Example sentences of "more quickly [conj] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 A good deal of credulity and nonsense was indulged in the name of psychology but there was no nonsense about the concept of ‘ psychological obsolescence ’ , the new technique for making people dissatisfied with what they had bought more quickly than ever before .
2 People could send telegrams , telephone each other , and transmit information much more quickly than ever before .
3 Lose weight more quickly than ever before , because a larger proportion of the calories you consume will remain undigested ;
4 He had achieved it more easily and more quickly than ever he had expected .
5 She wanted to have some measure of control over her own productivity — which she could exercise by walking more quickly or slowly .
6 In addition , the tutor can advise on alternative equipment or software which will perform the required functions more quickly or more effectively .
7 Erm every new square inch of hard surface on the ground or roofing er means that less rain when it falls will er move into the ground or will run off more quickly or rapidly fill the water courses and er sooner reach the points of constriction that we know about and cause flooding problems .
8 Over the past years , many claims have been made suggesting that the inclusion of some particular food in a slimming diet would specifically help overweight people to shed weight more quickly and effectively .
9 I would see the South as having developed much more quickly and differently than the North .
10 An experienced headhunter could narrow the field down to short-list stage much more quickly and cost-effectively , Tagg argued .
11 In order to meet customer needs we must be able to respond more quickly and flexibly to changing conditions .
12 Hierarchical organizations are more unified , have more room for manoeuvre , and respond more quickly and flexibly to environmental changes , creating constant pressure upon proletarian movements to imitate their modes of organization .
13 Pregnancy is a wonderful time to have constitutional homoeopathic treatment because changes can happen much more quickly and simply than at other times resulting in a healthier more energetic body that will perform its functions with greater ease ( see Chapter 1 ) .
14 Secondly , it will enable us to locate each object more quickly and easily .
15 This mystical sensation can be induced almost at will with practice ; and like all things , with repetition , the feeling comes more quickly and easily .
16 Now , for the first time in the history of medical science , a substance has been isolated about which it is possible to say : ‘ If you base your slimming diet on this food you should shed weight more quickly and easily than on a diet based on the same quantity of any other foods . ’
17 Indirect taxes can be varied more quickly and easily , taking more immediate effect , than can direct taxes .
18 And once broken , once the grief and tears had begun , it would take some little time for her to recover , although now that she had faced what had happened she might do so more quickly and easily than she would have done had she continued suppressing her memories , and refusing healthy grieving .
19 Split red lentils , smaller and milder , cook even more quickly and soon turn to ‘ mush ’ — so keep an eye on them , if you intend to use them in salads .
20 Automatic equipment meant that many of the relatively routine tasks could be done more quickly and more accurately .
21 SPF ( which measures UVB protection ) is still the first priority as UVB rays are more dangerous , causing damage more quickly and more easily than UVA .
22 ‘ They will give us nothing without a problem on Saturday and every mistake we make will be punished more quickly and more heavily than any Five Nations opponents would manage . ’
23 If we make mistakes we will be punished more quickly and more effectively than any Northern Hemisphere team could equal .
24 Sexton quoted in Ranson ( 1990:115 ) argued that " it supposes that the wisdom of parents , separately and individually exercised , is more likely to achieve higher standards more quickly and more acceptably to the public than the collective wisdom of present bureaucrats , no matter how well-meaning those bureaucrats may be " .
25 It is difficult to believe that all the paraphernalia of sex is needed merely to ensure that males are not confused with females or males of another species : that could be achieved much more quickly and less colourfully .
26 Employers in this period were either providing from the resources of their businesses or demanding from the state such measures as pensions ( which it was hoped would remove from workers worry about their future in old-age , and would enable employers to dismiss less efficient older workers with clear consciences ) , sickness benefit and medical care ( which would enable them to recover more quickly and fully from sickness ) and , more occasionally , unemployment benefit , which it was also hoped would increase the workers ' sense of security .
27 Computers can also enable hospitals and GPs to talk to each other far more quickly and efficiently , to book out-patient appointments , get the results of lab tests and receive information when a patient is discharged from hospital .
28 When the fish are well on feed I will put one rod away and change to a butt-indicator which allows me to fish more quickly and efficiently .
29 The most common additional device is the cassette recorder , which allows a limited form of input and storage of data files , though this feature is provided much more quickly and efficiently by disc units .
30 Because you will often have more to read than you have time for , you need to develop ways of reading more quickly and efficiently .
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