Example sentences of "more [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ( 1989 ) , combining GHS and British Crime Survey ( BCS ) figures , suggest that household burglary rose by 17 per cent while police figures showed an increase nearly 8 times more -127 per cent .
2 For long-distance cruising , the Calibra is the better choice , if only because it has a more absorbent and quieter motorway ride .
3 Acrylic , emulsion and gesso grounds tend to be more absorbent than oil and alkyd grounds .
4 Acrylic , emulsion and gesso grounds tend to be more absorbent than oil and alkyd grounds .
5 The more absorbent the rocks the longer the protection will last .
6 The quality of printout depends mainly on the type of paper used , the more absorbent it is the more the ink soaks in and the image blurs .
7 The new substitute , made from eggshells , milk and titanium dioxide , has capilleries which make it more absorbent then other substitutes .
8 Perhaps a shimmering dry Martini cocktail ( minimum dilution , stirred , not shaken ; and served straight up ) looks even more refreshing , though its effect is that of a silver mallet .
9 • Mix soda or mineral water with fruit juices for a more refreshing drink — and get twice the amount for your calories .
10 Mix fruit juice with water for a more refreshing longer drink and check our guide ( below right ) for your best calorie choice
11 Much nicer and far more refreshing than the bland oiliness of avocado and prawns , a combination which still baffles me .
12 ‘ What can be more refreshing to the feelings of an artist , than to observe the localities of colour subdued and almost amalgamated with the floating atmosphere ; the fore-ground in chastened tones and tints , and the distances swimming in celestial blue ? ’
13 What could be more refreshing , for instance , than to sit in the sun sipping a glass of one of the latest fruit wines ?
14 And while others are softening the mood for the Nineties , Versace has stuck resolutely to his guns , and looks all the more refreshing for it .
15 But if it is short , it is also dynamic and various , altogether more refreshing than the endless dunes of the Landes , north of the Adour .
16 I know of no herb whose pungency is more refreshing and calming to inhale , yet its medicinal applications give no indication of these properties .
17 Both are more refreshing than a toner — and more effective methods of removing the last traces of make-up and oil .
18 I loved working with Dana , and yet as time went by and we produced more and more collaborative poems I began to long to get my own poetic and personal identities back .
19 By contrast , the research studies were looking more broadly at the whole child care service , and seeing the remedies prescribed by previous reports on similar scandals spreading over the whole system , and informing a confrontational , antagonistic and defensive approach to work requiring a more collaborative and inclusive spirit .
20 Devolution was seen by heads as a process that lent itself to a more collaborative style of management .
21 Baker is keen on more collaborative projects in key technologies .
22 In this way too Compacts can be seen as a mechanism for creating a more collaborative approach amongst all the different agencies responsible for providing education , training and employment .
23 The group agree to develop more collaborative projects .
24 Coburn wrote his first four part storyline in two sections , starting with the quest for fire plot , which he named ‘ The Tribe of Gum ’ before going back to the very first episode , which had to be a more collaborative effort with the Script-Editor and the Producers .
25 The change is from control through the exercise of authority to a more collaborative leadership role . ’
26 There is also some evidence , but very limited indeed , that girls may prefer a less competitive and more collaborative style of working , so that classrooms which are resource based and organised for group working tend to be classrooms where girls thrive .
27 Perhaps there is a need for a more glaciological type of geomorphology and a more geomorphological type of glaciology .
28 Men may , for example , both see themselves as ‘ stronger ’ than women and tend to see women as more weak and passive , but also see women as having a power over them that can seem to engulf the man in forms of emotional dependence by which he may feel threatened .
29 He accepts that his children play less than other children , but considers this is normal for children of high ability who demand more absorbing tasks .
30 It closes with a reading of a series of formulae from one of his papers but even here , where the ‘ mathematicalness ’ of the performance is forced on you , the dance is more absorbing .
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