Example sentences of "more [conj] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'd dealt more or less with the small firms even to the the extent of collecting dues . |
| 2 | The very fact that there are bodies in existence whereby such matters can be mulled over , experiences exchanged and ‘ fixes ’ established bodes more than well for the safe operation of such aircraft . |
| 3 | Someone suggested she touch up her lipstick , but make-up only made her look more than ever like the Spitting Image puppet of Bette Midler . |
| 4 | He used to enjoy telling us of the early trials of the Young husband expedition of 1908 which trekked more than halfway across the lonely reaches of Persia and Afghanistan , and over the Himalaya range to Tibet . |
| 5 | Worse still , interest rates shot up and Romania had to pay more and more to the Western banks simply to service the debt . |
| 6 | The image of the real parents contrasts more and more with the early infantile one , and this contrast includes others who become part of the superego , teachers and other authority figures … today we have the following problem : the inhibiting , controlling , and guiding function of the superego , which largely merges with the ego , is weakened through the weakness of the parents , through indulgent education which fails to train the ego , and through the general social climate of permissiveness . |
| 7 | Although the advertising industry is almost promiscuous in its use of verbal slogans , the creative emphasis falls more and more upon the persuasive power of imagery — slow motion shots demonstrating the lustrous lightness of newly washed hair , or the soft resilience of freshly laundered towels — in fact it would be tiresome to list the repertoire of non-verbal devices deliberately designed to by-pass a critical vigilance based upon language . |
| 8 | It has always been noticed that information technology skills , of which we shall need more and more in the coming years , have tended to lag behind the demand for those skills . |