Example sentences of "and [adv] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The obvious problem with information about credit is that , the more people need it ( that is , the groups shown above as most ill-informed about credit , and most likely to use unnecessarily high-cost credit ) the more difficult it is to make sure it reaches them . |
| 2 | We intend to apply the ‘ Green Rules ’ to all aspects of our operations wherever reasonably and economically practicable to do so . |
| 3 | Without a victory for over four years and bitterly disappointed to miss out on this month 's Ryder Cup , Brand Jnr held a four-stroke lead over Swedish rookie Olle Karlsson , with struggling Welshman Phillip Price a shot further back . |
| 4 | Sally-Ann , unlike Rosemary , finds it a struggle and bitterly hurtful to dredge up her dreadful past — like Rosemary she has believed herself to be a doormat in society ; like Rosemary she has not known a childhood . |
| 5 | And so wise to go ahead and have the baby , if you want it . ’ |
| 6 | By combining this chapter with the last we can see why International Relations is so unsettled and so ready to try very varied approaches . |
| 7 | But he was in his thirties , and already much set in his ways , and perhaps reluctant to make too many changes too quickly . |
| 8 | The teacher may feel it is quicker and less tiring to carry out the task alone , or to ignore teaching opportunities . |
| 9 | However , while it is possible to discount the efficiency consequences at low rates of tax , it becomes less and less easy to do so as the rates of tax get higher . |
| 10 | More and more instructions , more and more complex in their nature descended more and more frequently upon local offices , but without any adequately effective co-ordination at the Headquarters level to ensure that those in the outfield had a clear enough idea of what their order of priorities should be as they became less and less able to deal effectively with the totality of their responsibilities . |
| 11 | As we do this we are less and less able to act positively as we resort to distractions and procrastination to prevent us dealing with what we have suppressed and keep our minds as quiet as possible . |
| 12 | At least part of the explanation of this was , however , the efficiency of the National Grid 's integrated programme of power station planning and operation , with which smaller private generating stations were less and less able to compete economically as the 1950s progressed . |
| 13 | Ignoring short term variation and age effects will tend to overestimate variation in male success relative to variation in female success , which is usually less strongly age-dependent in polygynous species ( see Fig. 23.2 ) and less likely to vary widely from day to day . |
| 14 | On honours degree courses , mature students are shown to do no worse than school leaver entrants , being more likely to get a good degree and less likely to drop out . |
| 15 | In fact , working women were more independent and less likely to marry early ; and the real significance of this controversy was what it revealed about the ideological assumptions of ruling-class men . |
| 16 | Jealousy and resentment between the different agencies involved with disabled people are often deeply entrenched and extremely difficult to break down . |
| 17 | Marion said , glad of the security of the others around her and thus able to sound pretty sharp . |
| 18 | The sand felt firm here under his feet and he dog-paddled while checking the depth before easing on shore to lie with his chin on pebbles at the water 's edge , hearing the talk of sentries and just able to make out two figures behind a wall beyond the beach . |
| 19 | Daily the heat grew and daily she felt more and more reluctant to leave here . |
| 20 | They like being the centre of attention , are more narcissistic , and more likely to hold forth about their achievements . |
| 21 | Later I trained a kestrel which I found much less inquisitive and more likely to come straight to me for the food . |
| 22 | Others use ground glass which , though optically correct and absorbent of UV and IR rays , are ultimately breakable , heavy and more likely to steam up . |
| 23 | ‘ Citrus smells make people more alert and more likely to dash off . |
| 24 | I do not try and cosset these over winter by placing them into a separate tank in the garage , reasoning that the survivors will be the toughest of the bunch and more likely to make up into sturdy adult fish : come spring , they are distributed to friends . |
| 25 | The implication was that A levels must be retained , though , if anything , made slightly harder and more difficult to succeed in . |
| 26 | The positive heuristic , that aspect of a research programme that indicates to scientists the kind of thing they should do rather than what they should not do , is somewhat vaguer and more difficult to characterize specifically than the negative heuristic . |
| 27 | Although his general health seemed more stable after his long recuperation , he was finding it more and more difficult to keep up with his daily obligations , let alone those of a more public nature . |
| 28 | Most of us would like to think of growing old gracefully , enjoying the years of retirement , surrounded by family and friends … but as we get older , it becomes more and more difficult to get about and meet others . |
| 29 | erm local government , and I regret this , is probably going that way in that the demands upon Councillors are getting more and more , and for various reasons it is getting more and more difficult to find now in local government what I would call the amateur who who I think predominated in it , certainly outside the cities , up to nineteen seventy four . |
| 30 | This , plus strengthening of the laws against vagrancy in 1714 , 1740 and 1744 , meant that many of the lower orders found it more difficult and more risky to move over long distances . |