Example sentences of "[vb base] more quickly [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both grass and clovers recover and grow more quickly when grazed hard for a short period and then rested for two to three weeks than they do under continuous nibbling . |
| 2 | They have a pleasant , slightly sweet flavour and cook more quickly than other dried beans . |
| 3 | However , it should be noted that the smaller specimens die more quickly than the larger ones . |
| 4 | We listen more quickly than we speak , and when we can anticipate what is coming next then we switch off . |
| 5 | This may or may not be desirable : administrators sometimes act more quickly than lawyers and judges ( they are certainly a lot less expensive ) , but they are always vulnerable to regulatory capture and they can make bad decisions if they are poorly funded and undermanned ( for some observations on this issue , see Areeda , 1992 . ) |
| 6 | This is because enzymes ( proteins that are responsible for carrying out the chemical processes within the body ) act more quickly as the temperature is raised . |
| 7 | Pigs breed more quickly than sheep , and produce larger litters . |
| 8 | If the casserole is still quite liquid , remove the lid from the pan and simmer more quickly until the sauce is reduced . |
| 9 | This has been shown in several scientific experiments which invariably indicate that overweight people eat more quickly than slim people . |
| 10 | What had happened to us could not , I thought , have been due entirely to education — not even to the idea that girls develop more quickly than boys to a certain point and then slow down ; but as I still clung loyally to my little world where all clergymen were good , all solicitors honest , and all philosophers and experts different from ordinary people and unquestionably right , I struggled hard against any idea that I might still be wiser than Bertrand Russell in some respects . |
| 11 | However , if babies suffer tissue damage for whatever reason , they show fewer behavioural disturbances and recover more quickly if they receive medicine which limits the effect of injury signals . |
| 12 | For instance , when subjects have to decide whether certain names are familiar or not ( say , Oliver Hardy ) they respond more quickly if they are shown , a few tenths of seconds earlier , a picture of a person who is associated with the target name ( Stan Laurel ) . |
| 13 | On such trials , subjects respond more quickly if the prime and target are related than unrelated , presumably reflecting a spread of semantic activation within the cognitive system . |