Example sentences of "he is more " in BNC.
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| 1 | And does it not have the ludicrous implication that a two-month-old only knows more than the two-week-old because he is more active ? |
| 2 | If he loses games to them he is more likely to accept their authority , resulting in a much better-behaved dog all-round . |
| 3 | Zapp is simply keeping up with the state of the art ; he is more convinced than ever that professionalism is its own justification and reward . |
| 4 | Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency . |
| 5 | He is more hesitant , however , about including an aptitude for leadership among the prerequisites for a successful captain of industry . |
| 6 | He is more likely to enjoy going to a restaurant that has good traditional furnishings that are well designed in their own terms . |
| 7 | On the other hand , if Lewis had been allowed to live in this way , though we might have had a few more mighty works of literary history from his pen , it is doubtful whether he would have written the works for which he is more popular . |
| 8 | He is more convinced by a scheme prepared by another collaborator , M.I. Iudin , for changing the intensity of low-level cyclones by employing a system of vertical air jets in the area where they form . |
| 9 | This is exactly the difference : a poor conductor often does not know what to do after the third rehearsal , he has nothing more to say , he is more easily satisfied , because he does not have the capacity for further discrimination , and because nothing in him imposes higher requirements . |
| 10 | She heard that : — — Papa is grown stout and has need of bigger trousers but Mama cries he is more handsome than ever and so do I. I have little time my Lily to write because I am put to Latin with the Abbe which is sore hard work and gives me the headache . |
| 11 | He is more comfortable at knocking others off perches than being there to be knocked off himself . |
| 12 | That colt will only run if something goes amiss with Magic Ring , and consequently , he is more likely to make his seasonal reappearance in the Sidney Thompson Memorial Stakes at Brighton on Monday . |
| 13 | ‘ He is more hip than any man I know , ’ says film executive Mark Canton , who helped to make Jack as rich as he is today , by persuading him to play The Joker in Batman . |
| 14 | No one can deny that he is more exciting , excitable and unconventional , with a mix of old and new Hollywood rolled up into a package that mixes James Dean with Humphrey Bogart , though Nicholson insists that he does not want to be compared with anyone . |
| 15 | The male is lucky in that he is more likely to leave the clinic with a diagnosis at the end of his first visit . |
| 16 | When Macaulay lay in bed ill once , Sydney paid a pastoral call and pronounced : ‘ He is more agreeable than I have ever seen him . |
| 17 | He is more enamoured of the lumpy , mottled effect of saltglaze — somewhere between orange peel and porridge . |
| 18 | He is more likely to borrow than barter , since he does not want to part with his own . |
| 19 | ( He is more accurately described as an epistemologist . ) |
| 20 | He is more committed to our character than our comfort . |
| 21 | On the other grand inquisitors , Mr Bruce thinks Sir Robin Day is susceptible to flattery as he ‘ thinks he is more important than the interviewee ’ , and he rates ITN 's Michael Brunson and Radio 4 's James Naughtie as the least egotistical interviewers . |
| 22 | If your horse is a reluctant showjumper you may find he is more enthusiastic at hunter trials , due to the natural-looking fences and the galloping between fences , which can wake up the laziest or horses . |
| 23 | He is more eager and able to expand our faith than we are to have it done . |
| 24 | Fortunately for him , he is more often seen as the ‘ little boy lost ’ ( which is often just how he feels , so his suffering is considerable ) , for apart from his obvious grief and loneliness , who now will cook his meals and iron his shirts ? |
| 25 | In other parts of the Guide he is more realistic about them : |
| 26 | However , he is more sympathetic to European federalism and this may prove a barrier . |
| 27 | He is more conservative with a small c . |
| 28 | Now he is more likely to ask for a body spray or shower gel . |
| 29 | His latest outburst comes as a surprise , as Faldo claims he is more relaxed both on and off the course . |
| 30 | Robert says he is more settled at school but is having to work very hard this year . |