Example sentences of "[prep] be all the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such difficulties as these tend to be all the more preoccupying nowadays because one does not have the means to discuss and corroborate views with one 's fellow professionals in the way one once did . |
| 2 | The sensitivity of a market to changes brought about by acquisitions and mergers is likely to be all the greater where the market itself is stagnant and without perceived prospects of overall growth in consumer demand . |
| 3 | It is already significant for that reason : the Council 's resolve to condemn mass destruction in modern war is shown to be all the more strong . |
| 4 | The Council feel that this scheme , with its emphasis on the reformative value of service in association with volunteers , is likely to be a promising form of new non-custodial penalty and that its effectiveness is likely to be all the greater because it involves the positive co-operation of the offender . |
| 5 | Here , indeed , this freak of fortune was felt to be all the more cruel on account of the impossibility of resenting it openly ; but this was nothing to the delighted grandfather . |
| 6 | Here , indeed , this freak of fortune was felt to be all the more cruel on account of the impossibility of resenting it openly ; but the delighted grandfather cared nothing for what the John Pontifexes might feel or might not feel ; he had wanted a grandson and he had got a grandson ; this should be enough for everybody … |