Example sentences of "[conj] more [adv] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As women mature , their outward appearance becomes more and more strongly related to character . |
| 2 | ‘ He was a very characterful boy , full of mischief , ’ recalled Patsy Byrne , a member of the company then and more recently known to millions of TV viewers as Mrs Stoneway in the comedy series Watching . |
| 3 | Such fiction , unconcise and more naturally given to carnality than wit , had been unashamedly dominated by story , and it was characteristically fast-paced and impatient of extended description , whether of scene , of motive or of mind . |
| 4 | Written documents could be and were easily forged whereas seals , crosses , medallions etc. were , in the way in which they had been developed and used in pre-Norman Britain , distinctive individual objects , which were less easily forged , more identifiable and more obviously linked to particular individuals . |
| 5 | The answer is that , despite his biographer 's sterling efforts to dig up neat psychoanalytic excuses for even his most venal sins , a Dickens often given to kindness , empathy and geniality but more predominantly disposed to be cruel , self-centred , self-pitying and sententious does not come over as an especially lovable specimen . |
| 6 | It is then up to the Secretary of State for the Environment ( but more usually delegated to a junior minister or senior civil servant ) to decide whether to accept the inspector 's recommendation . |