therefore , as Darwin observed , in species where the males compete , they tend to be bigger than females , as in baboons or in most species of seal . |
| 21 | In general , however , they tend to be higher among those born outside the UK than for UK born mothers . |
| 22 | The size and shape of the individual motifs vary considerably , but as a general rule , they tend to be larger and bolder in village and nomadic rugs , and smaller and more delicate in workshop items . |
| 23 | Yes , and they tend to be larger cars . |
| 24 | Maturities vary but they tend to be longer than those for conventional stocks ; only three of the 13 stocks outstanding at end-September , 1991 had maturity dates before the end of the century and several still had terms to maturity in excess of 20 years . |
| 25 | This group will be discussed further in chapter 5 ; here it is sufficient to note that they tend to be older people and those with higher incomes . |
| 26 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with plates similar to those of the dorsal surface except they tend to be smaller , many also carry rugose spinelets . |
| 27 | Where such studies make use of the survey , they tend to be smaller in scale and more analytic in scope using directed samples . |
| 28 | Differentials do exist between blue- and white-collar workers , but they appear to be narrower than in most Western companies , and they are seen to be justified by different educational qualifications . |
| 29 | They claim to be nearer than us to the European consensus , but they are as far from reality as they ever were . |
| 30 | Milla also said she steered away from romance with actors and models ‘ because they try to be prettier than me ’ . |