Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] be [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also consistent with the data on transits of Mercury that Parkinson 's team used as evidence for the constancy of the solar radius ; according to their data any change has to be smaller than 0.15 seconds of arc per century . |
| 2 | communication between school and University needs to be clearer to eliminate problems in timetabling of examinations , school and University holiday schedules , etc . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | The Abacus tends to be stronger , so the Southern League of Wales teams have a greater pool of talent to draw from . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If the magnetic field happens to be larger at one side than at the other side , then the beam will be deflected towards the weaker field which makes the field even weaker , etc. , leading to the so-called kink instability ( Fig. 3.3(b) ) . |
| 7 | The range in the latter direction seemed to be closer , and some of the highest peaks were capped with what looked like snow . |
| 8 | Or the management seemed to be better , okay ? |
| 9 | Daytime and mixed day and night wetters have certain aetiological differences from night wetters , although there is much overlap : they are more likely to have had an adverse perinatal history , their bladder capacity tends to be smaller , and they are more likely to suffer urinary tract infection . |
| 10 | And in Britain the proportions of them who depend on social assistance seem to be higher than anywhere else . |
| 11 | argued that the whole time-frame of the question needed to be longer . |
| 12 | For the same reason , the sun appears to be whiter and less orange-coloured as the observer 's altitude increases ; this is because a greater proportion of the sunlight comes directly to the observer 's eye . |
| 13 | The predictive value of laboratory tests , such as the antigliadin antibody test and the intestinal permeability test seems to be lower in treated patients than in those with active coeliac disease . |
| 14 | " Certain persons , " he wrote , " are by common consent agreed to be wiser than others , and their opinion is , by consent , to rank for much more than its numerical value . " |
| 15 | A slight ridge can be felt along the length of the otherwise very smooth surface and , much more important , the wall of the tube tends to be thicker than with other production methods . |
| 16 | Longterm survival in patients who undergo transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma tends to be shorter than in patients transplanted for cirrhosis , because of disease recurrence . |
| 17 | Now this overround tends to be larger in fields with a large number of runners , and also tends to be larger in these popular races , so that at times when there 's lots of money around the bookies , of course , and we expect them to do this , are very careful to make sure that the odds are well in their favour , because on these races where there 's lots of money staked their risk is higher . |
| 18 | yeah , hopefully the business coming in of , of this month because of the fact that the , the volume of business bound to be higher |
| 19 | The home product tended to be finer in quality than the imported . |
| 20 | Stool form score tended to be lower — that is , more constipated ( Table I ) . |
| 21 | These differences mean that UK prices of Franklin product have to be higher than their US counterparts . |
| 22 | how to distinguish a statistically significant coefficient , right , rule of thumb is that the T ratio has to be greater than two with absolute value right and the figures in square brackets next to the T ratios tell us the exact level of significance , right , er of that coefficient , right , so the incoming elasticity of demand is statistically significant from zero only at the eighty five percent level , a correspondence of fifteen percent significance that incoming the price elasticity demand , highly significant , right , significance level as given by the probabil by the probability er unit in square brackets , the timing level therefore we could be very highly confident about that coefficient okay . |
| 23 | From ( 8.19 ) above , this means that the futures price has to be greater than the expected spot price and to decline over time . |
| 24 | the rate of inflation for the health service tends to be higher than the overall rate of inflation . |
| 25 | It is worth investigating what the child eats for school lunch , or how many sweets are consumed at break-time , if school behaviour tends to be worse . |
| 26 | With the pile running down , the colour tends to be lighter , shows fewer pressure marks , and can be brushed more easily with a downward stroke . |
| 27 | Down bags are usually more expensive than synthetic models but the weight to warmth ratio tends to be better and down bag can be packed very small . |
| 28 | The problem of delay tends to be greater with regard to High Court proceedings , whether at the Royal Courts of Justice or not , than county court proceedings . |
| 29 | A certain , if unknown , quantity of the pottery was coil made , and the decorated pottery tends to be finer and thinner-walled than the undecorated . |
| 30 | It is on the green and yet the back seems to be clearer . |