Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the more [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This is a passage that should appeal to the more adventurous .
2 And they will undoubtedly object to the more unbridled formulations that enter the three fictions ; the biography of Eliot has plenty to say on the subject , too , while maintaining a comparative , and suitable , reserve .
3 Kitchen specialist shops , builders ' merchants and the kitchen sections of department stores will often concentrate on the more expensive ( but high quality ) rigid ranges of kitchen unit .
4 Alternatively we may think of the more modern figure of a man whose wealth lies in his investments in stocks and shares .
5 Lying about my family 's social status came easily enough , but there was nothing I could do about the more visible signs of poverty .
6 Women who have had children will know that their vaginal muscles are slightly more relaxed after delivery , but they should remember that many men prefer space to move in and that sufferers of premature ejaculation will benefit from the more subtle stimulation of lax vaginal walls .
7 However , mixing does result in the more random dispersal of energy .
8 We must move the debate about animals from how much harm we should inflict to the more fundamental issue of how much good we should do .
9 To conclude , close cooperation between providers of primary and tertiary care could contribute to the more appropriate use of dilatation and curettage and allow ‘ office ’ endometrial sampling to be performed by general practitioners with a concomitant reduction in day case and inpatient procedures .
10 In contemporary times , the cultural field of these symbol-producing middle classes undergoes such expansion , such ‘ mass-ification ’ , that it begins to engulf or implode into the more general social field itself .
11 This is important because hardware measurements will affect your calculations as you will see from the more detailed instructions for measuring curtains which are given on page 63 opposite .
12 This inevitably made him suspect to the more militant .
13 If we take the trouble to make a permanent magnet we would like to have access to the magnetic flux so let us look at the more practical case ( Fig. 3.11(b) ) when a narrow gap is cut into the magnet .
14 Having examined the indirect approaches to selling , we shall now look at the more direct methods .
15 They are , rather , expected to express their impulses in certain ways , ways that do not transgress against the more lenient standards of modern times .
16 Even some five years into the technology there are still areas in which it simply can not compete with the more traditional methods of print production and publishing , the most often quoted being that of output quality .
17 But he or his successor will have to wait a little longer for the revenue benefits which should flow from the more buoyant climate for project investment he has tried to create .
18 This conception of syntax as a kind of lexical auxiliary is explored in Chapter 5. 1 mention it here simply to illustrate the implications that might arise from the more considered interpretation of theoretical ideas .
19 ‘ What we need is real reform of the CAP — a reform which cuts costs and does not discriminate against the more efficient producer .
20 Authors ' reply , — We would not disagree with the more complicated criteria for the diagnosis of urine infection in different kinds of patient referred to by Dr Bailey .
21 Of particular relevance here is the common interest which the peace-tax movement may have with the more progressive local authorities who are opposed to the new government civil defence regulations .
22 Almost certainly Kuhn would agree with this : students must learn a rather simplified and approximate version of the current state of scientific knowledge before they can grapple with the more sophisticated ideas and evaluate the claims of competing theories .
23 The immediate economic imperatives have trapped the potential of partnerships which might otherwise attend to the more complex long-term issues and could therefore condition and shape our society in the future .
24 We will set down the bones of the left critique of pluralism in this chapter , but will attend to the more positive aspects of the left perspective on British politics in later chapters .
25 It is not clear how this issue could be resolved , other than by stipulation , and hence rather than attempt to reach a conclusion we will proceed to the more fundamental question of whether the shareholders should , in the first place , be considered to have a moral right to decide how companies should be run in virtue of their ownership of corporate property .
26 The reason for this is not clear but it may relate to the more recent stress associated with handling and anaesthesia for irradiation .
27 The slightly lower figure may relate to the more discursive nature of the subject .
28 The slightly lower figure may relate to the more discursive nature of the subject .
29 To devise the material and structure of the course , these aims must be interpreted with regard to the more general interests , existing knowledge , and level of understanding of typography students .
30 In summary , it would appear that the non-respondents as a group differed from the respondents mainly with regard to the more negative feelings they had towards the Oxfordshire scheme .
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