Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of the old concept of teaching , according to which the teacher , possessed of superior powers and superior knowledge , attempted to pass on to the more able of his pupils that non-practical culture which would most benefit them personally , a new class-room communication should be envisaged . |
| 2 | One of the polarisations which took place has centred on the question of whether management development should be focused on the provision of specific tools/skills for managers ( a competency model ? ) — or whether it would be more appropriate to set out along a more generic path which emphasised the attitudinal and interpersonal aspects of management . |
| 3 | Butler could n't adapt to his new defensive role , and Chapman began to look around for a more solid defender , not necessarily a player with much technical skill , but one who could clear accurately under pressure , feeding the ball to an inside-forward . |
| 4 | Because the fingers within her own warm hands ceased to flutter agitatedly , a brief smile flickering over the other girl 's pale face as she seemed to drift off into a more comfortable , easy sleep . |
| 5 | This can be so even where you have not had to shop around for a more favourable report . |
| 6 | The evidence from elsewhere in America and Britain is that exhibitors increasingly took the masses for granted and were always investing in better and better cinemas so as to hang on to the more respectable lower middle-class audience . |
| 7 | It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer . |
| 8 | ‘ But it has yet to filter through to the more expensive properties . ’ |
| 9 | Erm , Chair , on the general financial position , it 's , it 's what I referred to earlier , as moving from somewhere where there were a direct employer or where we were grant-aiding a voluntary body to get on to a more , ultimately a more commercial footing , where we relate the money that we 're paying to the services that are being provided . |
| 10 | The slim angular shape was definitely well suited to a graphic style , but was the lay down of pigment soft enough to blend out in a more painterly manner ? |
| 11 | Yes , I mean it would be nice if it was possible , you know , after having taken time out , or some time out , over a period to be able to get back into a more permanent career structure , but maybe in the future this 'll come . |
| 12 | The metaphysical poets of the 17th century were rarely interested in pastoral as a game and preferred to move on to a more realistic way of expressing their discontentment with the mercantile age they lived in . |