Example sentences of "of more [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is true , it is the more important that active approaches and positive attitudes prevail , if enjoyment in books is to be kept alive in the face of more passive forms of entertainment . |
| 2 | Was this optimism justified , and what of more recent rays of hope ? |
| 3 | They were also convinced that rock music should be capable of more complex modes of expression . |
| 4 | Common Law treated a contract as voidable if made under duress , i.e. threats of violence to life or limb ; it took no account of more subtle forms of pressure — the unfair advantage taken of a man in distressed circumstances , the influence exercised in certain relations , such as that of a guardian and his former ward , or solicitor and client . |
| 5 | The first can be called the ‘ umbrella sense : ’ unreasonable is used here simply as a synonym for a host of more specific grounds of attack , such as taking account of irrelevant considerations , acting for improper purposes and acting malai fide , which , as Lord Greene M.R. himself said , tend to run into one another . |
| 6 | This is not to say that the emergence of more popularly-orientated styles of activity expressed a displacement of sectarian religious feeling but antislavery none the less did become an important channel for religious feeling which looked to a broader moral enhancement of English society and in turn that had to involve the full-hearted commitment of a myriad of individuals and groups . |
| 7 | However , education policy has embodied a constant tension between the pursuit of more democratic forms of education , and a more technocratic approach which emphasized uniformity , discipline and the development of standardized skills to meet economic needs . |
| 8 | Efficiency can no longer be achieved through the division of labour , but through the development of more efficient patterns of co-operation . |
| 9 | As a result of the first evaluation special attention was given to the development of more participatory methods of health education . |
| 10 | On the one hand it provides for the possibility of improved techniques for bringing about learning ; on the other it provides a rationale whereby such techniques can be explicitly identified as exemplars of more general principles of teaching . |
| 11 | In this way , the more specific question would be related to a more comprehensive framework of conceptual evaluation , and particular techniques seen to be realizations of more general principles of teaching . |
| 12 | He also preferred the Durham system to the Cambridge system because it afforded the chance of more general courses of study . |
| 13 | Are not consumers still being denied freedom of choice , resulting in delays in the introduction of more humane systems of husbandry ? |
| 14 | The development of more flexible systems of access and qualifications ( in particular modular credit schemes ) means that the educational life-pattern for any one individual is likely to be less rigidly linear than in the past , a situation which is foreshadowed by developments in the USA ( Stacey et al . |
| 15 | The patterns and rhythms of the sensory realm are only reflections of more fundamental attributes of Mind . |
| 16 | This implies that evaluation of techniques should be a sub-set of more ambitious terms of reference . |
| 17 | Encouraged by the acceptability of more popular styles of composition , willing but inexperienced composers are turning their hand to the production of ‘ home-grown ’ music . |