Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] was more [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food was unlikely to provide exactly the right nucleic acids ready-made , and it was more likely that they were being built up from their components . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | At best , it looked as though a period of baronial bargaining between the two rival candidates , such as we find in Stephen 's reign , would develop ; but it was more likely that Henry would disappear in the coming struggle . |
| 5 | China would not wish Russian interest in Korea to be increased but it was more likely that a regime headed by Kim Il Sung would move along lines independent of Moscow . |