Example sentences of "[art] [adj -er] [conj] more [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is however much to be said in favour of the dearer and more specific articulation of substantive principles to guide the exercise of administrative discretion . |
| 2 | You drive along a narrow , twisting road half-way up a mountain of rocks and boulders , supporting nothing but scrub and heather plus a few of the tougher and more foolhardy breed of sheep , round a bend and then , suddenly , you look down and there is the valley , with its winding river , fertile fields , a village tucked away at one end , and a verdancy that knocks you for six with its lushness . |
| 3 | In this way Minton can be seen to have had an influence on the tougher and more abrasive realism that first emerged at the ‘ Young Contemporaries ’ exhibition at the RBA Galleries in January 1952 . |
| 4 | The broader and more difficult question remains . |
| 5 | There is a sort of self-regarding coldness about these bravura pyrotechnics that brings Martin Amis to mind , although Conrad is the brighter and more perceptive writer , as well as possessing the maturer mind . |
| 6 | Not only did this dilute the power of the incorporated companies , but there was no replacement by an equivalent power , for the larger and more amorphous body of investors was hardly as able to lobby against interest reductions or other schemes to lessen the weight on government . |
| 7 | In the Dili area that winter , there were 300 Europeans and 5,000 native villagers working on their sweet potato , pineapple , and peanut plots or in the larger and more ordered government plantations on higher ground where crops of rice , maize , and coffee grew . |
| 8 | Permission was given for " making of such engine or Engine Buildings or Buildings for the better & more effectual discovery , working and conveying on of such mines and veins … |
| 9 | It is , of course , history that what happened was not a crash programme of chauffeur training , but the lateral thought of do-it-yourself driving — the owner driver with the cheaper and more simple car such as the Model T. |
| 10 | The prouder and more articulate seaman had seen his pay and status in continuous decline from 1815 when , at the , end of the Napoleonic wars , " the government , without the least consideration for those who had battled on the ocean in defence of their king and country , disbanded the Fleets and cast adrift some thousands of Seamen suddenly to find employment in the merchant service " . |
| 11 | Rothwell ( 1982 ) , who also points to regional variations in the production of innovations , explains it not in terms of different local levels of entrepreneurship but in terms of the regional bias of R&D expenditure towards the South East , the older and more traditional technology structure of some northern regions , the unequal availability of venture capital between regions and the local planning environment for small firms . |
| 12 | The older and more knowledgeable horseman knew exactly what had happened and took immediate steps to neutralize this smell . |
| 13 | Here a door opened into the older and more modest side of the house , the side where , in stages of inferiority , less important guests , children and , in a still more distant wing , servants slept . |
| 14 | They came out into the corridor together , Rostov holding back as he allowed the older and more senior man to go before him . |
| 15 | Saga travellers are now jetting around the world , but in spite of the company 's undoubted success , as a 1989 report demonstrated there is little evidence that the British travel trade as a whole has fully understood the importance and increased spending power of the older and more prosperous customer . |
| 16 | This works best with the slower and more easily-controlled action of diNaEDTA , and is ideal for studying the location of delicate organic matter , such as shell membranes or algal and fungal filaments . |
| 17 | There can also be a knock-on effect of the higher and more innovative technology that some foreign firms employ , all through society . |
| 18 | Whereas Pope 's view of inconstancy begins in muck and ends in maggots , Leapor moves the discussion toward the higher and more generous ground of theology : |
| 19 | Unfortunately , the more we structure these issues the worse and more childlike behaviour becomes . |
| 20 | Compare the delicate creamy taste and springy texture of a Charme de France Brie with the softer but more traditional flavour of St Benoit Brie , both have a floury edible rind . |
| 21 | It now faces the harder and more protracted task of ensuring a smooth and efficient transition to free elections and a democratically-elected government . |
| 22 | The interaction between husband and wife was knocked off balance by a particular type of illness which resulted in a role reversal ; the stronger and more dominant partner became weak . |
| 23 | Frequently dependent on assumptions of common cause with film theory and criticism , television genre theory is uncomplicated by the longer and more complex history of aesthetics and poetics . |
| 24 | Early experience in exploring the environment at home should precede this , and will not only be stimulating as an activity in its own right but a helpful and positive preparation for coping with the wider and more varied situation of school . |
| 25 | Within that horizon , its doctrines may of course be affirmed and presented as true ; but the wider and more ample perspective of the study of religion in general can not permit such restrictions — though it may be engaged in by one who also , as a personal matter , adheres to a particular faith . |
| 26 | Such concerns bring into relief the wider and more fundamental problem of our criminal procedure : the conflict between certain procedural rights , such as the right of silence , and the object of determining the truth . |
| 27 | And yet Eliot had always been the subtler and more complicated man , shrewd enough to make his peace with an age to which he did not truly belong . |
| 28 | To cap it all TER has the richer and more atmospheric sound . |
| 29 | Years ago Moran loaned McQuaid money when he had started in the cattle business but now McQuaid was the richer and more powerful man and they saw little of one another . |
| 30 | Kendall 's explanation concerns the earlier and more vigorous industrialisation process which occurred in Britain and the USA , in comparison with continental Europe , favouring greater popular support for the laissez-faire economy and the values which supported it , with a correspondingly reduced role for the state and politics . |