Example sentences of "more [adj] [conj] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since we know from other evidence that the warrior and mercantile classes of Europe were not being depleted in this period — on the contrary , were steadily rising — we can see here further evidence of the rise in population of this age , a rise all the more striking since it could continue and grow in strength even though so many men and women were following a life of celibacy . |
| 2 | I think that we should accept th that this island in which we live is in effect becoming smaller day-by-day , as it is becoming more and more open er we should accept that its population is becoming perhaps with the assistance of a little advice from myself from time-to-time , rather more mobile than it used to be and I must say that we should I think all accept and I 'm sure we do that criminals do not have any particular respect for local authority boundaries er indeed the existence of the motorway system er despite the M25 does encourage mobility of crime and criminals to a very great extent . |
| 3 | In fact , that situation is even more confusing than it may seem from this account because a third cultural trauma , this time representing the change from cultivation ( of plants ) to herding and pastoralism also occurred and brought with it a great intensification , not of weaning as happened with cultivation , nor of the phallic mutilations which accompanied hunting , but of toilet-training . |
| 4 | Data on HDL 2 are more scanty but it would appear that there may be an elevation of this subfraction in the longer term in diabetics on a dietary regimen similar to that currently recommended by the British Diabetic Association ( Pacy et al , 1984 c ) . |
| 5 | Rather more lively than it would appear to be nowadays . ’ |
| 6 | The excitement is in the expectation that , having been around and seen all that you can , the end product will be at least a little more interesting than it might have been if you had stayed at home . |
| 7 | Your time is much more limited than it would be in a real case , and you can not afford to waste it ; on the other hand , it is no use gabbling what you have to say , for then it will not be understood . |
| 8 | This is all much more simple than it might seem from the previous , necessarily precise , rules . |
| 9 | As a consequence , the boundaries will be more distinct and it may be possible to identify more sub-areas . |
| 10 | I suppose my reluctance was more visible than it should have been . |
| 11 | Climbing in the rain makes you feel a lot more clever than it should rationally justify . |
| 12 | It was felt that if such unity could be achieved in the poorly organized wool textile trade then it was even more likely that it might be achieved in better organized industries . |
| 13 | While it is quite true that , with exceptional care , a polythene liner is capable of lasting for 10 years or more , it is more likely that it will perish within three , the area between the water surface and ground level being bleached by the sun , cracking and falling away . |
| 14 | When in doubt , beef it up — the more powerful the force , the less likely that it will have to fight and the more likely that it will succeed in its mission . |
| 15 | ‘ Much more satisfactory if it could all be done in one fell swoop . ’ |
| 16 | There had been a morning of heavy rain before the event and this must have reduced the expected numbers present and made it more subdued than it might otherwise have been . |
| 17 | This might be sensible if you were advised that your claim would be better presented in the formal atmosphere of the civil courts , or that your wrongful dismissal claim is so much more substantial that it will lead almost inevitably to a settlement of the lesser , unfair dismissal claim . |
| 18 | This facility is made even more useful because it can remain available while the user continues to type at the cursor . |
| 19 | Used in this way , a chart would probably be more effective because it may be larger and more easily seen at the back of the class . |
| 20 | J is also said to be more powerful because it can list arrays . |
| 21 | Comparisons between the public and private sector also suggest that the question of incentives is more complex than it may seem from models such as Niskanen 's . |
| 22 | It makes it far more complex than it should be . |
| 23 | I do not think it can be said that the manner of death is any more horrific than it used to be ( although it may well be different ) but it may be that the way of reporting someone 's death has radically changed and that this has brought its own problems . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's much more important than it used to be , ’ concedes Martin Hawtree , Secretary of the British Association of Golf Course Architects ( BAGCA ) . |
| 25 | If it is readily intelligible so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and the Legal draftsman can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance … . |
| 26 | If it is readily intelligible , so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and legal draftsmen can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance . |
| 27 | In fact there is no way out of his predicament because he can find no external way of authenticating the present : ‘ the more clearly the future could be seen , the more evident that it could validate nothing ’ ( Wheelis 1971 : 56 ) . |
| 28 | Contrary to such a view , black kids believe that , for them , being successful is more difficult than it would be for the white person of comparable proficiency . |
| 29 | The very existence of French appellate jurisdiction over the duchy clearly made Plantagenet rule potentially more difficult than it would otherwise have been . |
| 30 | This is more difficult than it may seem . |