Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [prep] [be] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately proceedings in the civil courts tend to be slower , more expensive and more formal than those in the industrial tribunal . |
| 2 | And since the custodial sentences imposed by Crown Courts tend to be longer than those passed by magistrates ' courts , the sentencing practice of the Crown Court is clearly a much more potent factor in generating the prison numbers crisis . |
| 3 | The road surfaces tend to be worse in the towns than in the country . |
| 4 | Rainfall is at its lowest in the east , where summers tend to be better then in the temperate western half of the UK . |
| 5 | But the plastics in the waste collected by local authorities tend to be dirtier and of mixed types , and the recycled product made from them is more difficult to control and guarantee , especially for applications that will be in contact with food . |
| 6 | However , I know this is unlikely as all-female policies tend to be cheaper . |
| 7 | ( Examination plans tend to be briefer but the mental training in ordinary essays is important . ) |
| 8 | Here the oral tentacle scales tend to be larger than the oral papillae as well as being separated above them . |
| 9 | In education operational time scales tend to be longer than commercial ones , certainly so far as joint projects are concerned . |
| 10 | In the words of a report of the ministry of economics and finance ( cited in El País , 6 July 1983 ) , ‘ the losses that occur in practice tend to be higher even than those originally forecast because , among other reasons , of the increase in financial charges implied by the need to finance the lags in financial flows caused by insufficient budgetary provision ’ . |
| 11 | Stephen Day , Guinness marketing manager for Kaliber , who witnessed Smithwick 's demise , admits : ‘ Ale drinkers tend to be older and more settled in their habits than the new young trialists who tend to go for lager , so it was more difficult to persuade them . |
| 12 | There is no difference between colleges and institutes , but that between the polytechnics and the colleges/institutes is largely a matter of the scale and level of provision — polytechnics tend to be larger , and provide more high level courses , including some postgraduate ones . |
| 13 | Other factors are also involved ; risks tend to be greater for males than for females at all ages ( see Table 10.1 ) ; marital state , occupation and social class are likewise important . |
| 14 | O. enopla veterna differs from O. enopla enopla chiefly by the shapes of the disk spinelets and the tentacle scales ; the spinelets appear to be larger in O. enopla enopla and have a better defined crown with distinct points . |
| 15 | The corresponding regions on the right hand side seem to be smaller , they control the rhythm , pitch and stress of pronunciation which impart the emotional flavour to all we say and hear . |
| 16 | His clients seem to be younger than those of the other companies , and to be more seriously interested in the topic . |
| 17 | Because of the extra loads imposed by the diesel process of compression — ratios of 21.5:1 in the Ford diesels at ignition , more than double those of their comparable petrol engines — cylinder blocks and crankshafts have to be stronger , heavier and therefore costlier . |
| 18 | Rural areas tend to be safer than urban areas , but , nevertheless , you need to apply the same judgement wherever you choose to live . |
| 19 | And in Britain the proportions of them who depend on social assistance seem to be higher than anywhere else . |
| 20 | Plastics are light , but the force applied by active children to toys ( or the weight of the box contents ) does not decrease in proportion , and the articles need to be thicker near such load bearing points . |
| 21 | Male dogs tend to be worse in this respect than bitches , because they are naturally more dominant within a pack . |
| 22 | Often the most decorative techniques , such as red chalk or watercolour are the most expensive , while pen and ink , black chalk or slight pastels tend to be cheaper . |
| 23 | To judge by the size of individual examples , strip buildings tend to be larger than the domestic vernacular structures within their spacious plots . |
| 24 | For small issues placings tend to be cheaper and faster than offers for sale , ( about 11 ½ per cent of the funds raised for less than £5m as opposed to 14 per cent for offers for sale ) largely as a result of savings in advertising and preparing an offer document , and because of underwriting costs in offers for sale at about 2 per cent of funds raised . |
| 25 | Furthermore , the real difficulty is not only that costs seem to be higher in areas of sparse population , but they are also likely to increase as depopulation occurs . |
| 26 | It is important to remember that reflections generally are lower in tone than the object which is being reflected , so all the colours have to be darker than those in the top half of the picture . |
| 27 | Liquid colours are best used for painting and tinting , and where colours need to be paler . |
| 28 | These differences mean that UK prices of Franklin product have to be higher than their US counterparts . |
| 29 | These machines tend to be cheaper than purpose-built network PCs . |
| 30 | Our ‘ Shoestring ’ properties tend to be smaller and less grand than most of the larger resort hotels , and are an excellent choice if you 're looking for a more ‘ ethnic ’ type of holiday . |