Example sentences of "more [adj] [conj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For long-distance cruising , the Calibra is the better choice , if only because it has a more absorbent and quieter motorway ride . |
| 2 | The second point of note is that in places hollows in the ground were bridged on low piers , rather than filled , the more usual and cheaper method . |
| 3 | It was rather a more specific and harsher problem which , to put it bluntly , was to survive as Westland was drifting on to the rocks of insolvency . |
| 4 | The poem 's language has also advanced from the darkness and dullness in which it began to a more pleasant and brighter world with words like , ‘ white ’ , ‘ light ’ and ‘ elate ’ , bringing forth a totally new mood . |
| 5 | There is now a real hope that all the hard solid work John Gillam has put into the pottery of the northern frontier , will soon begin to shape into a much more reliable and closer chronology . |
| 6 | It is possible to inject " free-hand " but , particularly for younger embryos , holding the injection pipette in a Singer manipulator produces a more reliable and steadier motion . |
| 7 | But for a more detailed and broader perspective on internal exchange the archaeological evidence is of paramount importance , even if little research has yet been carried out . |
| 8 | Secondary education was available for the more fortunate and higher education was reserved for the privileged few . |
| 9 | Measured in dots per inch , the greater the number of dots , the more smoother and cleaner appearance the character/image will have . |
| 10 | ‘ Second night preview more staid but better show . |
| 11 | more frequent and better use of expressions of appreciation contingent upon teachers ' efforts and achievements ; |
| 12 | more frequent and better use of feedback within school ; |
| 13 | As he gains in strength and ability , doctors are expected to build more frequent and longer home visits into his rehabilitation programme . |
| 14 | We believe in fairer , more equal and freer world . |
| 15 | Chukar-type partridges Alectoris are longer , more upright and slightly more pheasant-like than smaller Perdix , and readily distinguished where they overlap it in W and S Europe by black and white eyestripes , white chin and throat , broad black band extending from eye down neck to form breast-band , conspicuous black and white barring on flanks , and red bill and legs . |
| 16 | The machine incorporates new , more integrated and lower cost technology into the same symmetric multiprocessing architecture as the Series 400 and is designed to be cost-effective for between 40 and 400 active users . |
| 17 | Could this be a symptom of a more fundamental and deeper problem ? |
| 18 | One group developed which lost nearly all the bone in their skeletons but developed instead , cartilage , a softer , more elastic and lighter material . |
| 19 | In angry self-reproach , Louisa saw how much sooner it should have been evident to her that in identifying so completely with his most noble ancestor , her father had been at pains to exclude all thought of his more immediate and darker legacy . |
| 20 | The more esoteric or higher understanding of the reality of one universal , wholistic creative principle ( monism ) is embraced only by those who are able to transcend the confines of theistic involvement as it is in any country or civilization . ’ |
| 21 | There can be no doubt that the development and use of FDRs and CVRs in aircraft accident investigation has led to a more precise , more accurate and quicker determination of the cause of accidents . |
| 22 | Local produce is more tender and better quality . ’ |
| 23 | Solvents are used instead of alkalis , if they are more convenient or faster acting , particularly butoxy ethanol on heat modified soils and methylene chloride on carbonised grease . |
| 24 | Just as the 2lst century requires a more diffused and safer balance of interest in what needs to be an increasingly multilateral global village , there is a risk of economic , institutional and political power being centralised in the European Community , and that a new bout of economic empire-building may occur . |
| 25 | The top seed won 15-11 , 15-11 , 15-7 with a display of sustained violence that has been less characteristic of the heavier , more creative but slower Jahangir than the earlier version . |
| 26 | His work in the last ten years has included extensive work with the Police Service , developing training to assist officers to interview suspects in a more principled and fairer way . |
| 27 | ‘ In the past customers tended to buy far more on price , ’ Anthony explained , ‘ but now they are becoming more conscious of the importance of service , more aware that better service can deliver bottom line benefits . |