Example sentences of "with [art] more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He compares these people with the more conservative of our piscatorial ancestors who , a billion years ago , resisted the temptation to clamber on to dry land and decided to stay where they were . |
| 2 | Sex actually raises testosterone levels — so perhaps that 's why sexual drive seems to accelerate with the more sex you have , and partly why people who stop having sex forget about it . |
| 3 | And the 105bhp XR3i is rated four groups higher than the 103bhp Citroen ZX Furio , while the 137 bhp Renault Clio 16v is rated in group 11 along with the more pedestrian 93bhp Renault 19 RT turbo diesel saloon . |
| 4 | That either they have n't been able to think about it very carefully , not looking at the real options , or have n't got an electric point , so they ca n't have an electric shredder , or whatever the appropriate way of dealing with the more sort of shrubby erm waste that they 're likely to have . |
| 5 | Former Phoenix duo Jon Bicknell and Nigel Higgs are preparing some more material for some live dates , this time with a more indie influence |
| 6 | This set me searching , with no more success , yet it is one of the best falls in the west . |
| 7 | After a restless night , she tried again next morning , but with no more success . |
| 8 | Anyway , what about Sam , who takes the Ring but hands it back with only momentary delay , Pippin and Merry , who show no desire for it at all , Aragorn , Legolas and Gimli , who display the same indifference without the excuse of ignorance , and Boromir 's brother Faramir , who realises the Ring is in his power but refuses to take it , with no more sign of mental turmoil than a ‘ strange smile ’ and a glint in the eye ? |
| 9 | I 'd got a fumbling schoolboy with no more idea of what a girl needed than the man in the moon . |
| 10 | Open-palmed they waved with no more sense of the use of hands to touch grasp or hold than a water plant ; infinitely gentle trailing things , the blind tendrils of a sea-anemone . |
| 11 | Whereas touristy me — town-bred and with no more knowledge of nags than a few donkey-rides sixty years ago — I rode high and proud on Suzy , a two-year-old Arab who was full of wind and nervous at moving so slowly . |
| 12 | Specimens of these butterflies are often found with bite-marks in the region of these false eyes , showing that bird predators really are attracted to this part of the body , allowing the insects to fly off to safety with no more damage than a few frayed edges . |
| 13 | Piper suddenly had the crazy idea that all the Doctor 's masks had been stripped away , leaving him with no more armour than the truth . |
| 14 | Trollope thus praises Mr Thorne for continuing to inhabit the great hall at Ullathorne Court ( there is no dining-room ) , with no more concession to modernity than a modem grate , although it is now only the socially acceptable , not the humble , who come to the great front door that opens into it . |
| 15 | The Code also stipulates that all searches must be conducted with due consideration for the property and the privacy of the occupant , and with no more disturbance than is necessary . |
| 16 | Mortimer , who dominated the council , wielded power with no more tact and delicacy than had the Despensers or Edward II ; Henry of Lancaster , Mortimer 's erstwhile ally , was excluded from policy-making in 1328 , and in 1330 the earl of Kent was accused of conspiracy and summarily executed , much to the alarm of the other nobles . |
| 17 | He can retake them , peaceably if he can , and in any event with no more force than is commensurate with the violence of B's resistance . |
| 18 | You can not simply propose to me with no more reason than the discovery that I happen to sleep with a woman and expect an instant answer . |
| 19 | For what a horse does under compulsion … he does without understanding , and with no more grace than a dancer would display if a person should whip and spur him during his performance … |
| 20 | The four statements of Table 11.1 have sufficed to generate Figure 11.2 unambiguously and with no more effort than in the open-loop case . |
| 21 | He moved lithely , carrying her with no more effort than if she 'd been a baby . |
| 22 | Theology in all its guises should step down from its exalted position and take its place alongside all other human activities and contribute to an autonomous religion only what is relevant , and that with no more authority than is accorded any other sphere of human endeavour . |
| 23 | Why , said Pumlumon , had n't there been a time , not so very long ago either , when he could rattle off the words that set the Draoicht Suan working with no more ado than you might make in the squashing of a flea , always supposing you wanted to do something so pointless , which Pumlumon himself never had . |
| 24 | Er so with no more ado I will ask Mr Davis for North Yorkshire to present his opening statement , and then I 'd like Mr Curtis , your moment has come Mr Curtis , er to follow on from Mr Davis . |
| 25 | Honey magazine recognized this and acted on it in an extraordinary way with the launch of the ‘ Honey boutiques ’ in the major conurbations , so that the groovy styles portrayed in the magazine could be had by hitherto deprived readers in whatever part of the sticks they had the misfortune to live , with no more trouble than a Saturday day return fare . |
| 26 | Fortunately Ruby worked with no more sound than the occasional deep breath expelled in a sigh . |
| 27 | While Mrs Drubb , with no more explanation than that she was a woman now and had better keep well away from men , had then scolded her for upsetting her mother . |