Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a more [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She went out , leaving Peter Suvarov to wait for a more rational assessment of Julia 's state from Annunziata . |
2 | It would have to wait for a more opportune time , she decided , and replaced the receiver . |
3 | The information is used to affirm a unique individual profile , from which an individualised plan for the person is developed through a more equal relationship with the elder being assessed . |
4 | a unique individual profile , from which an individualised plan for the person is developed through a more equal relationship with the elder being assessed ( Key , 1989 , p. 69 ) . |
5 | Some of the procedures of discourse analysis will make for a more profound examination of this process . |
6 | I promise it will make for a more positive atmosphere around you . |
7 | Few performers would be entirely happy touring the country as , say , Oswald Mosley , although it might make for a more interesting evening dramatically . |
8 | Now we need to go for a more direct experience , feed in the kind of energy you get at raves , for example . |
9 | And indeed , to go for a more precise figure would suggest that I was making a particular point . |
10 | Even allowing for a more diverse class-composition , this village inhabits another world from that other . |
11 | Conversely , Henry VII 's shell is more tubular , probably allowing for a more natural appearance of majesty when positioning the funerary sceptres in the hands . |
12 | By contrast , the social survey was developed as a more generic method . |
13 | The ineffectiveness of prosecution , or the threat of prosecution , to deter large stores from Sunday opening has caused local authorities , who are charged with the enforcement of section 47 , to search for a more effective remedy , and as a result they have resorted to seeking injunctions to restrain stores from infringing the section . |
14 | It planned for a more open democracy to include a revision of " anti-terrorism " legislation and improvements in the field of human rights , media censorship and academic freedom . |
15 | We argued for a more discriminating balance of questions , statements and instructions ; for fewer pseudo-questions and more questions of a kind which encourage children to reason and speculate ; for more opportunities for children themselves to ask their own questions and have these addressed ; for oral feedback to children which without being negative is more exact and informative than mere praise ; for both questioning and feedback to strike a balance between the retrospective function of assessing and responding to what has been learned so far , and the prospective function of taking the child 's learning forward ; and for much more use to be made of structured pupil-pupil interaction both as a learning tool and as a means of helping teachers to function in a more considered manner and therefore more effectively . |
16 | Such a view was challenged in the middle of this century by Robert Walcott , who argued for a more sophisticated understanding of the nature of the party structure under William and Anne . |
17 | In some cases , especially among people of higher status , the letter is regarded as a more polite way of asking for the interview and it helps differentiate the interviewer , when he or she calls , from marauding salesmen . |
18 | Geoff Barnes of Casson Beckman believes that there would be fewer problems about audit fees if the audit was regarded as a more useful exercise both by members of the public and by business : ‘ As a profession we spend far too much time looking back and not enough time looking forward . ’ |
19 | Children are seen as learning to write by direct imitation of adult models , and accurate imitation is implicitly regarded as a more advanced achievement than the child 's own attempts to represent the writing system through ‘ pretend writing ’ . |
20 | In this respect , his pluralism can be regarded as a more sophisticated version of monism . |
21 | Pseudomelanosis coli is regarded as a more reliable indicator of chronic anthranoid laxative abuse of more than nine to 12 months . |
22 | Excluding prices of food , drink and tobacco , regarded as a more reliable guide to the underlying trend , factory gate prices rose 0.5 per cent during September and were 5.5 per cent higher than a year earlier . |
23 | Credit cards are now being regarded as a more acceptable method of settling accounts as the credit card companies guarantee settlement of the bill up to the credit limit of their clients ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
24 | Because in plasma cGMP has a longer half-life ( 15 min ) than ANP ( 1–2 min ) , cGMP can be regarded as a more sensitive marker for ANP release than ANP itself in many situations . |
25 | For these reasons , indirect taxes are usually regarded as a more flexible instrument of macroeconomic policy . |
26 | Charlie could have wished for a more cloudy night . |
27 | All other lorries will have to steer clear of streets originally designed for a more traditional form of transport . |
28 | But Richard Ingham , managing director of Beacham Peplow Noakes Advertising says he would opt for a more down-to-earth approach . |
29 | Bevin , impressed by Soviet intransigence during the foreign ministers ' conference at the end of 1947 , decided that the time had come for a more overt display of Western unity . |
30 | China could only wait for a more favourable opportunity to recover her rights . |