Example sentences of "to more [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government influence , ranging from direct bribery to more subtle forms of patronage and manipulation , it has been argued , played the key role in shaping the outcome of elections , with the result that , at least under Anne , the ministry of the day never lost a General Election . |
| 2 | The law has long recognised the right of society to remove children from parents who are believed to be damaging them and , in recent times , has become alert to more subtle kinds of damage . |
| 3 | The pursuit of the newsworthy , the move to more collective forms of journalism , and the ever-present desire to get copy into the papers , forces all journalists in one direction and towards that which will be interesting and a ‘ good read ’ . |
| 4 | A few farmers have adhered to or returned to more traditional methods of farming . |
| 5 | In Chapters 2 to 10 we take the various constructions in which English adjectives actually appear , and consider the grammatical and interpretative consequences of the intensional patterns which are expressed by those constructions , before returning in the final three chapters to more general issues of syntax . |
| 6 | Within the health service there is an established but still growing interest in the use of such data ti contribute to an understanding of the geographical patterns of disease incidence and to contribute to more general issues of health service resource targeting . |
| 7 | Many fundholding practices are already making loud protest at the reduced funds on offer as regions move to more equitable methods of allocation based on capitation . |
| 8 | Mozart 's work is exquisitely crafted : the instruments seem to engage in a continuous dialogue by turns thoughtful and considered , passionately enraptured ( as in the hauntingly beautiful C minor slow movement ) , and — in the rondo finale — playful , each soloist spurring the other on to more daring feats of imitation . |
| 9 | Competing accountabilities , it is argued , lead to more complex conflicts of interest and value trade-offs for managers in the public sector . |
| 10 | In general , the full analysis of a set of data consists of a sequence of tasks from data validation , through the exploratory production of graphs and summary statistics to more complex techniques of estimation and inference . |
| 11 | these strands have persisted through to more recent studies of policy-making . |
| 12 | The growth of industrial concentration and the size of firms , the acceleration of technological innovation , and the increased costs of restructuring sectors of private capital ( that is concentrating resources in more efficient units and transferring resources from declining to more profitable sectors of production ) all tended to undermine the effectiveness of the market as an ‘ automatic ’ regulator of the processes of capitalist accumulation . |
| 13 | Therefore in The Inheritors simile is linked to more explicit processes of reasoning , and metaphor is associated with a less analytical mental state . |
| 14 | Pollution levels in the city centre have been shown to be dangerously high , and these can only be reduced by encouraging a switch to more environment-friendly modes of transport . |
| 15 | This raises the question of whether exposure to higher oestradiol levels may contribute to more rapid development of disease in younger women . |
| 16 | The New York group is extending its naloxone work , says Jack Fishman , ‘ to more common-or-garden varieties of constipation ’ , such as those occurring after operations and in geriatric patients . |
| 17 | Between 1953 and 1970 , the high-yielding seeds , which were introduced in a number of LDCs , such as Mexico , Colombia , India , The Philippines , Sri Lanka and Indonesia , often led to more abundant harvests of rice or wheat . |
| 18 | Surrounded by water , the Red Lion is like an island and sometimes you have to resort to more adventurous modes of transport to get that lunchtime drink . |
| 19 | After a dozen or so of these , those of us used to more direct forms of speech are tempted to interpret them as self-parody . |
| 20 | When the more straightforward side of the questioning has been dealt with it is usual for the interviewer to move on to more difficult areas of assessment — motivation , enthusiasm , ability to fit in with existing staff , flexibility , readiness to travel if necessary , stability of home background , etc . |