Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] more [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gartner believes that by 1995 ‘ Sun will compromise much more substantially than it previously has , de-emphasizing Sun-specific application programming interfaces and services such as Open Network Computing and Open Look in favour of X/Open , OSF and USL-endorsed interfaces . ’ |
| 2 | Increased speed of communication means that people can act much more quickly and can make trends into self-fulfilling prophecies . |
| 3 | ‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’ |
| 4 | Each piece , given space , will grow much more quickly than leaving the budded offset attached to the base of the main stalk . |
| 5 | And once broken , once the grief and tears had begun , it would take some little time for her to recover , although now that she had faced what had happened she might do so more quickly and easily than she would have done had she continued suppressing her memories , and refusing healthy grieving . |
| 6 | Indeed , they can do so more accurately than traditional methods . |
| 7 | Dealers would bluff even more audaciously than clients . |
| 8 | It figures , therefore , that freed from a line controlling its movements a ferret can work much more freely and quickly — and a number of muzzled ferrets can be used within the same burrow system at the same time . |
| 9 | It has been found that this form of conditioning can occur much more rapidly if the response prevents unpleasant stimuli occurring or stops them once they have started . |
| 10 | Often we may equate them with more formal partnerships which fall by the wayside after only a short existence ; except that in their breakdown the feelings of guilt , humiliation and bitterness may occur even more strongly than when an " honest " attempt is felt to have been made . |
| 11 | In the guitar plants , there 's an own-design computerised fret-insertion machine plus a robot which holds and twists guitar necks so that every part gets buffed equally — a job it can perform far more accurately than any luthier . |
| 12 | In the guitar plants , there 's an own-design computerised fret-insertion machine plus a robot which holds and twists guitar necks so that every part gets buffed equally — a job it can perform far more accurately than any luthier . |
| 13 | Radio and TV can react even more quickly than daily newspapers , with an item going on air only an hour or so after it has been received . |
| 14 | Pregnancy is a wonderful time to have constitutional homoeopathic treatment because changes can happen much more quickly and simply than at other times resulting in a healthier more energetic body that will perform its functions with greater ease ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 15 | Reducing now the current ( and H with it ) we shall not retrace the same curve ; B will decrease much more slowly and will have a finite value at zero current . |
| 16 | There is concern that cracks in some 747 fuse pins could spread much more quickly than was previously realised . |
| 17 | Although having worked as a contract systems analyst for ICI , Matthew believes that a small company can operate much more efficiently than a large one . |
| 18 | ‘ By being prepared and loosened up , good strokes will come much more easily and your score will come down . |
| 19 | While loss of learning ability among the elderly appeared primarily linked to difficulties in understanding , recall , and error abandonment , if these were corrected at an early stage ‘ old people can learn much more readily than is commonly supposed ’ ( Welford 1966 : 5 ) . |
| 20 | Most small aeroplanes have an average airspeed of about 90mph , and can fly much more slowly if necessary to apply rallying techniques to aerial navigation ( i.e. when the viz gets a bit iffy . ) |
| 21 | The prince , who took his force into Wales from Chester in good tight order , and at every mile ensured his lines behind him , was on his guard against his own instinctive enthusiasm as well as against Welsh armies , and knew enough about them by this time to feel no surprise that he should probe ever more deeply and carefully into North Wales , and never touch hands with anything more than a darting patrol , gone almost as soon as sighted . |
| 22 | The average Greek lawyer , poor chap , earns only half as much per year as the average Greek factory worker — if you believe their tax declarations , which a self-employed professional man can fiddle far more easily than can any mere employee . |
| 23 | Badly fitting shoes will rub even more painfully if you are not wearing tights . |
| 24 | Thus in both countries people in white-collar jobs — managers , administrators , scientists and so on — will grow in numbers while the jobs in manual occupations will increase either more slowly or decline . |