Example sentences of "more [adj] than [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As I look at the shabby , commercialised and demoralised society in which I write I am more convinced than ever that the political analysis on which I was brought up was right . |
| 2 | This message is as relevant now as it was in 1940 and is more urgent than ever as the myth of material progress loses its power . |
| 3 | Compulsory admission for treatment ( section 3 ) is possible , but the conditions are now more stringent than formerly and the periods of initial and subsequent detention have been reduced to six months , a further six months and then for one year at a time , and the patients ' rights of appeal to the Mental Health Review Tribunal have been strengthened . |
| 4 | The practice started when postmortems were more common than now and the intention was to protect the ‘ outsider ’ from the smell . |
| 5 | Lloyds Bank fund manager Michael Smith says : ‘ If the stock market picks up , as many are suggesting it will , PEPs will look more attractive than ever because the tax-free capital gain will be more valuable for someone who has consistently invested . ’ |