Example sentences of "more [adj] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The promotional activities of dealers and certain critics became more brazen as the decade proceeded . |
| 2 | While the primary ethnographic accounts of life and character in such peaceful societies usually present multi-dimensional pictures of complex human beings , these pictures tend to become more and more one-dimensional as the material is employed in secondary and tertiary works , where the original complexity is often reduced to little more than caricature . |
| 3 | The temporary reputation achieved by the other types lasts longer and is more profitable as the discount factor tends to unity . |
| 4 | Moreover , peasant land hunger grew ever more acute as the population swelled . |
| 5 | Historical documentation in this field becomes more scarce as the emphasis moves towards other aspects of social organization , despite the highly influential work of the French historian Braudel , whose books ( e.g. 1981 ) include lengthy accounts of patterns of consumption in food , textiles and housing , which have been followed up by the Annales school of historians ( see also Elias 1978 ; Sombart 1967 for alternative traditions ) . |
| 6 | Digital cameras will become more popular as the quality of image improves and the price falls , but it will probably be well into the next century before they become firmly established . |
| 7 | This method of heating has the advantage of being more economical as no heat is wasted keeping water hot and none is lost in the pipes between the hot water cylinder and the hot tap . |
| 8 | The wind was behind as he moved , the mist more noticeable as the trail wound downwards , the line of escarpment was broken by the ploughed furrows of tender young lain trees . |
| 9 | The result is that the piece seems to become more polyphonic as the listener can more easily hear the lines . |
| 10 | It was still hot and the seats grew more uncomfortable as the night wore on . |
| 11 | Perceptions of Labour chances remained more predictable , though they also became rather more homogeneous as the campaign came to an end . |
| 12 | Perceptions of Labour chances remained more predictable , though they too became rather more homogeneous as the campaign came to an end . |
| 13 | Charman 's curt reviews got slightly more excitable as the year drew on . |
| 14 | Ruth could feel the tightening of her heart as Fernando gathered her into his arms , his kisses more urgent as the time slipped perilously away . |
| 15 | However , one might expect such opportunities to become more widespread as the number of such children supported in mainstream continues to grow . |
| 16 | The result was all the more remarkable as the champion has looked vulnerable in his last two contests . |
| 17 | By the end of 1988 , the boundaries were becoming more obvious as the situation became more tense . |
| 18 | The girl 's every smile , every glance , was filled with adoration that grew more and more obvious as the evening went on and as her consumption of champagne increased . |
| 19 | I think we have got a bit more confident as the Project has gone on and said to them : well really , you ought not to be buying this . |
| 20 | Namibia is particularly interesting because of its " desert " elephants and black rhinos , which have suffered a recent upsurge in poaching and may become even more vulnerable as the country moves towards independence . " |
| 21 | Somewhat in contrast to these findings about Thatcher and Kinnock , the visibility of all ‘ other ’ Conservative and Labour politicians ( taken in each case as a collective , unspecified ‘ other ’ ) became more predictable as the election approached . |
| 22 | Somewhat in contrast to these findings about Thatcher and Kinnock , the visibility of all ‘ other ’ Conservative and Labour politicians , taken in each case as a collective ‘ other ’ , became more predictable as the election approached . |
| 23 | In addition , ratings for the two main parties and their leaders became more predictable as the election approached while those for the Alliance and its leaders became less predictable . |
| 24 | He said co-operation between schools and industry was becoming ever more important as the government strives to encourage a ‘ spirit of enterprise and togetherness for the future of Northern Ireland ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Food fads create a market niche which may be short-lived ; food scares induce a glut of specific vulnerable products and economic distress , but the emerging concept of ‘ healthy foods ’ is bound to become progressively more important as the population follows the trend to healthy eating . |
| 26 | The fact remains , and will become more and more evident as the year goes by , that the deliberate under-funding of the Act was an act of incompetence by incompetent ministers . |
| 27 | This belief in the witches power becomes more evident as the play goes on and he comes to rely on them for more . |
| 28 | I shied at such a thinly veiled challenge , but succumbed to her persuasion , which had become more vociferous as the water diminished . |
| 29 | Warnings of eco-wars and the flight of hundreds of millions of refugees can not be dismissed as fantasies : they are probabilities in situations which become more and more apparent as the century nears its end . |
| 30 | Hawkes 's polemical purpose becomes more and more apparent as the book develops : it is to undermine , not only established literary study , but liberal humanism itself . |