Example sentences of "[noun sg] more [adj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is excitatory , it makes the postsynaptic cell more likely to fire whereas if the signal is inhibitory it makes the postsynaptic cell less likely to fire . |
| 2 | But it was a good deal more surprising to find that class patterns were not more obvious . |
| 3 | There is more to these pieces than just a virtuosic exterior , though I should add that they are perhaps a great deal more amusing to perform than to listen to ‘ en bloc ’ . |
| 4 | A hydra might be a deal more plaguesome to purge than even Genestealers … |
| 5 | They are emphatically against making divorce more difficult to obtain and unsympathetic to the idea that society should do more to protect marriage . |
| 6 | Nowhere is this amnesia more likely to apply than within the intimacy of marriage . |
| 7 | What is more , every change makes the tax more difficult to understand and more expensive to administer . |
| 8 | In fact , I found the interface more awkward to use than WordStar 's . |
| 9 | The large company is by definition more difficult to run than the small one . |
| 10 | Nowhere is the siren song of conservation more difficult to resist than when it combines a sentimental appeal to make a restoration project out of every down-at-heel relic , with the coded suggestion that it might even be a retail money-spinner in its own right if properly marketed by a curator and a press officer with a gift shop and a T-shirt designer on hand . |
| 11 | Because of this , many people find groundwater more pleasant to drink than water from rivers and lakes . |
| 12 | She still likes pop music , especially the singers and groups she grew up with , like Neil Diamond , Dire Straits and Duran Duran , and thoroughly enjoys the rock concerts she attends , but she now finds classical music more soothing to read and work to . |
| 13 | It makes the program more difficult to understand and the FOR address is left on the stack . |
| 14 | Rubbish they 're probably a lot more expensive to run than this |
| 15 | Now sailing encompasses windsurfing , dinghy sailing and ocean cruising and if you 've got millions of pounds to spend you can enter the Fastnet or the Admiral 's Cup but whatever level or whatever part of sailing you want to take up , the basic techniques are best learnt in a dinghy or sail boat because it 's less expensive and a lot more simple to operate and that 's the purpose of this video to learn the most basic techniques as quickly as possible and to be at one with the wind . |
| 16 | If somebody keeps on going abo on about how much they love you , if somebody keeps on going on about they care for you and how much they 'd like you to enjoy yourself and er all that kind of thing and you subsequently feel hurt , upset , abused and need to go to casualty , that 's probably a lot more difficult to understand because it does n't fit the script . |
| 17 | on Thursday , we go on a book buying expedition , every year , June and me , we choose a lot of books of , but it 's a lot more fun to go and actually pick the things off the shelve |
| 18 | To impose upon a man who , through natural causes , has been made ill to a certain extent , very grave injuries such as were sustained by this plaintiff and which reduces his capacity to bear natural ill health , is in my judgment more likely to increase than reduce damages . |
| 19 | ‘ IT IS A REGION more difficult to traverse than the Alps or the Himalayas , but if strength and courage are sufficient for the task , by a year 's toil a concept of sublimity can be obtained never again to be equalled on the hither side of Paradise . ’ |
| 20 | If Tory supporters were in fact more likely to vote than those of other parties , a more refined analysis might have picked it up . |