Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [art] more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A compromise might be agreed with whaling nations who dissent from voting for moratoria by allowing them a more restricted quota than originally proposed . |
| 2 | And banks say that John Major 's Treasury and local-government ministers have given them a more sympathetic hearing than Margaret Thatcher 's . |
| 3 | Fit electric air conditioning and , though we ca n't promise you control over the elements , we can promise you a more comfortable , efficient working environment . |
| 4 | Albert Spanswick came from the old school of trade union leaders and I found him a more persuasive advocate for health service workers than Rodney Bickerstaffe . |
| 5 | You can help give them a more self-reliant future . |
| 6 | Can I give them a more entertaining life indoors to stop them from going out so much ? |
| 7 | Can you give me a more exact picture of what the job involves ? |
| 8 | ‘ Can you give me a more precise opinion , as a medical person ? ’ |
| 9 | The odd large smooth stone and clumps of plants — including Java Fern which is indestructible and will grow on the bogwood — will give you a more varied effect . |
| 10 | Soon you will be able to see your skin texture improving , and your new positive attitude towards yourself will give you a more sunny view on life in general . |
| 11 | It will also give you a more objective idea of how an employer sees you when reading your application form or letter . |
| 12 | Do n't look at me I ca n't give you no more bloody loot |
| 13 | The DHSS may then send you a more detailed form to fill in and return . |
| 14 | Apparently , the guru had played little part in the proceedings , confining himself to putting records on the gramophone ; and this , for Eliot , seemed to render him the more sinister . |
| 15 | It hopes this will give it a more accurate picture of the actual casualty rate . |
| 16 | Of course , being a boy made it the more difficult , it would not be as easy , but it had begun to seem to her not impossible to keep in touch with Pen wherever he was . |
| 17 | Such an exercise of critical self-analysis will not only help make you a more appetizing prospect as a subject , it will probably benefit you artistically as well . |
| 18 | Workhouse building , despite the permitting of parishes to combine for the purpose in 1723 , was until 1750 largely an urban phenomenon , for in the countryside out-relief was proving itself a more flexible and still not frighteningly expensive option . |
| 19 | Thousands of students , particularly from Beijing , were sent to undertake ‘ social practice ’ during the summer vacation in the hope that contact With ‘ real life ’ would bring them down to earth and give them a more realistic assessment of society . |
| 20 | I mean the the later stages of the system had things like rule compilers and quite complex things which allowed you a more dynamic interaction with the system so you could actually build rules in and then some rules then erm allowed you to shall we say , partition out certain parts of speech . |
| 21 | He astounded his American masters by demanding that they give him a more worthwhile job or he would be on his way home . |
| 22 | The agreed cost reductions give us a more competitive position which will see us well placed to benefit from the expected upturn in our major markets . |
| 23 | A very famous Yoga teacher from India came to England and , after observing many Yoga classes , asked the instructor why it was that he did not first teach his students to sit , stand and walk with balance and coordination before teaching them the more complicated postures . |
| 24 | I like the way the modules build up to give me a more valuable qualification . |
| 25 | In retrospect , perhaps his greatest mistake since the coup was not to call elections to parliament and guarantee himself a more liberal body . |
| 26 | These changes , and those arising from the Act , are designed to give you a more efficient and an even better service — above all , a service that puts you , the patient , first . |
| 27 | To give you a more complete picture , this individual is 30 lb ( 13.6 kg ) overweight ( has dieted on and off but tends to end up back at square one ) . |
| 28 | Caboc is a cows ' milk cheese made in small cylindrical shapes and rolled in toasted oatmeal to give it a more distinctive flavour . |
| 29 | Mettwurst is similar to Teewurst but is always made from a mixture of pork and beef , is very smoky and often contains paprika to give it a more spicy flavour . |
| 30 | The poet writes as if the train were a woman to give it a more human and emotional element and to allow the reader to be involved with the journey on a deeper level than would be necessary if it were a simple poem taken from an objective rather than a personal view . |