Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | China could only wait for a more favourable opportunity to recover her rights . |
| 2 | We could hardly wish for a more graphic portrayal of the son who is tied to his domineering , aggressive mother by ties of love , but who has to be a hero in the eyes of the world to prove his masculine worth . |
| 3 | You could hardly ask for a more exhilarating way to kick off the week 's traces . |
| 4 | Conversely , Henry VII 's shell is more tubular , probably allowing for a more natural appearance of majesty when positioning the funerary sceptres in the hands . |
| 5 | He also called for a more concerted moral drive to check the spread of AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ) in Africa . |
| 6 | All other lorries will have to steer clear of streets originally designed for a more traditional form of transport . |
| 7 | Even allowing for a more diverse class-composition , this village inhabits another world from that other . |
| 8 | The enormous contribution made throughout history — particularly in the arts — to society by homosexuals should surely make for a more tolerant and sympathetic understanding than to refer with such scorn to Wilde 's ‘ abnormal and filthy practises ’ . |
| 9 | Some seem to have been rebuilt on a larger scale , presumably to cater for a more centralised population ; an example may be Wharram Percy in Yorkshire . |