Help


[permalink] [id link]
+
Page "Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester" ¶ 5
from Wikipedia
Edit
Promote Demote Fragment Fix

Some Related Sentences

much and more
True, she was my Aunt, married to an Uncle related to me only by marriage, but why she had married a man twice her age, and more, perhaps, I did not know or much care.
Keith was on his feet because he didn't care at all about life any more: Penny on her feet, proudly, because she cared too much.
Belief in the traditional way of life persists much more in the older states than in the new ones.
And of course religious life continues to center in the more famous mosques, and commercial life -- very much a social institution -- in the bazaar.
The Negro faces as much, if not more, difficulty in fitting himself into an urban economy as he did in an agrarian one.
We get some clue from a few remembrances of childhood and from the circumstance that we are probably not much more afraid of people now than man ever was.
Thus the fictional detective is much more than a simple businessman.
That is to say Gabriel's fundamental law had been so much modified by this time that it was neither fundamental nor law any more.
Exhibited in shows in London in 1935, and in New York the following year, the new, more elaborated abstracts were much favored in the circles of the modernists as three-dimentional dramas of great intellectual coherence.
Very much the political man, Helion felt himself deeply affected by the increasingly pessimistic atmosphere of France and all Europe, whose foundations seemed to him more and more shaky.
This was not simpler but much more difficult than exercises within Ptolemy's astronomy.
But I can see from this latest trick of memory how much more arbitrary and influential it is than the will.
It was much more fun, reminding the girls of their old carefree days in the Hasseltine frolics room at Bradford.
Even in such technical curricula as engineering, the senior is much more likely than the freshman to choose, as an ideal, liberal education over specific vocational preparation.
Although he questions the extent and nature of the alleged revival of religion and the alleged increase in conformity, and thinks that `` hedonistic '' present-time orientation does not have the meaning usually attributed to it, he does conclude that Americans increasingly enjoy leisure without guilt, do not stress achievement so much as formerly, are more accepting of group harmony as a goal, more tolerant of diversity and aware of other cultures.
If the hardships of the winter at Valley Forge were trying for healthy men, they were, of course, much more so for those not in good health.
But Morgan evidently reported matters of intelligence much more important to his commanding general.
Sturley quoted Quiney as having written on November 1 that if he had `` more monei presente much might be done to obtaine our Charter enlargd, ij faires more, with tole of corne, bestes, and sheepe, and a matter of more valewe then all that ''.
Of course I hope Hal can also, but those hopes are much more faint ''.
Easily the best known of these three novels is The Space Merchants, a good example of a science-fiction dystopia which extrapolates much more than the impact of science on human life, though its most important warning is in this area, namely as to the use to which discoveries in the behavioral sciences may be put.
`` Something much more thorough is required ''.

much and elaborate
The war found him much too early, and its perils -- and especially its awful boredom -- were best forgotten in horseplay and elaborate practical jokes, and even now Doc had never found any stabilizing, sobering influence.
Henry Sweet did much work on the systematic description of vowels, producing an elaborate system of vowel description involving a multitude of symbols.
Transistors are much cheaper, and so more elaborate designs that give greater efficiency but use more parts are still cost-effective.
A " piece " is a more elaborate representation of the artist's name, incorporating more stylized letters, usually incorporating a much larger range of colors.
The elaborate procedure was recorded by a 15th-century witness in an oft-quoted description: " he will lie upon his back, with his head covered and his feet, and one arm will be drawn to one quarter of the house with a cord, and the other arm to another quarter, and in the same manner it will be done with his legs ; and let there be laid upon his body iron and stone, as much as he can bear, or more ..."
However, following Iamblichus, Plutarch of Athens, and his master Syrianus, Proclus presents a much more elaborate universe than Plotinus, subdividing the elements of Plotinus ' system into their logically distinct parts, and positing these parts as individual things.
Proclus also gives a much more elaborate account of Intellect than does Plotinus.
Many individuals have much more fanciful signatures than their normal cursive writing, including elaborate ascenders, descenders and exotic flourishes, much as one would find in calligraphic writing.
The Doctor attempts to repair the circuit in " Logopolis " and " Attack of the Cybermen ", but the successful transformation of the TARDIS into the shapes of a pipe organ, a painted Welsh dresser ( much to the amusement of Perpurgilliam " Peri " Brown and the Sixth Doctor's annoyance ) and an elaborate gateway in the latter serial was followed by a return to the police box shape.
Accordingly, they prefer not to elaborate upon the details and remain firmly within Holy Tradition, than to say too much and possibly deviate from the truth.
As time went on and technology advanced, the concerts became much more elaborate, with visual effects, lighting, lasers, pyrotechnics, and projected images.
According to the historian of technology Lynn White, these conical and pyramidal designs, much more elaborate than early artistic jumps with rigid parasols in Asia, mark the origin of " the parachute as we know it ".
For example, Euclid provides an elaborate proof of the Pythagorean theorem, by using addition of areas instead of the much simpler proof from similar triangles, which relies on ratios of line segments.
Boyle erected an elaborate monument to himself, his wives, his mother and children in The Collegiate Church of St Mary Youghal, County Cork and there is a similar but much larger Boyle monument in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
The branch locality is a more elaborate possibility, hence more developing effort is needed, but there is much larger reserve for future exploration in this kind of locality than in all the remaining ones.
Buddhist practices of anointing are largely derived from Indian practices but tend to be much less free and noticeably less elaborate.
Many individuals have much more fanciful signatures than their normal cursive writing, including elaborate ascenders, descenders and exotic flourishes, much as one would find in calligraphic writing
Consequently, another recurring scenario is one where Bernard must " walk the tightrope " –- that is, arbitrate between his two conflicting duties by resorting to elaborate verbosity ( much like Sir Humphrey ) to avoid choosing one over the other.
The interior makes much use of marble in the entrance hall and flanking staircases, although the galleries as originally designed were white with restrained classical detail and mouldings, very much in contrast to the elaborate decoration of the Victorian galleries, although much of this decoration was removed in the early 20th century.
However, the suspension and the tautening of the numerous metal strings ( which, it is said, numbered an astonishing 790 ) were much more elaborate.
The budget and finance controls are also much more elaborate — tax rates can be set individually for residential, commercial and industrial zones.

0.214 seconds.