Example sentences of "[conj] [is] more [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , if British governments usually provide leadership that is more authentically collective than at present , the possibility of executive branch hegemony is always there . |
| 2 | It is desirable therefore to devise an indexing system , by which words can be related to some other data structure that is more easily processed and stored . |
| 3 | A range of synthetic forms , from minimalism to microtonality , produces work that is more readily assimilated by less judgmental audiences . |
| 4 | The fact that I 've seen no film for some time that is more sexually honest is actually beside the point . |
| 5 | One problem that is more commonly encountered in the Z3 than in the Z1 or Z2 Carbonates , is that the sediments are widely affected by cementation and replacement by halite . |
| 6 | We turn now to a type of power that is more specifically an attribute of large companies , and which is our central concern . |
| 7 | We may extend our analysis of urban-rural shift to these years , 1981–87 , by reference to Table 5.5 , which disaggregates the South and North of Great Britain further into types of districts , a breakdown that is more fully explained in Chapter 7 and utilized in Chapters 8 to 11 . |
| 8 | This can be used to replace or supplement a cylinder overflow area ; it is a form of distributed free space that is more evenly available through the file than a cylinder overflow area . |
| 9 | The final and perhaps most important complication of non-specific infection is one that is more often iatrogenic ( doctor-induced ) in origin . |
| 10 | There are two main methods of budding — that which may be regarded as the traditional way , and another ‘ new ’ method that is more often used for other shrubs and trees — although we were using it 40 years ago on both bush and standard roses . |
| 11 | The rectum has a less robust lining than the vagina and is more easily damaged . |
| 12 | With increasing oceanicity , precipitation increases and is more uniformly distributed over the year , the number of ‘ wet ’ days increases , and humidity and wind speeds rise , while annual temperature range decreases ( Poore & McVean 1957 , McVean & Ratcliffe 1962 ) . |
| 13 | It is working to ensure that management training is relevant to the sector 's real needs and is more widely available . |
| 14 | In this case , the O 2s AO has a much lower energy than either the O 2p z AO or the symmetric combination of H 1s AOs , and is more closely held to the oxygen core than the O 2p z AO . |
| 15 | Anorexia nervosa usually develops in adolescent and young women : it is the third most common chronic illness in teenage girls , is seen only rarely in males , and is more properly a dieting disorder than an eating disorder . |
| 16 | This again is a very common problem and is more usually known as high blood pressure . |
| 17 | This certainly seems to be the case with the larger structures located in the south-eastern part of the walled area at Water Newton , and is more convincingly demonstrated at Kenchester , where at least three wealthy houses are known in similar locations , served by separate side-streets . |
| 18 | However , it is now widely ( and wisely ) accepted that screen-based communication is a weak platform for predominantly textual and numeric information and is more naturally the platform for sound and images . |
| 19 | The discharge is not as thick as a gonococcal one and is more often mucoid and clear in colour . |
| 20 | We found that the decision to end a marriage tends to be unilateral , and is more often taken by the wife ; there is widespread evidence of regret , but this is confined to one party in most cases ; while some members of the divorcing population allege that divorce is ‘ too easy ’ , these people will often say that they themselves have struggled with their marital problems for many years . |
| 21 | This plan is usually referred to as the " report " , since it is a report of the conclusion reached by the school 's library or curriculum development committee , but is more properly thought of as the proposal made by the school to the project coordinating committee in respect of the way in which it proposes that a project grant be used . |
| 22 | In his early days he had been clerk of the race-course , but is more well known as the fiery Salvationist he became after his conversion . |
| 23 | There are four known sources exerted between particles of matter : the electro-magnetic force ( which is what makes magnets attract pins , but is more generally important on the subatomic scale , gravity ( negligible on the small scale but supremely important on the large scale ) and two others , the weak and the strong nuclear forces ( neither of which need concern us here ) . |
| 24 | His sacred animals wee the ibis and the baboon and he could take the form of either animal , but is more generally shown as an ibis-headed man . |
| 25 | By this , he could mean Hewlett-Packard Co 's Posix-compliant version of its proprietary MPE operating system , MPE/ix ( CI No 1,983 ) , but is more probably referring to the fruits of the group 's agreement with Digital Equipment Corp . |
| 26 | It is sometimes used for solo work of a very light and airy character , but is more often used to ‘ touch in ’ little phrases , or as a gilt-edging to quiet orchestral ensembles in music of an elegantly fanciful character . |
| 27 | Despite Sealink 's best efforts , I ca n't wait to escape our tiny cabin for the Bentley , whose interior I reckon has about the same amount of room but is more expensively trimmed . |
| 28 | Coding can be done by interviewers to give them a break and to sustain their interest , but is more usually done by special staff . |
| 29 | ( Let's face it , when was the last time you heard references to ‘ Cliff Richard 's lip ’ , Iggy Pop and the annual ceremony marking the opening of the Houses of Parliament side-by-side in a song ? ) ; indecision and apathy are confronted in ‘ Not Superstitious ’ ; ‘ Dead Industrial Atmosphere ’ details the decline of the North-East as an economic force and the subsequent social fall-out and , of course , we get a few long songs thrown in to spice things up , or down , as is more often than not the case . |
| 30 | The significance of this technique is that it allows the novelist to incorporate metaphor at the level of what is narrated ( fabula ) , not merely at the level of narration ( sjuzet ) , as is more commonly the case . |