Example sentences of "more [adj] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the more striking was the subsequent nineteenth-century Catholic revival centred upon the reign of Pius IX and the First Vatican Council of 1870 . |
| 2 | But what is more dishonest is the simple fact that the wines are not what they purport to be . |
| 3 | Perhaps even more revealing are the astonishing carvings which adorn many of the small Romanesque churches of the Saintonge , for whereas the facades of important churches , under the patronage of princes like the Duke of Aquitaine or the Count of Angoulême , may well be the work of internationally famous masters , these village churches make plain the strength of a purely local tradition of superb craftsmanship . |
| 4 | Two crews that would have been especially grateful for this kind of compensation were Dennis Arlett and Patricial Lagesse whose accumulated woes would not let them pass Gao while , even more heart-rending was the final submission of the chassis previously held together by Jean-Christophe Savzey and Claire de Valbray — an agonizing 50km from the finish . |
| 5 | More deadly and much more painful is the chemical weaponry of the heavily camouflaged and lethargic stonefish . |
| 6 | Making people 's jobs more interesting is the frequent benefit claimed of automation — the industrial robot is no exception . |
| 7 | More interesting are the other two , both from above the main porch at the east : Artemis and Act aeon ( a subject which , like other brutal divine punishments of mortal error , becomes frequent in classical art ; cf. fig. 119 and p. 72 , below ) ; and Zeus with Hera . |
| 8 | Much more interesting are the larger complexes which occupy the vacant land immediately behind the main frontages . |
| 9 | However , even more interesting were the large number of cells which seemed active only when the rat visited a particular place in the maze and/or carried out particular behavioural acts ( food searching , drinking or whatever ) in that place . |
| 10 | A search carried out at Frome in 1786 produced several hundredweight of embezzled wool.9 More interesting was the prolonged and bitter dispute which broke out in Essex in 1757 . |
| 11 | You can use these to move around the spreadsheet and even to select functions using its Function Assistant but even more exciting are the new features that are introduced by icons . |
| 12 | More acceptable are the kentucky mops which have flat , longer stringed heads , clipped rather than screw fixed to a wire frame . |
| 13 | Much more authentic are the slow improvements made by training — taking several days to raise a single skill by the tiniest amount . |
| 14 | More serious are the occasional discrepancies over grades between text and topos . |
| 15 | Far more serious were the severe head injuries — in particular a bruising of the brain . |
| 16 | More serious was the agreed medical opinion that should she continue in this way , within a week her capacity to have children in later life would be seriously at risk and a little later her life itself might be in danger . |
| 17 | The institutions we have just considered represent , however , fewer than one in four of the further education establishments in the Principality ; indeed , more typical are the remaining 35 colleges which are concerned almost exclusively with non-advanced work . |
| 18 | More typical is the partial cure where the doctors could say that the treatment was worthwhile but the future uncertain . |
| 19 | More typical is the confused plight of Ewing Oil and its rickety chartered tanker , familiar to viewers of ‘ Dallas ’ ; or , in the real world , the American Trader whose load fouled southern California last month . |
| 20 | But the more inelastic was the initial labour supply curve the less impact this disregard of social security benefits will have on employment and wages . |
| 21 | Rather more unusual is the single pair of Herons that have nested in the centre of Westham village for many years . |
| 22 | Scarcely more satisfactory is the Soviet view that the emergence of a significant minority of committed radicals among the intelligentsia reflected the changing social origins of the student body . |
| 23 | Even more satisfactory are the beautiful flavours and scents of these dishes authentically made and eaten when fresh . |
| 24 | Somewhat more sophisticated was the dog-headed tribe of the Isle of Macumeran described by fourteenth-century English traveller and writer Sir John Mandeville . |
| 25 | But what is even more remarkable is the entire absence of any poetry associated with the open fields , any lament in literature for their passing . |
| 26 | Perhaps even more remarkable was the major generalisation in the field of chemistry produced by this period , Mendeleev 's ( 1834–1907 ) Periodic Table of Elements ( 1869 ) . |
| 27 | Potentially more useful are the non-invasive monitoring techniques based on Positron Emission Tomography ( PET ) scanning ( Raichle 1983 ) . |
| 28 | Even more astonishing were the intermediate figures : ‘ It is important to realise just how phenomenally fast these are . |
| 29 | More graceful was the scarlet Plume : |
| 30 | Even more interventionist was the one-month compulsory ‘ truce ’ imposed on prices . |