Example sentences of "more [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devolution was seen by heads as a process that lent itself to a more collaborative style of management . |
| 2 | Perhaps there is a need for a more glaciological type of geomorphology and a more geomorphological type of glaciology . |
| 3 | You will not easily find a more absorbing box-set of piano discs , or one that will be so frequently played while others languish in dusty oblivion , often examples of the dull respectability Cortot so demonstrably shunned . |
| 4 | Past years , according to some analysts , have witnessed the emergence of a more professional member of Parliament . |
| 5 | Which means more directed research to solve real problems ; more scientific conservation , distinguishable from what has gone before ; a better and more professional attitude towards animal welfare and conservation , and a greater willingness by academics and others to get involved professionally ; a greater realisation by charities and other funders , even research councils , that research in conservation and welfare is vital and is often good , original research — without it no advances in society 's legislation are possible . |
| 6 | Changes in the sort of education required by students mean that a more professional attitude to teaching must be developed . |
| 7 | Because this conventionally liberal response to the prevailing mood disguises the fact that the them as which arranged themselves around the flogging solution reflected a much more mature retrenchment , and a much more solid base of opinion and material circumstance than is usefully summarised by the word ‘ panic ’ . |
| 8 | Elwood brings his will o' the wisp style of play into direct opposition to the more solid technique of home skipper Derek McAleese who is keen to give early notice that his side are worthy of a higher standing . |
| 9 | When men and women are talking together , for example , it seems that men interrupt more , talk more , swear more and use more imperatives ; whereas women ask more questions and tend to use more polite forms of speech . |
| 10 | In both cases the greater stability and permanency of the labour force encouraged farmers to build more tied cottages in order to ensure a supply of labour — and the significance of tied cottages was further increased by estates being broken up and sold to sitting tenants , a change which also brought about a decline in the number of closed villages . |
| 11 | Fortunately , since both cases can be argued persuasively , we can ignore these contentious reflections of academic imperialism and simply note the more striking differences in emphasis in the work of those who study man under these rival , though sometimes combined , banners . |
| 12 | In Sweden an even more striking increase in face of the intensified pressures and dangers of the early twentieth century took place , from nineteen in 1905 to eighty-eight in 1918 . |
| 13 | By contrast , it was pointed out that a more striking pattern of cataphora is established early on with the pronominally reduced form " they " used to refer to the soliders . |
| 14 | More striking examples of lawlessness took place in Makarenko 's dealings with several local authorities . |
| 15 | Write in a wide variety of forms with a more assured sense of purpose , organising and presenting subject matter appropriately for specified audiences , both known and unknown . |
| 16 | These masterpieces showed Bonington ( and Delacroix ) how to achieve a new breadth of handling , a more assured command of form , and a more naturalistic use of colour in their pictures . |
| 17 | Imagine , no more rained-off days at cricket , or Wimbledon , and a walk in the park when ever you want ! |
| 18 | By the late 1930s , hire purchase payments , a more respectable form of credit which increased twenty-fold between 1918 and 1938 often totalled 3/ a week in the budget of a labourer earning about £2 . |
| 19 | Psychogenic reactions of this type are most likely to occur in those whose symptoms are purely psychosomatic , but who prefer to think they are ‘ allergic ’ to food , because they see this as being a more respectable sort of illness . |
| 20 | Also extremely important because not only will this remove the more entrenched areas of dirt and grit , but it will also put a degree of essential moisture back into the fabric . |
| 21 | Erm so we decided that it was important to try and find some more formalised way of testing what er the market satisfaction was and the service we are providing . |
| 22 | But any approach to seeking more economic choice of credit by consumers ( probably from a wide range of competing options ) has to recognise the recurring weekly caller 's collection round as an obstacle . |
| 23 | Possible changes would include the reporting of sensitivity analyses in league table documents or , as more economic evaluations of health care interventions are undertaken alongside controlled clinical studies , the use of confidence intervals around estimates . |
| 24 | More economic patterns of resource allocation will result as underlying comparative advantages are allowed to exert their full potential . |
| 25 | Since her marriage , she had become accustomed to a less competitive and more rural way of life and therefore regarded her return to court as a duty , an onerous duty . |
| 26 | The notion of centrifugal launchers was based on the idea that rather than using a long , straight runway , the aircraft could take-off following a circular path around a tower , or possibly a more mobile type of launcher , rather in the manner of ‘ round-the-pole ’ model aircraft . |
| 27 | This detailed archive report attempts to explain what each group of contexts represents — buildings , structures , rubbish deposits , and so on — and is used as the basis for writing a more concise report for publication . |
| 28 | However , beneath what was sometimes only a thin veneer of civility more covert expressions of resistance to the depredations imposed upon the farm worker took place . |
| 29 | into a more cohesive unit on Division ’ ( taken from a Divisional Order ) . |
| 30 | Sometimes new health care technologies produce savings on the ones they replace or allow more cost-effective patterns of care . |