Example sentences of "much more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's so much more congenial to meet here than in my office at the radio . ’ |
| 2 | Marxism 's vision of socialism was much more congenial to the intelligentsia than that of a peasant-based utopia . |
| 3 | It was so much more congenial than the flat near Victoria — unsuitably dominated by Westminster Cathedral — where she had lived with her mother . |
| 4 | It was so much more businesslike to spread out needlework or write letters sitting at a table . |
| 5 | But that night at the end of September which ended in revulsion and hatred so far as you were concerned had earlier come to a much more disgusting climax . |
| 6 | Some are close to our world , others much more remote . |
| 7 | They have benefited the rich at the expense of the poor , and Britain in 1990 is a much more unequal society than it was in 1979 . |
| 8 | Diverse cropping such as this is ecologically sound because it is much more akin to the rainforest that it replaces , in contrast to monoculture , and provides a year-round protective cover for the soil . |
| 9 | But they are much more akin to many modern skyscrapers : they rather symbolize the social ambitions of their makers — and the comparative difficulty of self-expression on an ample scale in the crowded streets of a medieval city . |
| 10 | This is much more akin to a controlled language " than to a natural language . |
| 11 | That avoids the high-rev histrionics of the GT through a quieter engine and longer gearing , making it a much more relaxing car to drive long-distance . |
| 12 | A touch of a button is all that 's needed to change your sleeping position to one that 's so much more relaxing . |
| 13 | Out of the two authors , I prefer Harper Lee 's style of writing because she is much more fluent in her writing and it contains energy , happiness , sadness , and really imaginative descriptions . |
| 14 | I have divided E and F according to whether they are actively engaged in projecting , i.e. either making something or merely percipients of a ‘ running ’ stimulus , a much more passive role . |
| 15 | Choose a task requiring a variety of skills and experience , not those of an expert ( often an expert alone is much more competent than a group ) . |
| 16 | I should think people other people would be much more feel much more competent as well . |
| 17 | The Bureau can make legal demands that MI5 would find much more tricky . |
| 18 | Much more tricky than knowing if you 've found a badger sett , is knowing whether or not it is still active . |
| 19 | The May Hill Stakes , frequently an early guide to the following year 's Classics , is much more tricky to predict . |
| 20 | Following the unbanning of the ANC and other organizations and the release of Nelson Mandela , the focus of the programme has become much more developmental , supporting group training ( Access ) and postgraduate study . |
| 21 | You , poor little one , were the victim of a pure overwhelming desire , and I of a smaller desire by no means pure ; and I feel much more abject than if that desire had been satisfied . |
| 22 | For this the recantations were insufficient , and different tactics were now applied to obtain a much more abject confession . |
| 23 | Pilgrimages to Jerusalem became a much more solemn and expensive occasion . |
| 24 | How much more depressed he would have been , if he could have seen the silent trombonist in years to come , ensconced in his offices , sifting the sparse and scattered remains of his life . |
| 25 | Apart from partisanship , age also proved significant : older people had a much more favourable image of politicians of all kinds and , to a lesser extent , parties of all kinds . |
| 26 | This alone improves NEC by around £70/kW/ year and the final NEC works out at the much more favourable — £93/kW/year . |
| 27 | This is despite quoting statistics that present a much more favourable view of the Czechs . |
| 28 | Your institute produced a series of powerful critiques of the Czechoslovak economy in the 1980s , although you stressed that its position was much more favourable than that of Poland or Hungary . |
| 29 | The STV 's performance then appears in a much more favourable light . |
| 30 | There is little social provision for single-parent families and , indeed , government policy is much more favourable to the widowed parent than to the divorced parent , even if their situations are very similar . |