Example sentences of "is more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the government has just announced that this staff concerned with employment advice will move back into the Department of Employment , to ensure that their work is more integrated with that of the staff paying benefits to the unemployed . |
| 2 | A research programme is better than a rival if it is more progressive , the progressive nature of a programme depending on its degree of coherence and the extent to which it has led to successful novel predictions , as discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 3 | Finnis observes in a footnote that there is no happy English equivalent of determinatio but suggests that ‘ implementation ’ is more elegant than Kelsen 's ‘ concretization ’ . |
| 4 | I think it is more measured than the others , and I would rather it were not . |
| 5 | The prevention of the formation of scum around baths , sinks and kitchen surfaces means that cleaning is faster , requires less cleaning agents , and is more hygienic . |
| 6 | it is more private than a hearing in the civil courts — the press and public are not entitled to be present |
| 7 | This is supported by the morphology of the postcrania , which is more similar in Dryopithecus fontani to the living great apes and humans than that seen in any other fossil hominoid . |
| 8 | In many respects H5 is more similar to histone H1° , which is found in terminally differentiated cells , than it is to H1 . |
| 9 | Interestingly , the distribution of variants in Lurgan is more similar to that of the inner-city areas than that of the outer areas ( a pattern that applies also to other vowel and consonant variables ) . |
| 10 | Subject presumes perceived er speaker as pr prestigious and authoritative and they perceived that there might be future interaction with him perceived his speech is more similar to their own than subjects who were told nothing about the speaker . |
| 11 | The word " advice " is used , although in Caparo v Dickman the " advice " consisted of the audit of a company , which is more similar to an expert determination than advice given , for instance , by a lawyer . |
| 12 | The putative largest subunit of ASFV RNA polymerase has no repetitive C-terminal domain , thus resembling the poxviral subunit ( 2 ) , but its amino acid sequence is more similar to those of the largest subunits of eukaryotic RNA polymerases II than to the vaccinia virus subunit . |
| 13 | Their appearance is more worrying than the actual effect on the fish . |
| 14 | A drink or two extra on a Friday night may be OK ; a glass of vodka before you can face school in the morning is more worrying . |
| 15 | Nothing is more irritating than to have someone speaking for you when you are quite able to speak for yourself . |
| 16 | It is ill mannered to stand around gossiping , as nothing is more irritating to a person waiting for attention . |
| 17 | When dealing with a telephone enquiry it is essential that all the necessary information is at the fingertips of the receptionist as nothing is more irritating on the telephone than hesitancy through lack of knowledge or being asked to hang on whilst information is being looked up — and always have alternatives to offer if the first choice is not available . |
| 18 | Nothing is more irritating than people who do not keep to the point and talk for too long . |
| 19 | ‘ This , ’ he says slapping down a copy of THE FACE — bare-chested Marky Mark on its cover — with an air of triumphalism , ‘ is more homoerotic than our pictures ! ’ |
| 20 | As a backbencher , his mind changed : ‘ Do you not think that the tone of England is more liberal than the policy of the government ? |
| 21 | Nothing is more annoying than when a dole queue fan shells out six pounds for a ticket to a show which is nothing but a huge yawn for the artist involved . |
| 22 | When examining a sculptural form , a symmetrical examination of opposite sides by left and right hands simultaneously is more informative than a single handed action . |
| 23 | For many other purposes it is more informative to regard different ‘ types ’ and degrees of psychosis as variations on a single underlying theme of psychopathology ; with particular forms of psychotic reaction being dependent on the co-existence of other , essentially unrelated , intellectual and personality traits that colour the individual 's behaviour . |
| 24 | It is more accepted . |
| 25 | ‘ What is more embarrassing : using the wrong spoon , or saying the wrong thing in bed ? ’ |
| 26 | It is more embarrassing when the copper goes through my pockets . |
| 27 | As fluorescent light comes from a larger area the light is more diffuse and therefore produces less glare , and the flickering that was associated with the early form of fluorescent lighting should not be experienced now . |
| 28 | The second argument is more diffuse and therefore more difficult to counter . |
| 29 | Wright comments : " Comparison of the two passages shows clearly that while Malcolm focuses on the basilect , Tania 's narrative is more diffuse . |
| 30 | The return flow towards the centre of the wake is more diffuse . |