Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 The ratio of brain weight to spinal cord weight is considered a better measurement of complexity and intelligence .
2 If this course of action is followed a further £140 will need to be spent to rectify the faults .
3 That is , the permanent reduction of inflation is accorded a higher priority than the size of revenues associated with monetary creation .
4 Bored , out-of-work young people turn to vandalism , drugs and crime , and the spiral is given a further twist .
5 The treatment of the two sisters as objects for possession and domination is given a further and perhaps more insidious turn by their mother , Eleonora , who by ‘ serpentizing Fraud ’ uses her daughters to gain political advantage .
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