Example sentences of "his [noun] all the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The imperialist attitude was accommodated in his books all the more easily because he put the emphasis on service and sacrifice rather than on nationalist domination or material gain : an approach that may seem hypocritical to present-day readers was sincere enough in a man who set out to be a philanthropist and reformer and became a best-seller .
2 Cadfael went about his work all the more assiduously because a part of his mind was elsewhere , and he felt its absence as guilt , even though his concern was with a serious matter of justice , guilt and innocence .
3 Now that David has decided he wants to stay and fight for his place , he will have made his job all the harder .
4 He had bought his planes in dollars , so the falling value of the pound had made his repayments all the more expensive .
5 Well , this made his activity all the more comprehensible , did n't it ?
6 In fact Waugh had just written to him as a stranger to thank him for his ‘ ingenious and delightful allegory ’ — his gratitude all the warmer because , as he flatteringly remarks , he had tried to buy a copy and found it sold out .
  Next page