Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] [be] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion I didn ‘ t , because it was felt that other factors were more important . |
| 2 | In another study , researchers have said that premature babies are more likely to suffer from breathing difficulties in childhood than youngsters born after a full-term pregnancy . |
| 3 | We have seen that indirect taxes are more regressive than direct taxes . |
| 4 | The assumption is made that dissatisfied workers are more likely to leave the one job for another , take time off , or go on strike , but there has been considerable debate about all three measures , and there are cogent reasons for doubting that any of them serve as adequate indicators of job satisfaction . |
| 5 | It is now known that many plants grow at temperatures as low as 0°C , albeit slowly , and it is thought that higher temperatures are more important in the earlier half of the year . |
| 6 | But older men and women may be affected too , and evidence has shown that some races are more likely to have it than others . |
| 7 | It is understood that such clauses are more common on the Continent . |
| 8 | Other studies have found that caring relatives are more likely to favour residential care as a solution for the elderly confused if the old person exhibits difficult behaviour ( Levin et al . , |
| 9 | Although theoretically any potency can be used , in practice it was found that some potencies were more effective than others . |
| 10 | If one separates them , it may be assumed that vocational courses are more valid than non-vocational , but nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 11 | Although it has been traditionally assumed that Labour Governments are more susceptible to defeat in the Lords than Conservative administrations , Brazier concludes that the Lords have been surprisingly even-handed in dealing out legislative defeats . |
| 12 | We decided to begin our search in the deep midwaters on the basis of the results mentioned above , even though , at first sight , biological considerations might have suggested that inshore waters were more promising . |