Example sentences of "much [adj -er] and [adv] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember thinking that the whole process of being shot down and being killed seemed very much simpler and less horrible than I had always imagined . |
| 2 | I think it would be much easier and more logical if they just took the key with them . |
| 3 | Rewards are often only valued if they come from other people , but in fact they can be much nicer and more appropriate if they come from you . |
| 4 | However , these studies had been carried out on words in isolation , and we felt that , given the ambiguity of word boundaries , the search space might prove much larger and more complex than these studies implied . |
| 5 | Artegall keeps control and this allows victory over a savage force which appears much larger and more powerful than the knight . |
| 6 | Then , as her eyes swept over the crowd clustered round the stage , she did a double-take , spotting one figure much larger and more powerful than the rest . |
| 7 | We know that the eukaryotic cell is much larger and more efficient than the procaryote , carrying more genetic material . |
| 8 | CSC is much cheaper and more flexible than video conferencing , which requires special rooms and expensive phone lines . |
| 9 | I called in on Ruth at lunchtime today and found her sitting up in her wheelchair looking out at the garden and seeming much better and as bright as usual — a nice nurse in attendance . |
| 10 | This is much faster and more fun if a group of you do it together . |
| 11 | That Ross — so handsome , so much older and more experienced than she was — should be interested in her , had seemed to be almost a miracle beyond belief . |
| 12 | Even the most modern dental cements are very much weaker and more brittle than tooth substance . |
| 13 | But it seemed very small , much smaller and more fragile than the night before , as it swayed from side to side in the bright sunlight . |
| 14 | This kind of component is much smaller and more reliable than a valve , which was the earliest form of electronic switch . |
| 15 | Christopher Petrie and Jane lived for a year as neighbours : he in the manor and she in the stables-converted cottage , which she made much cosier and more inviting than the manor — one reason perhaps why Christopher spent so much time there . |
| 16 | When it emerged the Saro London showed a family resemblance to an earlier S E Saunders design , the A.7 Severn , but although some design features of the Severn were incorporated into the London , this new boat was much stronger and more sophisticated than its predecessor . |
| 17 | The tone of the celesta is very clear , and much rounder and less tinkling than that of the glockenspiel . |
| 18 | Now she could , for a while , rest with her achievement , which was something so much greater and more mysterious than just having uttered a pack of lies , and let what was to happen next gradually formulate itself . |
| 19 | In some ways it is an improvement over yet older versions , sions , but I hope you realise that the information it encapsulates is much vaguer and less certain than the description I gave of what single cells can do . |
| 20 | They perhaps entered by the route of Kamchatka and Alaska , where the climate , even now so much milder and more equitable than on the north-east coast of America , might have been warm enough in late Pliocene times to have allowed the migration of these animals . |