Example sentences of "[be] [verb] be more [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mailer 's old feuds with gay and feminist true believers are unlikely to abate on publication , even though women are shown are more feline and intelligent , and the chief homosexual ( also the only Jew ) is a smart , witty cynic . |
| 2 | ‘ What you are saying is more obfuscatory than explanatory , ’ Catherine said crossly . |
| 3 | Problems of taste can also arise on the selection of music backgrounds for scenes of domestic life because the mood to be reinforced is more personal and it is all too easy to lapse into embarrassing banality . |
| 4 | Cottrell ( N.C. , 1980 ) it was said that as the function being exercised was more administrative than judicial the attendance and cross-examination of witnesses , from whom statements had been taken , at a formal hearing was unnecessary . |
| 5 | No tangible progress was made in resolving the differences between the two Korean states , and the atmosphere in which the talks were conducted was more hostile than on previous occasions . |