Example sentences of "more [conj] ever [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	He thus revealed that he was out of touch with contemporary reality and that the complex dynamics of civilian society were more than ever beyond the grasp of his mechanistic , military mind .
2	As the 21st century approaches , solicitors are more than ever at the forefront of commercial and community life .
3	It was unshakable in its main bastion , Britain , and elsewhere the prospects of social revolution paradoxically seemed to depend more than ever on the prospect of the bourgeoisie , domestic or foreign , creating that triumphant capitalism which would make possible its own overthrow .
4	‘ More than ever before the beer drinker and pubgoer needs a watchdog to protect their interests . ’
5	With her bouffant hair , her crimson lips , her plump raincoated figure hour-glassed by a tight belt , she looked more than ever like a matryoshka , a Russian doll .
6	In the half-light of the editing suite his face appeared more than ever like a mask , the nose attenuated , the skin smooth and polished .
7	She suddenly recollected that she was now the wife of the director of a large company , and drew herself up with what she hoped was some dignity ; but she only succeeded in looking more than ever like a pouter pigeon .
8	He looked more than ever like a baby blackbird , rakish , half-strangled and very dear to me .
9	Feeling more than ever like a cur , Neil turned the pages — but it was all of her that was left to him — and , he told himself firmly , he would read just enough to discover the truth about her … and why she had hoarded the cuttings .
10	Managers are more than ever in the public eye ; the scientific approach , in tactics , medical treatment , ground improvements , is commonplace ; floodlighting , numbered players , the ten-yard semi-circle are taken for granted .
11	Cut off more than ever from the society of my peers , I fell back on my mother .

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