Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a more [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As your children get older you will probably want to encourage them towards a more unselfish view of the world by pointing out that their rights have to be balanced against the rights of others — and that includes their parents . |
| 2 | But he wanted to assure them of a more overpowering reason : he needed to re-establish himself on his home ground as firmly and quickly as possible in order to launch himself on Mary . |
| 3 | He was another senior photographer for Surfing and reminded me of a more weatherbeaten Errol Flynn . |
| 4 | Besides the gnomon , or sundial , and the clepsydra , or water-clock , an improved version of which with a more constant flow was invented by Ctesibius of Alexandria c.270 BC , there is evidence of more elaborate instrumentation , such as the ‘ Tower of the Winds ’ which can still be seen in Athens , north of the Acropolis . |
| 5 | This aspect of Richards 's work is worth stressing , because it expresses a belief which is taken for granted by a great deal of literary scholarship and criticism , and which from a more modern point of view may well seem somewhat naive . |
| 6 | Taking controlled deep breaths will calm you down and get you into a more relaxed rhythm rather than a state of uncontrolled panic . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you in a more friendly mood this morning ? ’ |
| 8 | He is over in Lewes unfortunately , but he did offer so to do , er which I think would you know put you in a more informed position to pursue the matter with this committee . |
| 9 | Although a region is a contingent historical process within the society , just as is a place for an individual , the former , because of its institutional role in the society , manifests itself in a more permanent structure . |
| 10 | ‘ It will restore you to a more tenable position , yes . ’ |
| 11 | Devolution was seen by heads as a process that lent itself to a more collaborative style of management . |
| 12 | What we see here is some of the work which backs up her important argument ( published elsewhere ) that the popular and fragmented nature of postmodern culture yields itself to a more positive interpretation than most of the pessimistic ( and male ) theorists of postmodernism would have us believe . |
| 13 | For managers , the issue manifests itself at a more procedural level , and is now revolving around resource management . |
| 14 | Where such e-mail messages only occasionally form part of a key record of action ( like the pseudo minutes mentioned here ) , then formal training as part of the records management programme and manual could be the answer — training so that the users recognise such messages and transfer them into a more appropriate work area . |
| 15 | These codes set limits to meaning — ‘ objective possibilities ’ — while at the same time they leave open a space within which the operation of other elements in the music , its context and reception , can pull them into a more specific place in the network of social meaning , in line with the work of the articulating principles involved . |
| 16 | The assumption is that children from ‘ deprived backgrounds ’ are more likely to adopt racist attitudes and arguments because their cultural milieu is unable to equip them with a more enlightened understanding of the causes of their problems . |
| 17 | Whether this was simply false modesty on their part , or something of a more cosmic nature , Cornelius had always been eager to discover . |
| 18 | And finally , there 's no one with a more impressive grasp of the whole field of geophysics on Earth — or the Moon for that matter ( as his recent article ‘ The Moon 's deceptive tranquility ’ in New Scientist , vol 96 , p 174 , testifies ) . |
| 19 | Thus a cross-national study can tell us something at a more general level about how public enterprises ‘ work ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Would n't have helped him much , ’ Dawson said , ‘ but it might have put me in a more relaxed frame of mind . ’ |
| 21 | Early after the press conference Fleischmann and Pons advertised the explosion of their palladium block as prima facie evidence for fusion , but a year later Martin Fleischmann presented it to me in a more detached way . |
| 22 | The day-to-day operation of power stations remained under the control of the six National Grid Control Centres , which ( now they were freed from the financial provisions which had governed their relationship to the independent undertakings ) were able to run them in a more efficient merit order , reducing the cost of generation . |
| 23 | From time to time the Libyan police and armed forces have appeared in these accounts of Zuwaya politics , and it may be helpful now to say something about them in a more collected way . |
| 24 | However , to get a better grasp of the holism they embody , it is helpful to view them in a more critical spirit . |
| 25 | It might be argued that there are works of literature that deal with these themes , and deal with them in a more thorough manner . |
| 26 | You 'll probably catch them in a more receptive mood , too . |
| 27 | I wish to return to those qualities and define them in a more personal way , and with the help of a fine Middle English word : clanness , or ‘ cleanness ’ . |
| 28 | Surely it is better that new members feel that they are members of an organization which deals with them in a more personal basis and are not just another number . |
| 29 | In many cases pupils at Key Stage 2 will use the same kinds of resources as were used at Key Stage 1 , though they will be using them in a more sophisticated way . |
| 30 | He could have disposed of them in a more conclusive way on a bonfire or by throwing them down an old mineshaft . ’ |