Example sentences of "a more [adj] form [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need to make films longer , in order to compete with American and French imports , also bred a more insidious form of dependence . |
| 2 | As in many other African countries , political developments in Burkina were dominated by moves to create a more pluralistic form of government . |
| 3 | ( Montaigne said that ‘ even constancy is a more sluggish form of movement ’ . ) |
| 4 | Studies which illustrate the pain and distress many relinquishing mothers experience for years to come ( sadly , information about fathers is unavailable ) would suggest a more inclusive form of adoption ( Panor and Baran , 1984 ; Winkler and Keppel , 1984 ) . |
| 5 | Where a centre is submitting a proposal for a course in whose subject area the centre has proven experience , a more devolved form of validation will be appropriate . |
| 6 | I suppose caning was a a more frequent form of discipline , in those days ? |
| 7 | The conservative aspect of the new bourgeoisie is that it establishes a more durable form of capitalism , but as Becker does not see socialism as the only way of ushering in progress , this does not present a problem for him in his depiction of the new corporate bourgeoisie as promoters of development . |
| 8 | Another example of a mirror charge , this time in a cylinder , is provided by Figs 2.22 and 2.23 , redrawn in a more suitable form in Fig. 2.36 . |
| 9 | That environmentalism may be superseded in schools , as it appears largely to have been in universities , by the locational analysis school is no guarantee of a more appropriate form of explanation . |
| 10 | Indeed that may be a more subtle form of propaganda than a constant barrage of criticism . |
| 11 | A more subtle form of restriction is to proceed by a philosophy akin to that of apartheid . |
| 12 | He sees consciousness as a more subtle form of matter and movement and the source of what we perceive both of the external world and of ourselves , our so-called inner processes lying in the non-manifest , pre-physical realm . |
| 13 | The overall conclusion to these studies is that organisations under capitalism are likely to have a more elaborate division of labour , hence a more extensive organisational hierarchy , make greater use of rules and procedures , and generally have a more complex form of organisation than would be the case if there were not a fundamental conflict being worked out within the firm between capital and labour . |
| 14 | The selector may try to assess the complexity of the language used , and how this relates to the linguistic experience of his various reader groups , bearing in mind that some subject areas , and the treatment of them , necessarily demand a more complex form of language than others . |
| 15 | A more regular form of distortion was the use of zoom lenses , changing focal length during a shot , in the 1960s . |
| 16 | House ownership not only confers higher social esteem than council accommodation but it is also a more profitable form of investment , particularly during periods of high inflation . |
| 17 | Much more closely associated with the state than was the case in the Christian churches that owed their allegiance to Rome , Russian Orthodoxy helped to promote both a more communitarian form of politics and a feeling that Russians were a ‘ special people ’ with a particular destiny to fulfil in terms of world civilisation . |
| 18 | ‘ Thus although , from a technical point of view , the old system of division of labour is thrown overboard , it hangs on in the factory as a tradition handed down from manufacture , and is then systematically reproduced and fixed in a more hideous form by capital as a means of exploiting labour power . |
| 19 | The Community began by taking the line that federations were clearly a more advanced form of government than nation states : it refused to countenance any challenge to ‘ the integrity of Yugoslavia ’ and , under the presidency of Luxembourg , made clear to the Slovenes that small countries were not viable in the new Europe . |
| 20 | It would provide the multitudinous popular committees and activities with a more advanced form of organisation and structure . |
| 21 | All other lorries will have to steer clear of streets originally designed for a more traditional form of transport . |
| 22 | John Hunt developed a more stylized form of briefing . |
| 23 | And it was criticised on the Right by neo-liberals who favoured a more liberal form of capitalism . |
| 24 | By the late 1930s , hire purchase payments , a more respectable form of credit which increased twenty-fold between 1918 and 1938 often totalled 3/ a week in the budget of a labourer earning about £2 . |
| 25 | Since the similarities between informal sector seasonal workers and formal sector factory workers are greater than between some groups within the informal sector , such as street sellers and seasonal workers , Bromley suggests a continuum of categories as a more useful form of analysis . |
| 26 | However , where word processing is simply a more efficient form of typing and requires no great understanding of design or layout , desktop publishing demands that these things be understood . |
| 27 | Equally , it may be socially desirable to enforce partial abatement of the fixed charge element for small users of electricity or gas rather than having to identify a more specific form of assistance . |
| 28 | Instead he proposes a more democratic form of professionalism in which there is a more equal exercise of power between individuals and groups within the caring professions and between them and others . |
| 29 | From this has emerged the suggestion that villages were an aberration in the landscape and that , in many cases , hamlets and farmsteads predated the villages and in some way represent a more normal form of settlement . |
| 30 | One importance of the continuum is that it is a more precise form of categorisation than the simple dichotomy . |