Example sentences of "more [adv] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was uncrossable for at least a hundred yards , but then my side appeared to slope more easily to its floor . |
| 2 | The objection made to such settlements was more usually to their artificiality . |
| 3 | Ballesteros took world golf by the scruff of the neck and shook it until it reformed into patterns more nearly to his liking . |
| 4 | The Kritian boy looked even more slightly to his right , but his weight was on the other leg . |
| 5 | She wished she had written more often to her aunt , and better letters ; but then as Jenny had said , she was not very good at writing letters . |
| 6 | Simply put , this replaces one of the springs in the rear cavity with an adjustable ‘ piston ’ which is set to return the tremolo more accurately to its standing position , hence keeping the instrument 's tuning more stable . |
| 7 | They are thought to make each zebra feel it belongs more strongly to its group than it would do if its colours were nondescript or dull . |
| 8 | A bachelor who is quiet , modest and with a slight stammer , he is wedded to his sport and more particularly to his art , which is the coaching of sprinters . |
| 9 | Mrs Stych clutched her groceries more tightly to her bosom and tried to heave her high heels out of the roots of the Frizzell grass . |
| 10 | And to devote himself more fully to his hobby . |
| 11 | At other times , William Joyce referred more vaguely to his father as being of independent means . |
| 12 | The seated position corresponds more readily to our body posture during the day when stress develops . |
| 13 | By this good turn the bishop won the hearts of all , and the people began to listen more readily to his teaching , hoping to obtain heavenly blessings through the ministry of one to whom they already owed these material benefits ; Eddius Stephanus then pointed out that those ungrateful enough not to convert willingly did so at the king 's command . |
| 14 | Its re-emergence as spectacle relates more visibly to its cult status and the nostalgic allure of fifties Paris ; a marginalised and dissolute existence in the company of exotic friends and of romantic places with beautiful names . |
| 15 | Randall smiled again with a hint of mockery , settled the bet and turning away with his kerchief pressed even more firmly to his nose , moved into the cockpit where the cock-masters were preparing their birds for the fight . |
| 16 | He held her more closely to his side . |