Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] ever in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became more interested than ever in this beautiful young man , Dorian Gray . |
| 2 | The Northern Foods shares are lower than they should be , because the stock market has got it into its head that competition is tougher than ever in the food business . |
| 3 | Testing revealed the car 's promise , but BRM 's future looked rockier than ever in 1961 . |
| 4 | She looked around for somewhere to sit , but the bed looked bigger than ever in the cramped room and his jacket lay discarded on the only chair . |
| 5 | In frightening contrast fitzAlan looked tough and completely immovable , and bigger than ever in the confined space of the alehouse . |
| 6 | The interview had left him with two clear intentions more firmly fixed than ever in his mind . |
| 7 | She thought that he looked nicer than ever in his evening dress , and sounded nicer now that he had dropped his brusque , cold manner with her again . |
| 8 | But at least she did not squint and his cast seemed more noticeable than ever in the morning , as if sleeping refreshed it . |
| 9 | Neil ‘ Map ’ Taylor of Kent : consistent as ever in his benefit year |
| 10 | These commercial matters were as much as ever in his mind . |
| 11 | And now he began to be more devout than ever in his prayers , more ardent in divine contemplations , more frequent in his vigils , more energetic in exhortations and in works worthy of imitation and more frequent in preaching ; thus becoming a pattern in word and deed of a holy life to all , Rich in the bowels of compassion , he relieved everyone who sought his assistance . |
| 12 | Perhaps now that the forests and other wilderness areas have nearly vanished , these carnivorous animals burn brighter than ever in our consciousness — solitary beacons of wild nature whose continued survival has come to represent the survival of wilderness itself . |
| 13 | That can not be compromised in any way so I shall still be as hard as ever in the ring . ’ |
| 14 | After the interval Saints were obliged to return to defence but , with Hearts as inept as ever in their build-up and finishing , Tynecastle 's smallest crowd of the season , 6,200 , were already resigned to a goalless draw . |
| 15 | Souness , 39 , is training with his first-team squad every day and has warned them he will be as demonstrative as ever in the dug-out . |
| 16 | It was in the reign of ‘ Farmer George ’ that drainage became more than ever in vogue , ‘ improvement ’ being all the rage . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Ours are just figureheads and that shows more than ever in wartime . ’ |
| 19 | Now , from the mid-seventeenth century onwards , they were more than ever in evidence , as pamphleteers and propagandists ready to justify them grew in numbers . |
| 20 | And belonging together , preferably in groupings with visible badges of membership and recognition signs , is more important than ever in societies in which everything combines to destroy what binds human beings together into communities . |
| 21 | This is more evident than ever in recent years with the amorally materialistic culture which has been encouraged by the present Government 's economic and social policies . |
| 22 | Bath was more beautiful than ever in the early summer . |
| 23 | Outside , the garden looked more beautiful than ever in the golden light of late afternoon . |
| 24 | Management 's role thus becomes a kind of balancing act ( this is sometimes called the ‘ stakeholder ’ theory ) , and it has to be even more persuasive than ever in ‘ selling ’ its proposals . |
| 25 | The great majority saw faithfulness as being as important as ever in marriage and condemned casual sex — more for women than for men . |
| 26 | There stood the Shah , impeccable as ever in a well-cut grey suit and rather loud time ramrod straight , his face , always , expressionless before the cold white stare of his father . |
| 27 | Winterbottom , who led England out in honour of his 50th cap , was as vigilant as ever in defence and always to hand in attack . |
| 28 | It was almost a relief when the door opposite suddenly opened and Ettore Di Leonardo appeared , immaculate as ever in a dark suit and sober tie . |
| 29 | Even Araminta had been sullen and silent ever since her mother 's death , and Theda had been relieved to see Mrs Alderley , who had driven over , elegant as ever in rustling black silk , to offer her condolences at a time when she knew all the men would be attending the service . |
| 30 | Hove , however , came back more determined than ever in the second half . |