Example sentences of "more [adj] [conj] [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The passive is certainly more impersonal and factual than the active construction but nevertheless one feels that an analysis such as that of Palmer and Higgenbotham , which equates He was seen to walk away and He was seen to be walking away as both having the reporting " see that " meaning , loses sight of a slight but real semantic distinction . |
| 2 | Indeed as the public domain has become more impersonal and technical so the family has increased in importance . |
| 3 | While it was widely acclaimed by public sector authorities , voluntary organizations and professionals — though inevitably with some interagency squabbling and professional quibbling-its proposed ‘ agenda for action ’ was perceived as even more far-reaching and revolutionary than the Audit Commission report , although in fact many of Griffiths ' recommendations were themselves derived from the Audit Commission 's findings , translated into practical proposals . |
| 4 | Critics have since commented on the paradox offered by a Secretary of State sharply defining two categories of higher education — the one more theoretical and academic than the other — in the same year as he was energetically destroying similar categories in secondary education . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd think it would make them more sane and agreeable than the norm . |
| 6 | That is far more sensible and realistic than the politicians ' attitude that everything in the European garden is rosy . |
| 7 | This is one of the reasons why they 're already far more interesting and demanding than the wave of both American and British post-Nirvana types . |
| 8 | Celtic 's pressure , though , was more insistent than incisive and the visitors defended comfortably enough . |
| 9 | Perhaps chess would be more exciting and interesting if the rules were changed to allow the king to move two spaces once a game . |
| 10 | The courtly romances of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries were considerably more civilized and sophisticated than the Chansons de Geste of the early twelfth century . |
| 11 | As he held her she seemed to swell , as if another skin , another body , more calm and perfect than the one she had , grew out of her as token for that love of him which could in looks and words show itself so inadequately . |
| 12 | Instead , he seemed more calm and normal than the rest . |
| 13 | It is hard to think that the novelist intended the reader to find this even more gnomic and exasperating than the colleague seems to find it . |
| 14 | Nobody forces you to consume the equivalent of halfa dozen eggs at one meal , but it is very easy to do so , so if you have eaten a mousseline of scallops , red mullet , and écrevisses floating in a lake of sabayon sauce , then do not follow it with a honey ice cream or one of those ali baba affairs nor with a peach charlotte containing five egg yolks , but rather with a tarte fine chaude aux pommes acidulées , which is nothing more outlandish or richer than an old-fashioned apple tart made on a base of puff pastry . |
| 15 | Apollinaire had recently finished writing Le Bestiaire au Cortège d'Orphée and felt the name to be applicable to Delaunay 's work , partly because it was more lyrical and sensuous than the rather austere Cubism of the period , and also because he saw it as a form of ‘ peinture pure ’ which had analogies with music . |
| 16 | HRT is also of benefit for the intermediate symptoms of the menopause , those that do not appear until some time after periods have stopped but which tend to get more noticeable and troublesome as the years go by . |
| 17 | Of course the environment is very much more simple and unpleasant than the environment from which you 've just come . |
| 18 | He felt his strength powerfully , and a joy in flight far more real and powerful than the dreams and hopes had made of it in his cage at the Zoo . |
| 19 | We must look at this quest for beauty as a purpose more real and noble than the quest of the knights of old for the Holy Grail . |
| 20 | This account of the formation of nation states in Western Europe , and of the development of the sense of nationality as a fundamental social bond , is far more comprehensive and thorough than the rather abstract and historically restricted theories which purport to explain modern nationalism and the emergence of new nations in terms either of a reorientation of European thought , or of some general process of industrialization . |
| 21 | Thus their range of batch options is much more comprehensive and distinctive than the broad category we have used . |
| 22 | After all , what could be more natural and nutritious than a deliciously sweet grape dried by the sun ? |
| 23 | Staff will also benefit since the new garments should be more comfortable and practical than the current version , especially in a DIY environment . |
| 24 | Life there is more comfortable and humane than the old-style prisons , and it 's being seen as a model for the future . |
| 25 | Despite the grand titles of ‘ freedom ’ , ‘ democracy ’ and ‘ socialism ’ , Soviet-style communism inaugurated a ‘ reign of terror ’ far more widespread and horrific than the French Revolution . |
| 26 | A representation of reality from the standpoint of women is more objective and unbiased than the prevailing representations that reflect the standpoint of men . |
| 27 | Fair play embodied a new philosophy that was probably more pervasive and influential than the more widely known ‘ work-ethic ’ and ‘ call to seriousness ’ amongst the Victorians . |
| 28 | None was more famous or strange than the notorious Victory Arch ; and in his latest book , THE MONUMENT * , Samir al-Khalil weaves round the arch a fascinating and thoughtful study of totalitarianism and art . |
| 29 | These difficulties may arise especially when the program in question turns out to be more useful and successful than the parties originally envisaged . |
| 30 | However , the immunity that the live virus vaccine confers may be much more effective and longer-lasting than the present vaccines made with killed viruses . |