Example sentences of "[adv] more [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are perhaps more appropriate when offering an American OTC stock . |
| 2 | Much more tricky than knowing if you 've found a badger sett , is knowing whether or not it is still active . |
| 3 | Our clothing became less sombre and much more casual and varied . |
| 4 | The relevant pressure groups maintain their vigilance , but during the 1970s the changes in the rural landscape , especially in the lowlands , have become much more visible and have certainly received much more publicity . |
| 5 | Many Sinhalese viewed flogging as suitable for low-caste persons ; it was considered much more demeaning if administered to a man of high caste . |
| 6 | In fact , the implicit themes may have been much more complex than described . |
| 7 | There is a direct correlation between morale , motivation , job satisfaction and absenteeism and staff turnover , if people are happy they generally want to stay for us they 're much more loyal and work harder and when we 're managing an area it becomes a lot easier because we are not having to , people are well trained they do the things right first time , you 're not having to correct their mistakes . |
| 8 | Half a century earlier his behaviour would have seemed much more normal and aroused much less criticism . |
| 9 | Total design is much more satisfying than tinkering . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's much more cool than playing guitar when you 're nine . |
| 11 | This was very much more simple than dealing with the naval officer . |
| 12 | Although adult herons sometimes catch fish using these particular baits , they are much more successful when using insects . |
| 13 | Although industrial disputes were much less common than food riots , historians have recently come to recognise that they were much more frequent than had been allowed . |
| 14 | This will need topdressing each year in spring , together with the addition of a little slow-acting organic fertilizer — herbs are much more aromatic when grown " hard " with little nutrient . |
| 15 | Because we were so much more awake and alert , I certainly was . |
| 16 | She says — at first he was quite nervous , but after the first day he became much more confident and started his David Bellamy act , waving his arms about … |
| 17 | One of the advantages of using an instantaneous gas water heater is that it is much more efficient than using a gas central heating boiler to heat the water in a storage cistern particularly in the summer . |
| 18 | Which I believe makes it that much more powerful than showing the vial and whatever . |
| 19 | The aim has been to make purchasers much more prudent and to force providers to compete for business . |
| 20 | An electrical mechanism for long-distance signalling in plants may be much more general than has previously been recognized . |
| 21 | Because the dishes were dried in hot air , it was much more hygienic than using a tea towel or leaving the dishes to drip dry . |
| 22 | The removal-from-play technique was much more effective than scolding or distraction at reducing aggressive episodes . |
| 23 | It does seem to me that philosophy is much more effective when combined with some ‘ first order ’ discipline , than when taught in isolation . |
| 24 | These are much more effective when coupled with a thorough removal of acid organic detritus from the substrate . |
| 25 | Although the House of Lords has allowed the BBC and ITN broadcasters a fairly free hand when filming their House , the 1988–89 Committee was much more cautious and imposed rules almost as restrictive as those in Canada ( despite , one might think , its own visit there ) . |
| 26 | Grasmere , too has lost its galleries but evidently they were there once as de Quincey wrote describing them in his Recollections , ‘ A very interesting feature of the elder architecture , annually becoming more and more rare viz the outside gallery , which is sometimes merely of wood , but is much more striking when provided for in the original construction of the house and completely enfoncée in the masonry . ’ |
| 27 | Falling off a tall building is , after all , much more dangerous than falling off a low wall . |
| 28 | All are such small things , but they can be surprisingly effective in stopping the rot of jealousy from setting in and spoiling family life , and can make her much more contented and secure . |
| 29 | See how much more comprehensible and interesting the lectures become . |
| 30 | Others , like Weiskrantz ( 1968 ) and Dean ( 1980 ; 1982 ) , are much more sanguine and argue the brain is generally not interactive so that knowledge of what is lost after a lesion can be used to frame conclusions about the normal function of a region . |