Example sentences of "[adv] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morale is presumably lower . |
| 2 | Haydn Gwynne , looking uncannily like Meryl Streep , makes a rather better-groomed Robyn than expected , versatile , spirited and wholly watchable . |
| 3 | Moving back to the turn of the century and the pre-First World War period we seem little nearer to finding the traditional way of life based on a ‘ healthy respect for law and order ’ . |
| 4 | He moved a little nearer but still kept close to cover . |
| 5 | The final studies to be reviewed in this chapter help , we believe , to take us a little nearer understanding that paradox , as well as offering more convincing evidence than that considered so far that the connection between creativity and psychosis is indeed genuine . |
| 6 | There 's a forest fifty miles off , it 's outside our window because it 's not in this room and to come a little nearer home ther there 's a campus outside our window but we ca n't exactly see very much of it but we know it 's there and it 's got some birds in it , it 's probably got some little insects in it and there 's a woodpecker |
| 7 | Rather nearer to his employer 's family seat were the marshes of the Wealdmoors , just north of Telford and Wellington in Shropshire , which Loch set about draining with a will . |
| 8 | Assuming a social code rather nearer to the Confucian than to our own , the man who wants to go to Bali might choose to obey his parents although convinced that to stay in England is both to his own disadvantage and of no real advantage to them . |
| 9 | Slowly lower the elbows apart until a full stretch is obtained . |
| 10 | Slowly lower the dumb-bell as far behind the head as possible , keeping the hips down . |
| 11 | Slowly lower the dumb-bell to the back of the head , keeping the upper arm vertical . |
| 12 | Slowly lower the forearm to the starting position . |
| 13 | Triceps extension — slowly lower the dumb-bell to the back of the head and then press to the vertical position |
| 14 | Slowly lower the dumb-bells to the start position . |
| 15 | Slowly lower the arms , still keeping them slightly bent at the elbows until the dumb-bells are level with the chest . |
| 16 | Front dumb-bell raise — alternately raise each arm outwards in front until horizontal and then slowly lower |
| 17 | Alternately raise each arm outwards in front of you until horizontal and then slowly lower , keeping the arms straight at all times . |
| 18 | Slowly lower and touch your chest with the bar . |
| 19 | Close grip bench press — slowly lower and touch your chest with the bar , then press upwards until the arms are locked straight out |
| 20 | Bring each search a little lower . |
| 21 | Beyond the pine , and a little lower on the cliff , a dozen or so bushes grew from a wide fissure . |
| 22 | Since men are usually a bit taller than their female partners , it 's easier if the man can stand so that he 's a little lower than his partner . |
| 23 | ‘ He 's fussy in that he wants it right , but he does n't mind if a guitar 's action is a little higher or a little lower ; he can basically play anything . ’ |
| 24 | Tom Merry , Bob Cherry , Billy Bunter and all their peers bid fair to join the immortals , only a little lower than Falstaff , Gulliver and Long John Silver . |
| 25 | Though they were made just a little lower than the angels , they were stamped with God 's character , bearing his image and divine likeness . |
| 26 | Perhaps in general he should ease up , get a little lower in the mix . |
| 27 | A little lower , a white dart seared across the top of the sky , outrunning the night , overtaking the sun , crossing in a few hours an ocean that was once the edge of the world … . |
| 28 | Katie Jane Garside , meanwhile , aims a little lower . |
| 29 | Having received no reply from Wrexham to my offer of taking over as manager , I have decided to set my sights a little lower , hence my chat with Stan . |
| 30 | He pulled the cap a little lower to shield his eyes from the glare , and said negligently , ‘ I did n't think it needed explaining . |