Example sentences of "[verb] a more [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As much as he talks of being driven by sporting ambition , his actions continually suggest a more cynical approach to the richest prize in sport . |
| 2 | It would create a much stronger business , able to compete more effectively and provide a more balanced service to customers , he said . |
| 3 | The incipient differences between NICRA and the DHAC had never been resolved and the Derry radicals and their allies in the Belfast Young Socialists were determined to provoke a more drastic challenge to authority than had occurred in Dungannon . |
| 4 | The substitution of the term " information " for the old " press and propaganda " , and its promotion to ministerial level seemed to indicate a more wide-ranging approach to questions of what the general public might know and think of the regime ; while the allocation of official attention to tourism suggested that , by contrast with the days of autarchy and isolationism , foreigners were henceforth to be encouraged to come to Spain . |
| 5 | In the case where an E is extended by qualification in order to provide a more suitable identification to an audience , as in ( 14 ) , it is entirely natural to assume that a P which does the qualifying — typically an attributive adjective , in traditional terms — will apply to or be valid for the entity identified by the whole pattern [ P E ] . |
| 6 | The aim , according to Bearpark , is to provide a more focussed approach to the areas in which they operate , which should enable a faster time-to-market . |
| 7 | The formal design process has thus evolved to provide a more stable route to the development of ideas . |
| 8 | Private and local jurisdiction was also shrunk by the reorganization of the royal courts to provide a more convenient service to litigants and prosecutors , who would rather get justice in the king 's court than risk appeal from lesser courts . |
| 9 | While Scotland 's qualification for the 1994 World Cup finals hangs in the balance , what happens after that has a more substantive look to it . |
| 10 | But there is another type of cat — more common than most people suppose — that has a more violent reaction to being over-petted . |
| 11 | If he needs a more imaginative approach to biblical meditation , show him the Ignatian method . |
| 12 | Because Kingman was deemed unsatisfactory , my Working Group was chosen carefully by Mr Baker , with the assistance of Mrs Angela Rumbold , Minister of State at the DES , to reflect a more conservative stance to the teaching of English . |
| 13 | In 1961 the Club was developing a more commercial approach to itself , in no small measure owing to Jack Webb who worked for the Club 's accountant , Spencer Ell . |
| 14 | We have a whole host of policies , some of which give guidance on erm controls in the open countryside but other ones actually sort of seek a more positive attitude to the problems and the needs of rural diversification . |
| 15 | A number of patients show a more general sensitivity to fungi , and are affected by inhaling spores from moulds . |
| 16 | Financial delegation was seen as a key factor in improving school quality because it encouraged a more systematic approach to policymaking and planning in school . |
| 17 | Personally , I would have preferred a more neurasthenic approach to the Berg — more febrile and phantasmagorical — and a slightly faster tempo for the first movement of the Stravinsky , as though it were the tightest clockwork mechanism . |
| 18 | It has possibly become the dominant issue in several state races but has also produced a more compromising approach to the abortion issue . |
| 19 | He thinks disco 's reputation as tacky is unfair : ‘ Disco 's got a more sophisticated approach to it , with the way it 's built up in layers . |
| 20 | But if MAFF 's original assessment for the UK 's LFA had been based on an objective survey rather than merely regurgitating the ‘ hill line ’ drawn up under the 1946 Hill Farming Act , it would have had a more reliable basis to which the results of its Hills and Uplands land classification could have been added to determine some meaningful handicap zones . |
| 21 | If this should prove genuine , it is about as welcome as a High Court summons — another document I expect hourly unless the Bradford branch of the Inland Revenue adopts a more compassionate attitude to its clients . ’ |
| 22 | It has evidently met with considerable enthusiasm , but there has been initial resistance from some staff and parents who still favour a more academic approach to teaching and learning . |
| 23 | Library materials , as they include a wider range of formats and a greater proportion of locally produced items planned for the known needs of known students , can make a more varied contribution to student learning than hitherto ; individual study has an increasingly important role in contemporary education , and the new potential of library materials is therefore timely . |
| 24 | Besides this direct funding of research , the Council believes that it can make a more general contribution to the development of science and technology policy . |
| 25 | Democrats in both houses of Congress responded to Barr 's decision by increasing their criticism of the Bush administration 's alleged obstruction of all efforts to investigate the Iraqgate allegations , and members of the House banking committee did not rule out the possibility that they would make a more specific request to Barr for the appointment of a special prosecutor . |
| 26 | However , by 1892 the immense amount of work on the structure and synthesis of organic compounds over the previous 25–30 years made a more systematic approach to naming these compounds necessary . |
| 27 | The working class had little direct input into public health and housing reform , but with the growth of collective action , in particular through the trade unions , it made a more significant contribution to later regulation such as rent control … |
| 28 | Chapman , along with many footballers , went to church regularly , but half-back and captain Lintott made a more positive contribution to Sunday worship — as a popular preacher . |
| 29 | It recommended a more co-ordinated approach to the funding and management of care placing the responsibility for allocation of funds , assessment of need and co-ordination of care with the local authority social services department . |
| 30 | The corporate-strategy literature now offers a more systematic approach to the precise definition of what the critical success factors need to be in each specific business setting and especially how they relate to each other within a model of success . |