Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [adj -er] [conj] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone was closing their the theatres , but the independents and smaller circuits closed proportionally more , thus shifting the proportion of the box office take in favour of the conglomerates which owned the larger and more salubrious houses . |
| 2 | This provided a richer and more varied diet and a grander life style for those in the middle and upper ranks of society than would have been possible if they had been dependent only on the products of a self-contained peasant economy . |
| 3 | The authors conclude that the improving image of the game drew a wider and more respectable public , including more women . |
| 4 | Similarly with Debussy 's La Mer ; Porter found a gentler and less exciting alternative , this time the Ansermet recording , and again put Karajan in the Toscanini/Koussevitsky tradition , adding for good measure the name of Charles Münch . |
| 5 | On political union key issues included strengthening the role of the European Parliament and the concept of European citizenship , while the Mitterrand-Kohl joint letter added the wider and more sensitive issues of possible joint security and even defence policies . |
| 6 | In May 1958 , just a year after the Navy 's ‘ Fairlead ’ presentation at Greenwich , they mounted a larger and more elaborate seminar of their own , called Exercise ‘ Prospect ’ , at the Royal Commonwealth Society in Northumberland Avenue , London , to put the RAF case to the opinion-makers . |
| 7 | They came out into the corridor together , Rostov holding back as he allowed the older and more senior man to go before him . |
| 8 | Musicians without sinistral relatives showed a greater and statistically significant left ear advantage compared to those with a positive family history of left handedness who showed a non-significant REA . |
| 9 | It had been painted in 1876 and showed an older and more ethereal poet , his head rising , as is common with Watts 's portraits , from a vague dark column of a body into a spiritual light . |
| 10 | Moral standards imposed a further and more subtle restriction on women . |
| 11 | In some of his later work , such as Trinity House at Tower Hill , London , 1793–6 ( his finest urban building ) , and Hackwood Park , Hampshire , 1805–7 , he developed a heavier and more monumental style . |
| 12 | Jack Gardner , director of the management and information system unit at the college , says : ‘ We needed a faster and more accurate registration method and this works exceptionally well . |
| 13 | Churchill put a bolder and more sympathetic face upon his speech : ‘ During the brilliant performance the P.M. 's face was turned towards the Official Gallery , and covered with one of his hands . |
| 14 | Magritte 's career has not been examined in such detail in Britain since Sylvester curated a smaller and more exclusive exhibition for the Tate Gallery in 1969 . |