Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] the more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob bent down , too , and moved discreetly about picking up the more obviously feminine articles of clothing around the floor . |
| 2 | She advises her clients to involve the users in producing a list of the problems they are expecting an accounting system to solve , in addition to drawing up the more traditional features ‘ hit-list ’ . |
| 3 | Basically they can add or subtract , and anything more complicated than this has to be achieved by breaking down the more elaborate procedures down to a sometimes large number of successive steps . |
| 4 | Hitherto it was thought that natural selection is standing still , or merely weeding out the more harmful defects . |
| 5 | Such situations have to be handled delicately , without putting down the more extrovert or putting too much pressure on the more introverted to make a contribution . |
| 6 | The evolution of the biosphere — indeed the very existence of the biosphere — came about by taming the worst excesses of incoming solar radiation by screening out the more harmful rays . |