Example sentences of "more [adj] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That behaviour demanded more suffering than just a few uncomfortable hours . |
| 2 | The ambition and drive were still there , but more tempered , more resilient than before . |
| 3 | Popular recreation was more ‘ rational ’ in a bureaucratic sense and it was more respectable than before , but its pleasures remained deeply traditional : drinking and betting , chaffing your mates and cheering on the standard-bearers of your real or adopted territory . |
| 4 | In certain quarters , dogma is , if anything , more entrenched than ever . |
| 5 | The struggle there in the sixteenth century became more embittered than ever because Ireland had remained Roman Catholic when England had become Protestant in the middle of the century . |
| 6 | In general , therefore , subcontract labour will tend to be more mobile than directly employed labour . |
| 7 | As listening-posts attuned to balancing all shades of community opinion , they see themselves as more representative than formally elected representatives , who may represent a merely temporary or apparent majority . |
| 8 | Oil is easier to obtain and to transport , and it has the advantage of being more homogenous as well as containing hydrocarbons with a higher hydrogen to carbon ratio . |
| 9 | Nature , however , proved more subtle than even Maxwell had imagined . |
| 10 | The attack , in other words , is far more subtle than just pointing out any supposed physical resemblance between Miller and myself . |
| 11 | Hazel felt more mystified than ever . |
| 12 | After that Paddy 's temper became more fiery than ever . |
| 13 | She looked more odd than ever and her movements were beginning to stiffen . |
| 14 | She posted it , felt the emptiness and a deep , deep dullness , more complete than ever before , settle over her . |
| 15 | If you spread the group up and as far as you 're concerned there 's only a couple of guys looking at you and within the group more supportive than just one big body and if you 're feeling comfortable then the chances are you retain more information and part information to not just sat there . |
| 16 | The solution is more far-reaching than just changing a technique . |
| 17 | It is also known that the Indus Valley civilization was far more extensive than formerly realised , embracing areas as far away as the Oxus River , now called Amu Darya , in Central Asia and forming part of the Soviet Afghanistan border on its course . |
| 18 | Initial indications are that the basic rocks responsible for the gravity anomaly are more extensive than originally mapped . |
| 19 | You 've helped me so much in the past , and now that I 'm more helpless than ever , you 're going away ! ’ |
| 20 | Alter more than 10 years of ‘ debate ’ we seem to be little better off than before — indeed the lack of motivation is , if anything , more acute than ever . |
| 21 | Fitzosbert 's smile made him look more hideous than ever . |
| 22 | It is both more sensitive and more specific than almost any technique currently available . |
| 23 | There is nothing more annoying than unintentionally digging up groups of bulbs when they are dormant . |
| 24 | Its cornerstone — ‘ some very exciting storylines , ’ she says , ‘ much more emotional than before ’ . |
| 25 | Much of this artistic creativity was more innovative than before . |
| 26 | But the optimistic platitudes are sounding more hollow than ever before . |
| 27 | Well , if Dr Warner was reading it correctly , then that makes it even more private than ever , because it would mean my mother 's been lying , she must have some secret to hide . |
| 28 | More Scots than ever before are now living in residential accomodation for the elderly . |
| 29 | He felt more guilty than ever . |
| 30 | Helen Phillips says : Sometimes it 's more technical than outside . |