Example sentences of "and [verb] more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As industries become more competitive and develop more complex processes , the need to harness the expertise and skills available in our academic institutions becomes vital in order to sharpen our competitive edge , ’ said Robert Atkins , Economy Minister . |
| 2 | How often I have watched , nay studied it , and wasted more honest words upon it than I can [ on ] most men ! … |
| 3 | Keogan et al studied 2017 patients referred for chest radiography and recommended more selective use of chest radiography through the application of selection guidelines . |
| 4 | The Welsh Rugby Union , meanwhile , have announced the setting up of a new National Development Player Committee ( NDPC ) which will assist senior players of international potential , and also monitor and evaluate more technical and administrative elements associated with the performance of national senior squads . |
| 5 | With every day its voice got louder , its punches and kicks more hefty . |
| 6 | While Dace said that recession continued in the UK and became more visible in continental Europe , exchange rate movements meant that revenues were maintained in all sectors of Riva 's business . |
| 7 | As he pointed up the moral , contrasting the way of the good with the way of the bad , his voice deepened and became more indignant . |
| 8 | Soviet spokesmen generally argued that , considerable though their ethnic differences might be , they would diminish and ultimately disappear as social and economic standards throughout the USSR improved and became more uniform . |
| 9 | Vehicles that evolved a bottlenecked life cycle prospered , and became more discrete and vehicle-like . |
| 10 | After 20 sessions , 70 per cent of those breathing pure oxygen tired less easily and became more mobile and co-ordinated . |
| 11 | His voice softened when he saw her reaction and became more confident , as though he could now say what he wanted rather than what he ought to say . |
| 12 | This jealousy between a corps d'elite and those who are not able or willing to come under its patronage is understandable , and became more understandable to me when I reached Hyderabad and found that the Institute was a self-contained and sequestered community , and that its comparatively luxurious campus bore a faint resemblance to a military camp , with living quarters graded according to the status of their occupants . |
| 13 | Rhee intensified his pressure in the early months of 1947 and became more outspoken in criticising the military government . |
| 14 | The mood had changed by the end of the Sixties , and became more romantic , more allusive , softer and with many references to the past , which suited Lagerfeld 's handwriting much more than the brash futuristic Sixties looks had done . |
| 15 | One or two other teachers were encouraged by my willingness to argue against racial prejudice and became more vocal themselves . |
| 16 | Techniques of interrogation and espionage improved and became more sophisticated every day — yet still the old methods remained as effective as they ever had . |
| 17 | When Edward saw that I was willing to work , and that the ground covered in a day could be almost doubled with my help , he relaxed and became more open with me . |
| 18 | He then slept badly and became more silent and withdrawn than was his habit . |
| 19 | So , naturally we started to feed them separately and became more careful when giving them titbits . |
| 20 | As they approached the gate the street narrowed and became more mediaeval . |
| 21 | As music and musical instruments developed and became more flexible , so did the dance . |
| 22 | It seems the whole of Japan saw the one-hour programme and became more aware of the Wedgwood Group and its products . |
| 23 | Parents saw and began to understand the difficulties which teachers faced and became more sympathetic and supportive . |
| 24 | ‘ Action taken to contain operating costs and introduce more selective underwriting procedures has proved increasingly effective and we have reported a substantial recovery in our operating performance for 1992 . |
| 25 | Younger farmers may prove more innovatory than their predecessors and introduce more intensive farm development to the extent it can be achieved within the French system . |
| 26 | So the church had been finally demolished and the Old Rectory , sheltering behind it and proving more durable , had been sold . |
| 27 | It must be right for auditors to audit and for regulators to regulate and I do not think that it helps the argument for there to be an overlap in responsibilities and in some way , as I say , to turn auditors into snoopers and narks er er and make more supine one 's er regulators . |
| 28 | They establish a structured approach to the management of health and safety and make more explicit what employers have to do to comply with the general duties of the Health and Safety at Work Act and as such they provide a very useful tool in our efforts to improve health and safety at work . |
| 29 | We are challenging the fashion industry to improve its provision , so that we can experiment with images and make more erotic statements with clothes . |
| 30 | Erm I 've had one comment from the people in Nottingham , that er we need to have a clearer idea of exactly what we want from people , and then let them go away and and read more detailed bumf in more detail . |