Example sentences of "[verb] to be more [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl seemed to be more concerned at the loss of the eggs than her home , Christina noticed . |
| 2 | We just happen to be more lucky at laying hands on them than most . |
| 3 | It just generally makes you more aware of the closness of the ground and that you 've got to be more careful at these sort of heights |
| 4 | It 's interesting to note , though , that while a good number of men have ticked ‘ I must try to be more helpful at home ’ , not so many women have imagined their partners making such a resolution . |
| 5 | • Errors tend to be more frequent at night than during the day . |
| 6 | The dinner , a rite of the Washington spring , has always had its share of visitors from the west coast ; they tend to be more fun at your table than a deputy assistant secretary in the Veterans ' Administration . |
| 7 | In a study of 848 children aged 11–14 by the Advertising Research Unit at the University of Strathclyde , P P Aitken of D R Eadie found that smokers tended to be more adept at recalling , recognising and identifying cigarette advertisements . |
| 8 | Newly admitted residents tended to be more active at the point of admission , having replaced a heavily dependent person . |