Example sentences of "[modal v] be more [adj] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondary claims must be more attractive to surplus units ( the personal sector ) than direct claims on deficit units . |
| 2 | The third group contains elements that are peripheral to this schema but could be more central to other schemas , such as our current conceptualisation of the solar system . |
| 3 | Nothing could be more provocative to Tolkien than a word without a referent ( emnet , wodwos , Gandálfr , ent ) , except perhaps an ancient poem written off by modern scholars as hopelessly irrational . |
| 4 | Recent experimental work has suggested that lipoproteins ( VLDL ) obtained from diabetic animals ( streptozotocin diabetic rats ) may be more toxic to cultured porcine endothelial cells than lipoproteins obtained from control animals . |
| 5 | Both Conté and Faber-Castell offer these crayons in a pencil format , which may be more applicable to refined , detailed drawing work . |
| 6 | The goal here is to illustrate the general contention set out in this book that in order to use regions in geography ( as against practising regional geography ) it is necessary to appreciate what the salient features of a region ( or place ) are — some of which may be more important to particular research tasks than others . |
| 7 | One theory to explain this is that the pigmentation of the skin may affect the sensitivity of the nerve-endings , so that chestnuts may be more sensitive to outside stimuli than say bays , therefore making them more likely to over-react . |
| 8 | There are , however , suggestions that reaction time may be more sensitive to visual field differences than accuracy scores ( White , 1972 ) . |
| 9 | Likewise , in relation to companies Maugham J. in In re Vocalion ( Foreign ) Ltd. [ 1932 ] 2 Ch. 196 held that it would be more conducive to substantial justice to permit foreign proceedings , brought by a creditor domiciled overseas , to proceed . |
| 10 | The new streamlined structure , it was argued , would be more adaptable to post-Cold War contingencies than NATO 's current structure which was geared to a massive and sudden attack by the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend therefore have a meeting with his opposite number at the Department of Trade and Industry and endeavour to bring ECGD rates down to a level which would be more favourable to British exporters ? |
| 12 | classical on ‘ the supposition that a Classical design would be more acceptable to public taste than a Gothic one ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ We basically believe that the deal with Aegon will be more profitable to existing policyholders . ’ |
| 14 | For instance , a rock shattered through physical weathering will be more liable to chemical weathering because of the increased surface area made available for chemical reactions . |
| 15 | Because National Savings offers tax-free returns , even current rates will be more attractive to top-rate taxpayers when the top rates are raised . |