Example sentences of "[noun] more [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " with the view to promoting the co-operation of the two schools and the possibility of avoiding the teaching subjects in the two schools having a tendency to overlap and so bringing the two schools more fully in accord with the requirements of the town . " |
| 2 | Doing this will help your voice spring more spontaneously into action . |
| 3 | Elizabeth was determined to preserve within her church a number of liturgical features which were roundly condemned by more radical Protestants as popish , and throughout her reign she consistently thwarted the efforts of those who sought to bring English Protestantism more closely into line with its continental counterpart . |
| 4 | Yes , he 's always jumping on me to tell me to do more for local radio and get South East Arts and South East Arts clients more regularly in contact with local radio , and I must admit on the latter case I do think that many of our clients do spend a great deal of time and erm want to be active with local radio . |
| 5 | We will be discussing Keynesianism more fully in Chapter 8 , but for the moment we must attend to the adequacy of the adversary politics thesis . |
| 6 | Let me approach the theme of this chapter more circumspectly by way of literary reference . |
| 7 | Mercury 's orbit is fairly eccentric , and therefore a tidal bulge would be acted on by the Sun a good deal more strongly near perihelion than elsewhere in the orbit . |
| 8 | It was argued that it allows litigation which would otherwise not be brought , that the lawyers involved act more conscientiously on behalf of their client because of the mutual financial interests , and that it is a simpler method of payment . |
| 9 | Bureaucracies have power resources which enable them to exercise influence more directly on policy choices ( Rourke 1969 ) . |
| 10 | We will be discussing these matters more fully in Chapter 11 , but let us elaborate a little now on the Left perspective on the European Community and the International Monetary Fund . |
| 11 | it enables firms to introduce products more quickly in response to competition . |
| 12 | According to Joly , basalt , obsidian , orthoclase felspar and hornblende weather three to fourteen times more rapidly in salt water than in fresh . |
| 13 | As for Pepys , there are curious parallels : both maverick MPs who did almost the same job trying to reform Britain 's armed forces — Pepys more successfully at sea ; both irreverent , yet painfully conscious of their need to keep their patrons sweet ; both hedonists fascinated by sex , class and gossip . |
| 14 | The strategy over the past few years has been to establish the University more actively in research , whilst retaining its commitment to excellence in teaching . |
| 15 | our royalty is erm we sort of put on a pedestal and if you look at other European countries who still have royal families , they 're a bit more down to earth , some of them Europe go on bicycles and they do n't need , erm , all the limousines . |
| 16 | It 's just like the programme except the info in it is a bit more out of date and it 's about twice the size . |
| 17 | So she agreed to ‘ Linda ’ , and to wearing more dark colours in future , and to giving her opinion more decidedly about art … which led the subject back to the book Belinda had just given Faye . |
| 18 | John Barrell pursues a similar insight more cautiously in relation to landscape painting and poetry in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries . |
| 19 | The government 's aim is evidently to shift the taxation of motorists on to petrol ; this will link the tax more closely to vehicle use , and so provide a greater incentive to economise on fuel . |
| 20 | The proposal is intended to allow students access to understanding business more fully through core and foundation subjects . |
| 21 | Appalled , she pushed back , but the movement only succeeded in pressing her lower body more closely to fitzAlan 's hard thighs . |
| 22 | Eventually the plan is to integrate the interface more fully with Lotus Notes and its E-Mail package , cc:Mail . |
| 23 | Suppose that in the future it becomes possible to predict others ' behaviour more efficiently by observation and computation than by the always hazardous venture of trying to fathom the mysteries of the human heart . |
| 24 | Manufacturers in plastics looking for a new aquatic widget are invited to contact Iwan Davies for details of his O 2 Enhancer which he has designed to spread water more effectively over trickle filter media . |
| 25 | India had keeper More back after injury . |
| 26 | There were no incentives to run a ward or service more efficiently except persuasion . |
| 27 | We study the principles of taxation more fully in Chapter 16 . |
| 28 | Our earlier discussion of unanimity and of majority rule was based , at least in part , on the assumption of direct personal participation by each citizen in decision-making ; and although many examples have been used from the practice of existing states which claim to be democracies , we have not as yet considered the principles of representation , or any of the procedures and processes which might bring indirect democracy more closely into line with the original ideal of rule by the people . |
| 29 | After the second assessment , social workers were asked whether participation in the research had encouraged them to include other people more fully in decision-making . |
| 30 | Rises more steeply from water than most diving ducks , wings making a loud singing note in flight . |