Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] a more [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the procedures of discourse analysis will make for a more profound examination of this process . |
| 2 | I promise it will make for a more positive atmosphere around you . |
| 3 | Few performers would be entirely happy touring the country as , say , Oswald Mosley , although it might make for a more interesting evening dramatically . |
| 4 | But Richard Ingham , managing director of Beacham Peplow Noakes Advertising says he would opt for a more down-to-earth approach . |
| 5 | China could only wait for a more favourable opportunity to recover her rights . |
| 6 | She did n't know of a more loving couple than her mum and dad . |
| 7 | He will have a certain power and extensive influence , and his Queen will fall into a more supporting role . |
| 8 | On the other hand , Risk was seen as being a possible focus for dissent on the Board , as someone who would interfere with hard decisions that might have to be made about Distillers , and who would , therefore , behave in a more executive role than had been envisaged , rather than as a figurehead . |
| 9 | I 'll try and behave in a more grown-up fashion … " |
| 10 | ‘ Now , Adam , ’ she re-entered the kitchen with her chin tilted defiantly upward and a challenging glint in her tawny eyes , ‘ what 's so important that it could n't wait till a more reasonable time of day ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And I ca n't think of a more appropriate place for you . ’ |
| 12 | And erm Milly said ha ca n't think of a more suitable candidate and swept off ! |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't think of a more opportune time , ’ said the Loremaster . |
| 14 | But there is no question so difficult that Mr Kinnock can not think of a more difficult answer . |
| 15 | ‘ Can you think of a more compelling reason ? ’ |
| 16 | And of a truth vile Epicurism and Sensuality will make the soul of man so degenerate and blinde , that he will not only be content to slide into brutish immorality , but please himself of this very opinion that he is a real Brute already , an Ape , Satyre , Baboon ; and that the best of men are no better , saving that civilising of them and industrious education has made them appear in a more refined shape , and long inculcate precepts have been mistaken for connate Principles of Honesty and Natural Knowledge , otherwise there be no indespensible grounds of Religion and Virtue , but what has hapned to be taken up by overruling Custome . |
| 17 | Occasionally the demands of senior politics and junior fun could clash in a more direct way . |
| 18 | Computer Easy Draw is a competitively priced drawing package for use with Windows 3.0 and 3.1 , and has many of the features you would expect from a more expensive program , plus easy to use animation software . |
| 19 | Also from selected Victoria Wine stores is a sauternes in half-bottles with all the creamy , nutty complexity you might expect from a more elevated chateau , a snip at £2.99 . |
| 20 | It still represents a cost to the Exchequer and a loss of potential output , but it can be argued that it is not particularly distressing to the people concerned and , for the economy as a whole , it may actually result in a more efficient use of labour : this is because high short-run unemployment may be a reflection of greater mobility of labour between jobs and areas and consequently may result in the labour force being more suitably and productively employed . |
| 21 | Not only does this result in a more palatable food but the extrusion process makes the food more digestable and therefore more nutritious . |
| 22 | Although ethnicity is not coterminous with regional or racial origin , both may contribute to a more general sense of distinctiveness with which a sense of linguistic distinctiveness is often associated . |
| 23 | I would see through a more coactive involvement in Europe , and establishing not just the physical link of the chunnel but expanding it right up to the northwest , a line that goes right the way through , that there is a material benefit to this area , from that connection . |
| 24 | We can not now implement the whole of that programme and must look for a more concessive approach , capable of accommodating the competing strengths of individualism . |
| 25 | Ideal , say , for a university library building up stock — particularly if secondhand wants lists were being compiled — though someone revising the history stock at a small public library service point would look for a more selective tool . |
| 26 | Secondly , institutional changes have also been introduced which hopefully will provide for a more cooperative relationship between the Council of Ministers and the EP . |
| 27 | The soft conventionalist could search for a more abstract consensus yet . |
| 28 | We must be aware that paralysis of sign could occur in a more subtle fashion . |
| 29 | Men 's habit of working through power and domination , with all the related politics , simply does n't work in a more personal environment . |
| 30 | There is no doubt that future historians will look to a more complex structure of data . |