Example sentences of "more [conj] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | have a job getting out of them and er you know more or less the higher chair 's |
| 2 | This means that the heads stay in more or less the right position when switching between applications , thus speeding things up a little . |
| 3 | It was more or less the first thing we checked . ’ |
| 4 | Bumboy not only won : it was more or less the sole survivor . |
| 5 | But , as James Fenton wrote in a piece about The Killing Fields published in Tatler , with specific reference to Al Rockoff : ‘ More or less the only thing you do is try to get as close as possible to people who are killing each other — and take photographs of them . |
| 6 | Another result of the ease and availability of the Pill is an assumption that this is more or less the only method of birth control . |
| 7 | If animals , particularly mature birds and the higher mammals , are taken as possessing more or less the full range of human capacities , with the exception perhaps of moral agency , and if the only dissimilarity is that the capacities are manifested in more limited ways , then there will be an almost irresistible temptation to give them moral status approaching that of recently discovered Stone Age tribes such as the Dani of Irian Jaya . |
| 8 | Giving in , or submissive behaviour , is more or less the opposite side of the coin to aggressive behaviour . |
| 9 | It 's more or less the hard ground . |
| 10 | ‘ Hippy ’ on the flip is more or less the same song with the addition of a fuzzbox . |
| 11 | Unfortunately it does n't work like that — you know that two cars of the same make will drive in more or less the same way , but two horses of the same size , shape and age can be totally different . |
| 12 | I remained a TV reporter , doing more or less the same kind of interviews as for TWW . |
| 13 | It was something I wanted to do , but i I did n't know that until it started to happen , and then with the removal business too it 's more or less the same kind of thing . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most interesting property of all , though , is that the range of sizes present at any one point in an air-fall pumice deposit is rather restricted , so that the fragments tend to be all more or less the same size , or to put it formally , the deposit is said to be well-sorted . |
| 15 | They are situated on practically adjoining hills and are more or less the same distance away from Gubbio . |
| 16 | She told me more or less the same story as Eric — that they are reserving double the usual amount of space for Jefferson over the second half of the year . ’ |
| 17 | But if we look at distant galaxies , there seems to be more or less the same number of them . |
| 18 | The ‘ heavies ’ all carried more or less the same picture of a statuesque blonde , at first sight naked , standing on the rostrum , her arm outstretched in the direction of Sir Charles Webb-Bowen , whose incredulous , even leery expression , was later to be the cause of much hilarity . |
| 19 | A couple of winters ago , caught out on a patch of ice , she 'd had a mild argument with a lamppost , damaging more or less the same spot that had been damaged again today . |
| 20 | When partners are more or less the same age , this slower response will be balanced by the older man 's more delayed reactions . |
| 21 | They wear more , more or less the same sort of er material through the year . |
| 22 | well this people I mean with , with , that I mean that really is more or less the same amount as the other companies have said for er more or less the whole lot , so why the wardrobes are so cheap and yet the , the bed surrounding is so expensive , we do n't know |
| 23 | The station itself was being supervised by a presiding officer ( £96.55 ) doing more or less the same thing . |
| 24 | Rosemary said more or less the same thing to Leith when next she saw her , and Leith realised she could not interfere , but just be there when Rosemary needed a friend . |
| 25 | Are her and Bren still in the , more or less the same boat , they kind of just , mustering through as it were ? |
| 26 | Port Solent offers berth holders more than just the first class yacht sales and repair facilities of the south coast 's most prestigious marina , it also offers 24 hour access 365 days a year . |
| 27 | From the helicopter of Wiltshire Police a stolen Porsche Carrera was filmed travelling along the M4 at speeds more than double the legal limit . |
| 28 | Grim as events might seem , Britain could not contemplate a ‘ massive new immigration commitment ’ which could ‘ more than double the ethnic minority population of the United Kingdom ’ . |
| 29 | A second runway would more than double the present number of take-offs and landings . |
| 30 | In 1999 , the average daily number of remand prisoners ( including those detained in police cells ) was 10,470 , more than double the 1976 figure of 5,090 ( Home Office , 1977b , 1990f ) . |