Example sentences of "[vb -s] [det] [conj] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks more and more like a cover for a pax americana . |
| 2 | John Smith sounds more and more like a left-of-centre Conservative minister . |
| 3 | As Sartre insists more and more upon the virtues of specificity ( II , 200 — 05 ) , such is his distaste for Marxist or any other universalizing categories that he refuses even to countenance them , attempting to replace concepts with specificities , universals with singulars . |
| 4 | The very fact that there are bodies in existence whereby such matters can be mulled over , experiences exchanged and ‘ fixes ’ established bodes more than well for the safe operation of such aircraft . |
| 5 | Although the advertising industry is almost promiscuous in its use of verbal slogans , the creative emphasis falls more and more upon the persuasive power of imagery — slow motion shots demonstrating the lustrous lightness of newly washed hair , or the soft resilience of freshly laundered towels — in fact it would be tiresome to list the repertoire of non-verbal devices deliberately designed to by-pass a critical vigilance based upon language . |
| 6 | The image of the real parents contrasts more and more with the early infantile one , and this contrast includes others who become part of the superego , teachers and other authority figures … today we have the following problem : the inhibiting , controlling , and guiding function of the superego , which largely merges with the ego , is weakened through the weakness of the parents , through indulgent education which fails to train the ego , and through the general social climate of permissiveness . |
| 7 | The passage has virtually no narrative progression : indeed , it begins more or less at the end of the interview . |