Example sentences of "in [art] [noun] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | And precisely this is the advantage of penal servitude , that it inspires terror in the spectator more than in the sufferer ( p. 48 ) . |
| 2 | The prospects for establishing bad faith are very limited however , given that virtually any policy that is premised on increasing profits but which will be damaging to employees , such as a plant closure , can be portrayed as being beneficial to the employees in general , for example by making other jobs in the company more secure , thus supporting the claim that employee interests have been sufficiently considered . |
| 3 | A headline in the Sun more than hints where the blame should lie — GIRL 'S LUSTFUL TOUCHES DROVE ME TO KILLING . |
| 4 | ‘ Lovely bit of weather , ’ said her father , and her mother remarked that she always thought it so silly of them not to go out in the country more when they lived so near to it . |
| 5 | To stir up mischief , no doubt , and to eye Jean Bruce , the blacksmith 's daughter — they had been seen strolling about in the gloaming more than once , laughing quietly together and holding hands . |
| 6 | As with alcohol and similar major mood altering drugs , the addiction is in the individual more than in the drug or process . |
| 7 | They cried a lot , and Jesie Smith , appearing in the kitchen more than she had done in recent months , not only cried but wailed , nearly always when Joe was within earshot , and the substance of her wailing was , ‘ Left without a breadwinner , ’ which nearly always elicited , ‘ Oh ! |
| 8 | Worldwide unit volumes in the quarter more than tripled from levels in the first quarter of 1992 , and ‘ expenses are firmly under control , ’ it said . |
| 9 | If the earth is thought of as a billiard ball , then the water upon its face is like hammered gold leaf , adhering to some imperfections in the ball more tightly than to others , and in yet others not adhering at all . |
| 10 | Karen Grant from Northampton was awarded the money at the High Court in London for injuries she suffered in the crash more than five years ago . |
| 11 | In fact , although there was a cloud hanging over my future , I found to my surprise that I was enjoying life in the present more than I had before . |
| 12 | And then they used to keep you in the Winter more or less and the visitors making up So it was s a steady trade all round . |
| 13 | In the meantime more than a thousand miles of rivers had been made navigable , but these made no noticeable change in the landscape . |
| 14 | In the meantime more prolonged screening beyond 30 years will be required in a number of at risk individuals . |
| 15 | But in the UK more than 90 per cent of all aluminium cans are still thrown away — collect yours together and take them to a scrap-metal dealer . |
| 16 | Prosecutions of water polluters in the UK more than doubled in the 12 months ending 30 March , compared with the previous year . |
| 17 | Margaret had one of the first major heart operations carried out in the UK more than 27 years ago in Edinburgh . |
| 18 | The Z-Score techniques originated in the US more than 20 years ago with a US professor , Ed Altman , at New York University , and has been continuously refined since then . |
| 19 | He could see to his left wing in the distance more open country , but his sense of north was strong and his instinct to follow it stronger . |
| 20 | Heat from the projector will dry up ink in the pens more quickly than with preparation on the film beforehand . |
| 21 | For instance , when poor forms part of an identifying phrase with liar it is natural that its notion of DEFICIENT should most readily be understood to mean a deficiency in the matter of lying ; when a speaker chooses not to use poor attributively but in the predicative construction then a natural inference is that he or she intends the notion DEFICIENT to be taken in the way more typical of human beings in general , that is referring to their material resources . |
| 22 | The success of German industry in the west only made the people in the east more desperate and paranoid . |
| 23 | A Sea King helicopter from RAF Brawdy , Dyfed , joined lifeboats from Barry and Porthcawl in the rescue more than three hours later after a cliff-top walker spotted men in the water . |
| 24 | Both financial institutions and financial markets are in the main more regulated and less developed than those within the UK financial sector . |
| 25 | It avoids stereotype , it is closer to reality , and though less comforting perhaps , it is much more interesting , and in the end more profound . |
| 26 | The real learning came from the people in the group more than the talks . |
| 27 | ( This is despite the birth of our new sister title , the superb Fishkeeping Answers now the clear number two in the market more than doubling the sales of any other rival ) . |
| 28 | For example , when discussing the passage from matriliny to patriliny , Engels [ p. 119 ] echoes Morgan 's formulation in the following way:s ‘ Thus , on the one hand , in proportion as wealth increased ( as a result of the domestication of animals ) it made the man 's position in the family more important than the woman 's , and on the other hand created an impulse to exploit this strengthened position in order to overthrow , in favour of his children , the traditional order of inheritance . |
| 29 | It was , in a way , a reverse , real-life version of ‘ Desert Island Discs ’ : instead of being equipped with things to make life in the tropics more bearable , Stanley was having to get rid of things to survive there . |
| 30 | Solitude adds a special quality to a walk and bad weather can do the same — though it does mean that many of us prefer to stay in the lowlands more often . |