Example sentences of "more [adj] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reticence is all the more striking when contrasted with the plethora of Second World War movies made both during the war and for many years afterwards . |
| 2 | However , atherosclerosis appears to be more extensive and to develop at an earlier age in diabetic patients ( Robertson & Strong , 1968 ) . |
| 3 | It was found that although a four-week tutorial programme had been prepared , the children in the mainstream school were far more receptive and accepting of the situation and could not see any reason for delaying the child 's integration . |
| 4 | The variations in prosperity in the North Side become more acute when observed on the smaller scale of the census tract . |
| 5 | One problem we have discussed as affecting the writer of the blueprint detective story is likely to be even more acute when embarking on an inverted story : the difficulty of making a static situation into an ongoing narrative . |
| 6 | Having stated the general duty of a doctor towards his terminally ill p it is necessary to examine how this general duty is made more specific and applied in the myriad real-life situations which arise . |
| 7 | It 's probably no more pleasant than living at the centre of some large , dirty , crime-ridden city . |
| 8 | Hot water is even more scarce and depends on the weather , or whether or not a fuse has blown . |
| 9 | Robyn swallowed and tried to work out whether she should feel relieved or even more depressed and decided after a moment on the latter . |
| 10 | The increased ionisation along the earth 's lines of magnetic force make them more conductive and leads to an increased current flow with consequent rise in magnetic flux levels . |
| 11 | The more light that falls on the eyes , the more the pupils contract to vertical slits ; the less light there is , the more they open up to round , black pools . |
| 12 | It is a family history that becomes much more interesting when set against the wider background of the local history of an important industry . |
| 13 | Coal-and gas-powered stations are more economical when used for a shorter period . |
| 14 | Craig hurried up the stairs as the knocking became more insistent and paused for a moment staring back to the hallway . |
| 15 | It is healthy ; it is strong ; and I think it will continue to grow and become even more exciting and challenging in the future . |
| 16 | Well I do n't like office , I love hotels and I think having meetings in a hotel 's more civilized than sitting in an office . |
| 17 | It made such stellar acquisitions as the Packard collection of Japanese art , twenty-five Chinese paintings from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties , a Bacchic group by Bernini , Monet 's ‘ Terrace at Sainte-Adresse ’ , the Robert Lehman collection , David 's ‘ Portrait of Lavoisier and his wife ’ , the Temple of Dendur , Canova 's ‘ Perseus ’ and Velasquez 's ‘ Juan de Pareja ’ ( still the most important single paintings acquisition since its purchase in 1970 ) and made the museum more accessible and inviting to the public . |
| 18 | Moreover , the principle of linguistic self-consciousness or reflexivity seems to be made even more explicit when transposed to the narrative model . |
| 19 | This was very much more simple than dealing with the naval officer . |
| 20 | Mr Berge asked what could be more appropriate than to open with a French composer ? |
| 21 | In contrast to the UK , German industrial policies seem to be more consistent and to evolve from a strong , integrated network of organisations . |
| 22 | Field dependence tends to arise in those who are more socialised and group-orientated in a society which emphasises order ; these people tend to have stronger perceptions and feelings for others . |
| 23 | Now she took care to change the subject and what could be more natural than to talk to the vet and his sister about Faustina and to speculate on what she might be doing at this moment . |
| 24 | So nothing could be more natural than going for a walk and holding hands with mum . |
| 25 | Russian society became increasingly more diverse and isolated from the state . |
| 26 | This is explained in detail in the paper , and the analysis in the paper ( and , indeed , the analysis presented at the time of the summer meeting for which the abstract was drafted ) is more sophisticated and based on a complete dataset . |
| 27 | I wished I had been more patient and stayed at the witchdoctor 's . |
| 28 | Providing for exceptional and individual needs may be more costly than providing for the average needs of fairly homogeneous groups of pupils . |
| 29 | Colour circles became ever more elaborate and orientated towards the practice of colour-mixing — witness those of Moses Harris ( c. 1770 ) and Michel-Lugène Chevreul ( 1839 ) . |
| 30 | For some of the later applications of paint , white was used in the mixtures , making them more opaque and contrasting with the areas of maximum transparency through which the white of the paper shines out . |