Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [pron] is [adv] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | But of course the water is not heaped up into a cube and so it is perhaps more appropriate , though less convenient , to think of this mass of salt water in its actual context — as a veneer-thin skin which lurks in those troughs and valleys which fall below the mean circumference of the earth 's planetary spheroid . |
| 2 | The distinction of meaning is especially clear with perfect participles ; these show a well-known alternation between interpretation as expressing an event ( therefore the occasion value ) and interpretation as expressing a state : ( 23 ) labelled goods vs sent goods The word sent is unusual prenominally precisely because it has the sort of meaning which makes an actual or implicit reference to the event of despatch , and hence it is far more likely to be used post-nominally . |
| 3 | Now My Lords I believe that view of the Noble Earl is widely shared in this con in in this country and indeed what is even more significant outside this country . |
| 4 | And yet it is much more complex than that . |
| 5 | Blagdon do claim that the foam can operate as an effective filter , and certainly theirs is far more substantial than most of the equivalent models . |
| 6 | It is often nicknamed the Northern Cross , and certainly it is much more cruciform than the Southern Cross . |
| 7 | And in one to actress Salka Viertal she says : ‘ It is sad to be alone , but sometimes it is even more difficult to be with someone . ’ |