Example sentences of "more serious [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ibrahim al-Sanusi then spoke : the more serious the offence , the more difficult to make peace , the greater the compensation had to be ; it was important to know the offence . |
| 2 | In Canada and New South Wales , the emphasis of the schemes is on violence , so that , broadly speaking , the more it is used or threatened , the more serious the offence becomes . |
| 3 | The more serious the incident , the more likely it is that a judge 's professional neutrality and independence , as well as his legal training in taking evidence and establishing the facts , will be sought to command public confidence . |
| 4 | Where the breach is caused by inadvertent default the more serious the type of breach covered by the clause , the less likely it is to be reasonable . |
| 5 | The more serious the decision , the greater the capacity required . |
| 6 | Whatever the applicant 's interest , the more serious the illegality , the more likely that interest is to be sufficient . |
| 7 | The more serious the violation by the police and the less serious the charge the more likely it is that the evidence will be inadmissible , though there are occasions in Scotland where crucial evidence has been struck out in serious cases which include murder . |
| 8 | It is a fact that the more serious the crime , and the more awful the act , the more costly the nature of reconciliation . |
| 9 | As a general rule it may be said that the more serious the breach , the clearer the words needed to exclude liability for it , and that where the court is faced with a choice of two or more interpretations of a clause , it will favour the one which produces the most reasonable result . |