Example sentences of "my more [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , my more recent work indicates that it is possible to predict how the universe would begin if one took into account the theory of quantum physics , the theory of the very small . |
| 2 | It might seem therefore that my more recent work had completely undone the results of my earlier work on singularities . |
| 3 | My more recent experience would suggest that matters have not improved significantly from this early social work text , especially concerning social work with elderly people . |
| 4 | I was a damned good half for about six minutes , at which point some lumbering Neanderthal would drop his 17-stone frame on my more delicate structure , and I would view the rest of the game from the sideline , where I lay whimpering and counting broken bones . |
| 5 | It was only a matter of time before my more traditional sort of jazz became popular again and I 'd have to think of a new image . |
| 6 | First stop was Stornoway where Ewen Munro , the Manager , was on hand to relieve me of an important part of my luggage , The Crofter of the Year Cup , which I was to present in Stornoway at a Dinner on the Friday once I had returned from my more distant island travels . |
| 7 | For the purposes of completing this project and covering some grand skylines in Snowdonia , the Lakes and Scotland — I had to take time out from my more usual pastime to actually walk those mountain crests . |
| 8 | It was the price for my more materialist attitude , my seeking to occupy the middle ground , between absorption in life and soaring above the cares of the earth . |
| 9 | If I do n't manage the bedspread I know that my friend would really like a loose , plain , black sweater in fine wool for winter or a synthetic yarn for summer rather than one of my more dashing designer confections . |
| 10 | One of my more cynical film critic friends uses me as his personal ‘ shriekometer ’ to gauge how freaked out Joe Public is going to be by some of the grizzlier horror movies we have to sit through . |
| 11 | As was the case with my more general argument about gift exchange , the two aspects of the transaction , the economic and the symbolic , need to be distinguished . |
| 12 | I suppose I 'm feeling slightly sceptical about the situation , but if you ask me as blankly as that of course my immediate reaction , my old reaction would be ‘ but of course I feel confident about the future of British music ’ , you know , in my more sceptical mood now I still would say ‘ yes ’ , but not quite so enthusiastically as before . |
| 13 | It was one of my more regrettable decision — for I got up and moved towards Gharr , and Mala . |