Example sentences of "this [noun sg] more [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effectiveness of a measure of word length is very writer dependent , and alternative methods of calculating this figure more accurately and consistently need to be evaluated . |
| 2 | Singers are called upon to exercise this talent more often than instrumentalists but Mr Cliburn realised that his success depended in large part on boyish charm . |
| 3 | A recent work on political theory in ancient Greece has pursued this question more explicitly than has traditionally been the case in classical scholarship and provides a further check to our ready acceptance of Goody 's grander claims for the consequences of literacy in classical Greece . |
| 4 | She never could have done in Europe what she did in New York ; I can not think of an artist who points up this issue more clearly and I can not understand why she of all people was left out of the show . |
| 5 | The Welsh wanted none but valuable prisoners , and had no interest in killing the others , since they would surely leave this place more nimbly and rapidly than the English survivors , and be as inaccessible as the stars by the time another force looked for them . |
| 6 | Significantly , your photograph alongside Coun Williams ' letter , illustrates this point more eloquently than words . |
| 7 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 8 | Pausanias , who describes this pediment more briefly than the others , calls the young figure in the centre Peirithous , but few modern scholars can accept this . |
| 9 | " It would be incorrect " , noted Nizan , " to think that this decision in any way heralds a spectacular reversal in the policy of the USSR … continuity is the essential characteristic of Soviet foreign policy , and nobody has outlined the principles of this policy more forcefully than M. Molotov " . |
| 10 | Then came Central South , to cover this area more comprehensively than was possible before . |
| 11 | If a client has successfully carried out a difficult homework task the group can reinforce this success more powerfully than a therapist alone . |
| 12 | The free volume concept has been touched on in previous sections but it is instructive now to consider this idea more closely and to draw together the various points alluded to earlier . |
| 13 | And I 've noticed it this year more markedly than ever before , a certain resignation to unemployment when they leave school . |
| 14 | ‘ I advise our dear people and all Muslim nations to hold the international Qods Day ceremonies this year more warmly and enthusiastically than in previous years , ’ he said in the broadcast monitored in Nicosia . |
| 15 | Study and check these examples : unc Lots of practice is needed to become familiar with the metric system , but once you have got to know it you should be able to use this system more easily than if you were working with miles , furlongs , yards , feet and inches . |
| 16 | Commuters read paperbacks as they sit in trains , but find that they may need to rest from this activity more frequently than when they are reading in a comfortable and well-lit place at home . |
| 17 | In fact , English spelling abandons this principle more often than it keeps it . |
| 18 | They had just made love again ; this time more slowly though just as wonderfully . |
| 19 | Charlie began to kiss her again , this time more gently as he felt the corner of a beer crate jab into his buttocks . |