Example sentences of "more [adj] that " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Many of the most famous hams are British , which makes it all the more shameful that many shops are selling the wet and tasteless ersatz ham that we are all familiar with . |
| 2 | It is equally if not more striking that these remarks about mania in the individual manic-depressive of modern times hold perfectly true for the cultural equivalent : the first cultivating societies . |
| 3 | All the more strange that the advocates of a return to Victorian values should chide trade unions for refusing to forgo or minimise pay rises in order to create more jobs or to contain inflation . |
| 4 | Redknapp is determined to fight the charge but he is even more upset that his action was seen as the spark for crowd violence . |
| 5 | While it is true that the longer the period of time over which the child 's language is sampled , the more representative that sample will be of the child 's underlying linguistic knowledge , in practical terms the length of any recording will be constrained by the time available for transcription and coding . |
| 6 | That could prove , perhaps , that it was yet more odd that Liz 's sister 's sister-in-law had not met and married , for instance , Teddy Lazenby ? |
| 7 | It is even more odd that the Sports Council should publish his words . |
| 8 | In fact , at the time when Macmillan 's advice was sought he had ceased to be Prime Minister and it is the more odd that the Queen on this occasion should have , in Macmillan 's words , said that ‘ she did not need and did not intend to seek any other advice but mine ’ . |
| 9 | Men like Ryan , and probably Leo , could have their pick of women , which made it even more unbelievable that she had been so stupid as to believe Ryan . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's much more hilly that I expected , much more severe , more than anyone said to me , ’ said Montgomerie . |
| 11 | Aaron 's operations , however , were much more extensive that those of any previous lender , Christian or Jewish . |
| 12 | Since both Koreas joined the UN in September 1991 , it looks slightly more possible that the two Chinas could be members as well ; but it still seems unlikely that China , committed to opposing formal Taiwanese independence by force , would allow it . |
| 13 | Sir : I am sorry that John Torode ( 3 October ) found the Salman Rushdie seminar ‘ dispiriting ’ , and even more sorry that he perceives in it the birth of a ‘ dangerously illiberal orthodoxy ’ . |
| 14 | But much more sorry that you have behaved in such an improper and perilous way . |
| 15 | The logic of the reforms was to move local government closer to the Tiebout model , making it more transparent that ‘ you get what you pay for ’ . |
| 16 | This is clearly a step forward for durability over the single density EVA or other Saucony models , which , although softer and more responsive that PU , can compress after heavy mileage . |
| 17 | ‘ But it was more wrong that the chairman and vice-chairman ( Lord Barnett ) , representing the wider public interest , did not insist on that change in contractual arrangements , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ But it was more wrong that the chairman and vice-chairman , Lord Barnett , representing the wider public interest , did not insist on that change in contractual arrangements , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Nigel Lawson may have won his prime minister the 1987 election , but it has become ever more clear that he let his boom run on too long and too strong thereafter . |
| 20 | But it was even more clear that the Public Schools had adapted themselves rapidly and skilfully to the demands for a meritocracy as identified by Michael Young . |
| 21 | The sulphur-laden dirty atmospheres of industrial localities virtually guarantee a grimy but effective fungicidal deposit — the indication could not be more clear that , whether accidental or intentional , a fungicidal film on the foliage does have an effect . |
| 22 | As in divided Germany and divided Korea , Ho Chi Minh and his comrades might have accepted that this was the reality : especially as it became ever more clear that the United States intended to uphold the status quo with all their power . |
| 23 | As experimental and theoretical evidence mounted , it became more and more clear that the universe must have had a beginning in time , until in 1970 this was finally proved by Penrose and myself , on the basis of Einstein 's general theory of relativity . |
| 24 | erm you know , because I want to do something more clear that 's gon na fit in with everybody else |
| 25 | The cruel would say they are all a load of balls and the more open-minded that they have not had a fair trial ( in cricket terms : a decent net ) . |
| 26 | With his cuts bandaged tightly with handkerchiefs and two pairs of socks inside his running shoes he managed the morning dash around the garden , but realised as each step became stickier and more painful that there was no real hope of the gashes healing while he continued to fulfil the personal fitness goals in his Training Plan . |
| 27 | The more light that falls on the eyes , the more the pupils contract to vertical slits ; the less light there is , the more they open up to round , black pools . |
| 28 | This makes it the more interesting that mammoth ivory , well adapted though it was by reason of its strength for tools and weapons , was reserved to a substantial extent for personal ornaments and sculptural representations . |
| 29 | ‘ Not taking the drugs made him feel powerful ; it made him feel part of a colourful world which was far more exciting that real life , ’ Silcock said . |
| 30 | First courses , like quail mousse and a terrine of fruits de mer showed much of that creative brio , served on huge white plates with a freshness and sureness of taste far more exciting that such titles suggest . |