Example sentences of "more [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kendon ( 1967 ) found that speakers do tend to look at listeners more during fluent speech than during hesitant speech . |
| 2 | Males grow more during normal puberty than do females . |
| 3 | If you would like to know more about successful job hunting , including writing letters of application and interviews , ask for Jobhunt Booklet No 1 — ‘ Get that Job ’ . ’ |
| 4 | In astrology , the two-series of aspects ( 2,4,8 etc ) is connected with the way we relate to the outside world , whereas the three-series ( 3,9 etc ) is more about internal harmony ; this may provide a clue to the meanings underlying the use of number in sacred geometry . |
| 5 | Apart from getting the teacher 's overview of what happened , how it related to what he had planned , and how he regarded the unit 's contribution to events , the observer can often learn more about individual episodes . |
| 6 | In the Radio 5 broadcast , Johnny Morris was keen to learn more about early music-making and agreed to be guest of honour for this year 's festival . |
| 7 | Evershed is also using GC and GC-MS in a project aimed at learning more about ancient farming practices , diet and waste disposal within settlements . |
| 8 | Even in the reference section at the end of the book the most he offers is to say that by studying the Buddha image we can learn more about Eastern art ‘ than if we read a good many surveys of these fields ’ . |
| 9 | We shall know a great deal more about such matters in two or three years ' time , if money can be raised to commission an end-of-the-century version of The Architect and his Office . |
| 10 | Why had he not thought more about such exhibits ? |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure you know more about such things than I do , ’ she replied , amazed that she could sound so calm . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend 's question speaks for itself , and no doubt we shall hear more about such matters in a few minutes . |
| 13 | The study is aimed at discovering more about such matters . |
| 14 | ‘ You know more about such people than I do , Brother . |
| 15 | By learning more about other systems and practices , our limited UK view is shaken . |
| 16 | We need to learn more about other students — and they about us . |
| 17 | These facts can be used to learn more about other triangles . |
| 18 | ‘ We 'd need to know more about other countries to compare . ’ |
| 19 | The impression I get is that Gigolo Aunts know more about good ol' apple pie than Mr Bloody Kipling . |
| 20 | The sessions will give people within the community a chance to find out more about modern technology . |
| 21 | In Porter , an Australian ex-patriate who knows more about European culture than almost anyone , the old creative-writing nag about ‘ No ideas but in things ’ becomes ‘ No things but in ideas ’ — in The Chair of Babel ( Oxford , £6.99 ) it seems to work just as well . |
| 22 | Gehlen knew more about Russian intelligence than anyone else in Germany and on several occasions had outwitted Russian intelligence completely . |
| 23 | Your local drug agency should be able to tell you more about available HIV services in your area . |
| 24 | Three close neighbours from north-west Europe provide instructive comparisons which say more about political attitudes than they do about natural advantages for cycling as a mode of transport . |
| 25 | Lewontin 's book , a collection of his essays on the ideological basis of contemporary biology , is more about political philosophy than social policy . |
| 26 | So perhaps we should be thinking more about political education and perhaps we should be thinking more about encouraging them to be non-conformist in the sense that they are prepared to ask questions , to challenge and not to accept glib answers that teachers give out willy nilly … |
| 27 | A small but increasing number of commentators would like to stop or turn back the clock and , in the absence of hard data , the debate has been perhaps more about political models of social care than about what works in practice . |
| 28 | After a full history is taken , physical examination performed and a round-table discussion held in which cause and effect may be established , old myths abolished , points of ignorance removed , and communication between the partners opened up , the couple are introduced to the idea of learning more about each other 's sensual responses generally . |
| 29 | ‘ But if we 're going to spend the evening together I thought it would help if we knew more about each other 's backgrounds . ’ |
| 30 | A named community , village , town , church or school in the UK or Ireland linking with a named community , village , town , project area or institution in the Third World , both in partnership with Christian Aid , having a link with the purpose of learning more about each other . |