Example sentences of "more [coord] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , for example , they are tested with full-strength or even half-strength milk , they show no preference for the more or the less sweetened examples . |
| 2 | Modern finishes tend not to encourage the ‘ nicotine ’ yellowing of binding any more and the chronically nostalgic will no doubt miss it . |
| 3 | a general enrichment of the concrete substance of civilized life , a general reduction of risk and insecurity , an equalization between the more and the less fortunate at all levels — between the healthy and the sick , the employed and the unemployed , the old and the active , the bachelor and the father of the large family . |
| 4 | Variations can also be expected to exist between the more and the less accessible rural areas , but few published data exist that allow this to be illustrated . |
| 5 | In practice — and even in theory — there is also a spectrum of the more and the less significant . |
| 6 | Again Hughes has clearly described the influences , movements and inputs which have questioned monolith models and which have drawn a distinction between the more and the less valuable insights of the practitioner . |