Example sentences of "more the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once more the turbulent bilious jungle rushed by beneath the plascrystal train-tube . |
| 2 | Paradoxically , the more the middle class increased and flourished , diverting resources towards its own housing , offices , the department stores which were so characteristic a development of the era , and its prestige buildings , the less went relatively to the working-class quarters , except in the most general form of social expenditure streets , sanitation , lighting and public utilities . |
| 3 | It had , of course , once more the Eastern Orthodox Churches in mind at that point , but again the principle is no less valid in regard to all other Christian Churches . |
| 4 | Lastly , it may be noted that the male skull is less rounded , the female skull tending to retain more the adolescent form . |
| 5 | It is more the other way round , they would buy a record because it was n't in the charts . ’ |
| 6 | So I become more the other person rather than utilizing and using up my own pain . |
| 7 | And once more the other rats started their scratching and squeaking . |
| 8 | Introverts are more the other way round whereas they 've got narrow interests , narrow fields of interest but they look at them in depth . |
| 9 | overall certainly if they 've got children , but if we get above thirty , forty thousand a year , it 'll take more the other people who 've gained so much |
| 10 | What is more the new structural information shows that the methyl radical 's expected pyramidal shape relaxes into a planar structure . |
| 11 | It was more a punishment than a kiss and she hated it , but she hated even more the first faint stirring in her blood . |
| 12 | It would not cost the Exchequer anything more the first year , because a 25 per cent . |
| 13 | The deeper into Kent Julie drove the more the two women began to feel as if they were the only people left on earth . |
| 14 | The orthodox view of civil pre-trial procedure is that the more the two parties know about the real issues between them the more likely it is that a ‘ realistic ’ settlement can be reached . |
| 15 | The study found that the less useful the new product , the more the Canadian drug companies charged for it . |
| 16 | Scrope was much more the courtier than his father had been : a participant in court masques and festivities , and notorious as a gamester , burdened with large gambling debts . |
| 17 | Then once more the deep blue eyes grew serious . |
| 18 | The further into the future the perceived crisis , the more the chief executive will need to rely on introducing some flexibility into the corporate strategy to facilitate a change in direction in future if it becomes necessary . |
| 19 | As trading becomes less and less directly connected with physical trading floors , or even a particular trading system , the rulebook becomes more and more the key determinant of the exchange 's identity and objectives . |
| 20 | Local education authorities have less autonomy and become more the administrative arm of the Department of Education and Science , delivering a system of education within the well defined orbit of circulars and orders in council . |
| 21 | Here and here alone the bourgeois and even more the petty bourgeois family could maintain the illusion of a harmonious , hierarchic happiness , surrounded by the material artefacts which demonstrated it and made it possible , the dream-life which found its culminating expression in the domestic ritual systematically developed for this purpose , the celebration of Christmas . |
| 22 | It could even be suggested to him that he leave Vietnam and ‘ take up once more the philosophical studies to which he had devoted a great deal of his previous life ’ , and it might also be suggested that ‘ there would be pension adequate to support him in those studies ’ . |
| 23 | the tighter the brief as defined by the ultimate report user , the more the latter is likely to be satisfied with the end result |
| 24 | Clearly the bigger the settlement , the more the greater the significance one might expect from the rail network in this context . |
| 25 | From another perspective , however , his comments would appear to be anachronistic , reflecting far more the sectarian , persecuted mentality of 1928–32 , than the popular front attitude of post-1934 . |
| 26 | Once more the long gleaming blades clanged together , the clear bell-like notes of their joyous battle song sounding loud in the high-walled arena of death . |
| 27 | But he envied more the great herring gulls and black-headed gulls which he watched through the bars of his cage as they soared on the summery winds , the white and grey of their feathers caught brightly by the sun as they banked into a turn . |
| 28 | Yeah and it 's more the job-seeker side |
| 29 | A couple of grand prix wins came in 1963 and two more the following year before another highly successful season in 1965 saw three victories and a string of second places for Jackie Stewart and Hill . |
| 30 | Once more the blue eyes moved over her body with appreciation , confusing yet exciting her at the same time . |