Example sentences of "the more [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more recent studies of discourse analysis have captured the tones which people use to talk of others . |
| 2 | Before examining the more recent developments in self-advocacy and normalisation , however , we need to consider the two approaches which have been prominent and have dominated the emergence and style of professional practice over the past 50 years : the medical and educational approaches . |
| 3 | Nowadays the keen water gardener has become far more selective when purchasing waterlilies , either trying to obtain some of the rarer varieties or experimenting with some of the more recent introductions of nymphaea , especially some of the outstanding new varieties that have been produced in America . |
| 4 | Among the host of popular classes that have been running for several years — upholstery , art , body conditioning , keep fit , body talk , jazz dance , electronic organ , and two levels of French — there are also the more recent additions of appreciation of poetry , yoga for beginners and dressmaking . |
| 5 | Much the same range of locations seems to prevail for the more romanized forms of housing . |
| 6 | There are also the more usual options of Output for saving and printing , Help and Quit . |
| 7 | Then each instruction at the normal level of machine code ( such as " store accumulator " ) is implemented as a sequence or microprogram of such primitive operations or micro-instructions ; the more complex instructions of course require looping and conditional jumping in the microprogram , just as in conventional programming . |
| 8 | This approach is most likely to apply to the more complex issues of quality control , and to the improvement of processes , where machine functioning and location , materials used and other factors need to be seen in context , if changes are to be made in the process . |
| 9 | It is informal in operation , by its nature unequal in its distribution and in practice a means of subverting both unredeemed meritocracy and the more complex goals of equality of opportunity . |
| 10 | The main principle is that the secretarial aspect should not be allowed to predominate in the assessment while the more complex aspects of composition are ignored . |
| 11 | He is guaranteed to find his plans frustrated by the more powerful departments of state , unless he runs constantly to Major for backing . |
| 12 | Steam galas are fun , but the more mundane tasks of winter maintenance are every bit as important . |
| 13 | But the biggest demand for non-manufacturing robots will be in the more mundane fields of warehousing and transport . |
| 14 | Some schools are so overburdened by all this activity that they have been forced to draft in extra staff to deal with the more mundane aspects of education — like teaching children . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , government ministers faced calls for their resignation , and Yeltsin acted to ban the more blatant manifestations of opposition activity . |
| 16 | On the other hand the revival of the women 's movement since the 1960s bears witness to the failure of women 's suffrage in itself to achieve substantive equality between the sexes , or even to abolish some of the more blatant forms of discrimination against women enshrined in much traditional law and practice . |
| 17 | Also extremely important because not only will this remove the more entrenched areas of dirt and grit , but it will also put a degree of essential moisture back into the fabric . |
| 18 | That comedians work better with an audience is also one of the more convincing justifications for democracy . |
| 19 | ‘ Boy labour ’ in all spheres was a transient period of employment , and even in the more essential areas of work boys would lose their jobs — whether as ‘ nippers ’ or ‘ handy lads ’ in factories , or as van boys and messenger boys — when they reached early maturity and lost their enthusiasm for boyish wages . |
| 20 | We were , of course , concerned with some of the more lethal forms of amphetamine tablets and the more dangerous LSD , although the latter was manufactured in the UK by highly organised gangs as highlighted by the police Operation Julie , later made into a television documentary . |
| 21 | Exotic scent mingled with the more religious smells of incense , furniture polish and veneration . |
| 22 | Lying about my family 's social status came easily enough , but there was nothing I could do about the more visible signs of poverty . |
| 23 | Sir Adrian personally believes there is a lot of satisfaction to be derived from being a top executive , although he spurns the more visible trappings of success . |
| 24 | The Campa Indians have been forced into the more remote regions of Gran Pajonal due to the migration of Peruvian settlers from the coastal and Andean cities . |
| 25 | These societies may have comprised small political units and low population densities when compared with the more concentrated areas of consumption discussed above . |
| 26 | ‘ As I became more experienced I wanted to branch out and the more technical aspects of triathlon , particularly the cycling , interested me . |
| 27 | Where does this leave the more ordinary requirements of morality ? |
| 28 | The ability to help or to harm was not the least of the tools in the politician 's inventory , and it may indeed have been of greater value than some of the more troublesome varieties of patronage , where a favour for one could easily anger others who were disappointed . |
| 29 | There is no need therefore to resort to the more restrictive provisions of Part I of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 to admit hearsay evidence in the county court and High Court . |
| 30 | ‘ His tactical awareness was second to none — but he did n't want to know some of the more boring aspects of management . |