Example sentences of "a more [adj] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The change always presses toward a more or less automatic self-supervision , the subordination of short-term impulses to the commandment of a habitual long-term perspective , and the cultivation of a more stable and differentiated super-ego apparatus . |
| 2 | The introduction of F. W. Bateson as a regular reviewer from this same issue marks a more consistent and considered attempt at a settlement with modernist literature and criticism . |
| 3 | For a highly fashion-conscious teenage magazine , perhaps , it becomes the norm to have the type dancing about all over the place , with grotesque or perversely distorted images perceived as ‘ up-to-date ’ and a more sober or considered treatment considered as old-fashioned as flared trousers and kipper ties . ’ |
| 4 | A more loving and loved animal it would be hard to imagine . |
| 5 | On paper , there are few jobs for which large numbers of people are not qualified ; in practice , employers use a more refined and differentiated signal than educational qualifications : they use the recommendations of people personally known to them and prospective employees . |