Example sentences of "more [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | More striking examples of lawlessness took place in Makarenko 's dealings with several local authorities . |
| 5 | Imagine , no more rained-off days at cricket , or Wimbledon , and a walk in the park when ever you want ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | More economic patterns of resource allocation will result as underlying comparative advantages are allowed to exert their full potential . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Sometimes new health care technologies produce savings on the ones they replace or allow more cost-effective patterns of care . |
| 11 | The trench warfare of the early 1980s was replaced by more subtle forms of guerrilla conflict , in which the guiding principles are no longer so straightforward , yet the consequences of change may be rather more significant , to the extent that the '80s as a whole might justifiably be seen as a period of structural change . |
| 12 | An incidental effect was that more subtle forms of propaganda began to appear , from which it was difficult for a jury to infer that the defendant intended to stir up racial hatred . |
| 13 | The emphasis on athleticism , power play , sustained long-ball assaults , blitzkrieg , has bred a proliferation of muscular but blunderingly naive defenders who appear to be alarmingly , untidily vulnerable when required to cope with more subtle forms of attack ; show them dribblers , runners with the ball or an incisive exchange of sharp passes , and panic sets in . |
| 14 | Government influence , ranging from direct bribery to more subtle forms of patronage and manipulation , it has been argued , played the key role in shaping the outcome of elections , with the result that , at least under Anne , the ministry of the day never lost a General Election . |
| 15 | Most employees in this country are now reasonably certain of their supply of food , drink and shelter , and more subtle forms of comfort have become important goals . |
| 16 | But Abdulrakhim Pulatov , the head of Birlik , says that President Islam Karimov is trying to use slightly more subtle forms of repression to avoid deterring the growing army of businessmen and politicians from abroad . |
| 17 | Common Law treated a contract as voidable if made under duress , i.e. threats of violence to life or limb ; it took no account of more subtle forms of pressure — the unfair advantage taken of a man in distressed circumstances , the influence exercised in certain relations , such as that of a guardian and his former ward , or solicitor and client . |
| 18 | More subtle effects on mood are indicated by a quotation from one of the subjects : " I get discouraged more easily , slightly depressed about overcoming difficulties , very much like when I am sick with a cold . " |
| 19 | Tense and aspect distinctions may also take on additional , more subtle meanings in discourse . |
| 20 | Arm-in-arming for Saturday shopping was permissible but the finer more subtle expressions of love between women were channelled into food , presents and a particular kind of teasing that conveyed the messages of knowing each other on different levels in ways which neutralized the intensity . |
| 21 | The law has long recognised the right of society to remove children from parents who are believed to be damaging them and , in recent times , has become alert to more subtle kinds of damage . |
| 22 | Thus the following sections will outline the broad areas of Commission activity , ranging from the more passive information role , to its more controversial attempts at harmonisation through the Social Charter and European company laws . |
| 23 | So , in this science fiction view of human evolution , primitive promiscuity was soon replaced by more orderly patterns of existence . |
| 24 | Generalized coordinates are also used in some of the more advanced treatises on elasticity and continuum mechanics ( Green & Adkins ( 1970 ) , Eringen ( 1976 ) ) as well as in many research papers so that a brief summary of the ways in which the generalized theory differs from the Cartesian is given here ; for a fuller account the works mentioned should be consulted . |
| 25 | However , from the gardener 's point of view they serve another purpose too , for all thrive on the same mineral salts as green water discolouring algae and , being more advanced forms of plant life , they are able to starve the algae out and ensure crystal clear water if planted in sufficient numbers at the outset . |
| 26 | In response to the children 's far more advanced views on integration the tutorial programme was revised and within two weeks the child was a member of the mainstream school . |
| 27 | Module 3 is mainly differentiated by outcomes which demand more advanced skills in self expression and the use of more elaborate grammatical structures . |
| 28 | Before moving on to the more advanced aspects of wave riding let us consider what should happen in the first attempts . |
| 29 | More advanced courses in Hebrew ( eg Dead Sea Scrolls , mystical texts ) and in related languages ( eg Ugaritic , Phoenician , Aramaic ) are available in the Faculty of Divinity , and are open to interested Arts students on a non-graduating basis . |
| 30 | There are also the more usual options of Output for saving and printing , Help and Quit . |