Example sentences of "more [adj] [subord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reticence is all the more striking when contrasted with the plethora of Second World War movies made both during the war and for many years afterwards . |
| 2 | Grasmere , too has lost its galleries but evidently they were there once as de Quincey wrote describing them in his Recollections , ‘ A very interesting feature of the elder architecture , annually becoming more and more rare viz the outside gallery , which is sometimes merely of wood , but is much more striking when provided for in the original construction of the house and completely enfoncée in the masonry . ’ |
| 3 | Not only Kleon but the equally detested figure of Hyperbolus ( detested , that is , by Thucydides and Aristophanes ) looks a little different and more respectable when tested against documentary evidence , just as radio broadcasts of puerile exchanges in the House of Commons ignore the work on Select Committees on which most MPs spend most of their time . |
| 4 | To mention is now more usual than to allude to : He alluded to a rather delicate matter . |
| 5 | The variations in prosperity in the North Side become more acute when observed on the smaller scale of the census tract . |
| 6 | One problem we have discussed as affecting the writer of the blueprint detective story is likely to be even more acute when embarking on an inverted story : the difficulty of making a static situation into an ongoing narrative . |
| 7 | It 's probably no more pleasant than living at the centre of some large , dirty , crime-ridden city . |
| 8 | If presence was inadequate by itself as a strategy to extend the Kingdom in the ministry of Christ , it is even more deficient when left to his stumbling followers . |
| 9 | They thicken the curd , giving it extra body and making it more stable when spread into flan cases or flat , open plate pies . |
| 10 | I noted what the hon. Gentleman said in his biblical reference ; it occurred to me that he should be a little more careful when talking about St. Paul . |
| 11 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 12 | Her back was as straight as a ramrod , which made her feel a little more dignified while engaging in what she considered the unladylike art of cycling . |
| 13 | Those who have worked in the legal civil service report that it is much more interesting than appears at first sight . |
| 14 | It is a family history that becomes much more interesting when set against the wider background of the local history of an important industry . |
| 15 | Coal-and gas-powered stations are more economical when used for a shorter period . |
| 16 | Well I do n't like office , I love hotels and I think having meetings in a hotel 's more civilized than sitting in an office . |
| 17 | In Kufra , for example , Zuwaya cadres drew back from imposing the full rigours of socialist regulation on members of opposed Zuwaya groups ; but in Ajdabiya — closer to Tripoli , more heterogeneous because swollen by immigration — Magharba cadres did not refrain from threatening Zuwaya landlords with expropriation ( although by 1979 they had not put their threats into action ) . |
| 18 | It also brought Victorian attitudes dictating that dancing lessons in dance schools were more acceptable than dancing at large public Assemblies . |
| 19 | Moreover , the principle of linguistic self-consciousness or reflexivity seems to be made even more explicit when transposed to the narrative model . |
| 20 | This was very much more simple than dealing with the naval officer . |
| 21 | This was its justification : ‘ All who make war seek through war to arrive at a peace more perfect than existed before war . ’ |
| 22 | He said the bus services in the town often did not have ramps needed to get a wheelchair on board , and long journeys by bus were often more uncomfortable than travelling by train . |
| 23 | Mr Berge asked what could be more appropriate than to open with a French composer ? |
| 24 | A big shirt : a more practical cover-up than the ubiquitous pareo , less likely to billow into your neighbour 's ice-cream and more appropriate when popping into smart restaurants or sensitive tourist spots such as church . |
| 25 | The approach brought central-government departments into closer practical contact with problems , and thus encouraged civil servants to adopt more pro-active as opposed to supervisory stances . |
| 26 | The figures are all the more startling when compared with mortgage bills of 18 months ago , when base rates hit a low of 7.5 per cent . |
| 27 | Zooshing a citrus scent over an ultra-floral one finished off with a spritz of something exotic and musky before tonight 's hot date , may leave your man more bewildered than bewitched by clashing notes battling for supremacy behind your earlobes . |
| 28 | Now she took care to change the subject and what could be more natural than to talk to the vet and his sister about Faustina and to speculate on what she might be doing at this moment . |
| 29 | So nothing could be more natural than going for a walk and holding hands with mum . |
| 30 | It , of course , becomes even more obnoxious when applied to Black people , happily of whom many live here , contributing to the social , economic and cultural richness of Britain . |