Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in the more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within months , Scargill 's warnings of substantial pit closures were transformed into reality : the NUM was unable to resist — with most of its members at the affected pits rapidly opting for the generous redundancy terms — and with the privatization of the electricity-generating industry at the end of the 1980s the ability of many British mines to compete was in question ; closures were instituted even in the more productive fields . |
| 2 | The high amplitude contractions travel over relatively long segments of the colon and appear consecutively in the more distal bowel , suggesting that this activity is coordinated and propulsive . |
| 3 | They bring plenty of energy to the quick outer movements and rightly relax somewhat in the more lyrical passages ( repeats are observed , too ) . |
| 4 | He milks every dramatic gesture for all it is worth , extending sections such as the dolce con grazia ( 5'08 ’ ) till they seem to stretch into infinity , before sprinting away in the more volatile or highlycharged pages with an immaculate bravura and articulacy . |
| 5 | Few of those who can read actually believe what is said even in the more responsible newspapers ; like many Middle Easterners they prefer the racy , outlandish explanation . |
| 6 | Growing up in the more liberal atmosphere of secularist nationalism in the 1950s and 1960s , it was easy to forget the vigour of Islam . |
| 7 | This should not be particularly surprising since the main element has been price support for commodities such as grain and sugar which are produced principally in the more favoured farming areas . |
| 8 | The leaves fell thickly in the more established portions of the city , to the envy of residents in the bare new suburbs who were still awaiting paved roads and street lights , never mind trees . |
| 9 | Foraminifers occur abundantly in the more calcareous horizons and rarely ( but persistently ) within the Thalassiothrix laminations ( Fig. 3 b ) . |