Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] more [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1990s the number of people of working age will either fall or grow more slowly than over the past two decades in all the big industrial economies , which should help to reduce dole queues . |
| 2 | The steps in the process involve some individuals surviving or breeding more readily than others . |
| 3 | It is the very particular choreographic style that MacMillan created for the child-like figure in Requiem that emphasises more strongly than any other of today 's ballets the need for choreographers to explore dance itself . |
| 4 | Informing is the behaviour that happens more often than any other in conversation between people . |
| 5 | He just simply moved his body in ways that communicated more effectively than words . |
| 6 | In quite outrageously comic and very skilful sequences of movement , mime and clowning , they attempt courtship , and in a shower of champagne that misses more often than it hits the glass , approach the great unknown of the wedding night . |
| 7 | The current , soon to retire , director of the Association , who came with me to meet him had been in London for a meeting of the environmental advisory group for and so he was having a taxi to Kings Cross which I jumped into too and got dropped off at Goodge Street , right outside the door of my next ( Industrial Editors ) meeting with just a few minutes to spare , so that went more smoothly than one might have ever dreamt or hoped for . |
| 8 | For a moment he held her closely in a silence that spoke more clearly than words , telling her that all the friction was over , all the pain … |
| 9 | It comprises nearly 150 oil paintings , collages , gouaches and sculptures from all periods of Picasso 's career and is a rich illustration of the opinion advanced by John Richardson in the first volume of his biography of the artist that still-life was a subject which Picasso ‘ would eventually explore more exhaustively and develop more imaginatively than any other artist in history ’ . |
| 10 | He sounded agitated , and became more so when Gentle identified himself . |
| 11 | ‘ That is up to you , ’ said Fael-Inis , and without warning his eyes grew remote and fiery ; they became inward-looking , and slanted more strongly than before . |
| 12 | Efficient waste management requires that hazardous materials are defined and treated more carefully than the very large volumes of non-hazardous wastes . |
| 13 | If the casserole is still quite liquid , remove the lid from the pan and simmer more quickly until the sauce is reduced . |
| 14 | However , the latter point fails to take account of the fact that rape is committed even if there is no ejaculation , and even if the woman is infertile , and it has been strongly argued that ‘ penetration involving the penis , vagina or anus is perceived differently and regarded more seriously than other forms of penetration ’ . |
| 15 | Penetration involving the penis , vagina or anus is perceived differently and regarded more seriously than other forms of penetration . |
| 16 | Moving into summer , he took advantage of the dry weather and lived more outdoors than in , drawing the same subjects repeatedly if they appealed to him , toiling incessantly in an effort to improve himself . |
| 17 | Secondly , and particularly in the Eastern District , the former , mutually supportive relationships between the Cambridge Board of Extra-Mural Studies and the District gradually shifted to become uneasy collaboration when the 1924 Regulations were interpreted and applied more flexibly as provision expanded . |
| 18 | Both grass and clovers recover and grow more quickly when grazed hard for a short period and then rested for two to three weeks than they do under continuous nibbling . |
| 19 | They have a pleasant , slightly sweet flavour and cook more quickly than other dried beans . |
| 20 | As Savage puts it , ‘ a hundred shares can be organised and directed more easily than a hundred workers ’ . |
| 21 | Spiritual congress of this kind is , in fact , found all over the world and throughout history — as the biographies of famous Christian and other mystics confirm and occurs more often than is generally supposed in our own contemporary Western world . |
| 22 | In a union in which both the lobon-gur solution and the rice-salt solution had been taught , LGS was also preferred over the rice-salt therapy , despite the recognition by the mothers of the fact that children treated with the latter recovered from diarrhoea and vomiting more quickly than those treated with LGS . |
| 23 | A traveller of extraordinary audacity of whom Mitford wrote ‘ Burton had dared and done more almost than any man living ’ . |
| 24 | One particular article written in July issue 1967 called ‘ A Case of the Emotional Painter ’ by Dimitri Dejanikus I take out and re-read more often than the others . |
| 25 | The Lords does much good work , contains many wise men and women , and acts more disinterestedly than the Commons . |
| 26 | Salaries were now arranged in a more systematic hierarchy and paid more regularly than in the past . |
| 27 | I delighted to know that the Medau Society is flourishing and going more strongly than ever in its fortieth year . |
| 28 | One question of particular importance is whether trusts offered any interpretative advantages : were the jurists generally liable to cavil less and interpret more liberally when they came within sight of a trust ? |
| 29 | However , if babies suffer tissue damage for whatever reason , they show fewer behavioural disturbances and recover more quickly if they receive medicine which limits the effect of injury signals . |
| 30 | Tests have been regularly carried out since the early eighties to discover whether those who exercise regularly or who have jobs which involve a considerable amount of physical exertion are able to think more clearly and remember more accurately than their IQ counterparts who lead a fairly sedentary life . |