Example sentences of "more [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The town square , where neighbours chatter , has a tranquil atmosphere and has more the feel of village life about it . |
2 | Rather than just giving a ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ to a carefully put question from the interviewer the informant can control much more the direction of the discussion and can therefore decide what is or is not relevant to a particular situation . |
3 | I 'd like to go into a little more the composition of the net debt which again is something that er interests some of you we have er a reduction both on gross debt and equally an increase in cash as you would expect as a result of the Elsivir sale the increases are not fixed debt fixed term fixed rate debt is a function again of the exchange rate we have n't in issued any more the whole of the reduction of debt therefore is confined to our floating rate or variable debt and that amount 's ready to the repayment of the gilder drawings we had under our to hedge or partially to hedge our holding in Elsivir We have increased our cash holdings and they remain concentrated in sterling as part of our sterling er asset er portfolio which is managed from Millbank and which we regard as our investable funds as and when needed . |
4 | He holds it through a riveting performance of the Toccata , a sumptuously lyrical adagio ( although perhaps here it has more the air of an andante amabile ) and a gloriously ebullient Fugue . |
5 | But for many more the importance of relatives — especially of grandmothers — lies in their availability as people who can be called upon in a crisis , or as people to fall back on when other arrangements break down . |
6 | It is an aspect of Karajan 's work and influence that makes him more the forebear of Simon Rattle than the successor of Arthur Nikisch . |
7 | It is true that during bouts of acute psychotic illness — or as an accumulating effect of several episodes — there may be impaired social and intellectual functioning , but this has more the appearance of a secondary consequence and , in any case , is by no means seen in all individuals . |
8 | The north wing with its range of rooms has more the appearance of a hostelry than a house . |
9 | This and his expression of heavy-lidded scepticism gave him more the appearance of an Old Etonian stockbroker than a policeman . |
10 | This clerk is amorously alive and even experienced : — " " deerne love " " is as double in meaning here as it is at the beginning of Dame Sirith , and the same must hold for the semantically similar " " privee " " ; slyness is very much more the quality of a fabliau lover ( cf. |
11 | These figures were confirmed even more when we saw when we saw that we spent twenty five pound more a head of population on our schools than the average Metropolitan District . |
12 | Erm but other than that yes , they did n't , th they 'd play more a sort of football , the boys would . |