Example sentences of "mark the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bird starts by flying persistently in front of its chosen site and repeatedly dabbing the rock with its tongue , laying down a curved line of saliva which marks the lower edge of the nest-to-be . |
| 2 | The Second Quartet , composed in 1951 , is a far more concise work in a much freer tonal idiom , mostly avoiding the elaborate texture which marks the earlier quartet : perhaps for that reason I find it the more memorable of the two . |
| 3 | It sounds a familiar excuse , marking the darker chapters of recent Germany history . |
| 4 | I use the term " child " here in contradistinction to " parent " — not all incest involves juveniles — but one would expect any effect to be more marked the younger the child concerned . |
| 5 | She returned through the black woods , past the shrines , to the narrow defile which marked the nearer barrier to the castle . |