Example sentences of "he is [adv] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is ceratinly better than Lukic with crosses , he catches it whereas lukic would punch or drop leading to panic . |
| 2 | But I tend to think he is probably fitter than a lot of the other players . |
| 3 | Saviours of England 's Test image as the 1980s gave way to the 1990s , he is yet lugubrious except in the most private environs and incurably introverted . |
| 4 | Number crunching by day , he is also more than fully active after work and at weekends . |
| 5 | He knows too that there are activities in which he is most intelligent when he is most spontaneous , in which to think may even be dangerous ; the ski jumper or the tightrope walker can not afford to hesitate and reflect . |
| 6 | He is most relaxed when he is in the converted barn in Devon that is now his painting studio ; it is stone-floored and filled with light and quiet as a church . |
| 7 | ‘ At the moment he is enormously overweight because of lack of exercise , ’ says Michael . |
| 8 | The purchaser will insist on an asset sale either because he has identified significant liabilities which he can not risk or because he is simply nervous as to the general state of the business and the risk of unforeseen liabilities . |
| 9 | Nevertheless he is uniquely different because he is not only a hero but also a powerful magician in the tradition of many Slav and Asiatic epics . |
| 10 | Stuttgart coach Christophe Daum had named Chapman as his side 's biggest worry after the pre-season Makita tournament at Elland Road , saying : ‘ He is so dangerous when the ball is played into him in the air , and I do n't think we are able to cope with that . ’ |
| 11 | Their whole game depends on getting the man on the ground out of the way , if necessary with the boot , if he is so unfortunate as to be between them and the ball . |
| 12 | He is very wealthy and everyone looks up to him but as for me I could understand from my limited Italian he is very sad because one of his ships is very late in arriving in port and is feared lost . |
| 13 | Charles Boag-Thomson , QC , for the father , said to the girl : ‘ Daddy tells me he is very upset because he did not do these things . ’ |
| 14 | He is very cold when he is angry , very polite and correct . |
| 15 | He is perfectly earnest when he says , ‘ I feel that the people who run the big national companies are in my way . |
| 16 | He is almost immobile though his eyes express a thousand shades of mood . |
| 17 | Admittedly he is more explicit than the other two in detailing traits , such as unusual forms of thinking , which seem responsible for both psychotic symptomatology and creative production . |
| 18 | Now he is more famous than many guests on the show . |
| 19 | When Macaulay lay in bed ill once , Sydney paid a pastoral call and pronounced : ‘ He is more agreeable than I have ever seen him . |
| 20 | Zapp is simply keeping up with the state of the art ; he is more convinced than ever that professionalism is its own justification and reward . |
| 21 | Mr Hooke says after talking to trade journalists at the Paris Air Show , he is more convinced than ever that Raytheon will move production of the 125 to America . |
| 22 | Mr Herbert says he is more fortunate than most parents in the amount of help he receives . |
| 23 | He is more accessible than most tycoons and is frequently seen dining in the works canteen at Wapping . |
| 24 | And if he is more nosey than friendly , then the rumours will fly . |
| 25 | And what he enjoys even more is the knowledge that their affection is based upon patronizing him from what they take to be their greater radicalism ; while in fact , under the surface , he is more radical than they will ever be . |
| 26 | Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency . |
| 27 | She heard that : — — Papa is grown stout and has need of bigger trousers but Mama cries he is more handsome than ever and so do I. I have little time my Lily to write because I am put to Latin with the Abbe which is sore hard work and gives me the headache . |
| 28 | He is more popular than either Margaret Thatcher or Neil Kinnock . |
| 29 | ‘ He is more hip than any man I know , ’ says film executive Mark Canton , who helped to make Jack as rich as he is today , by persuading him to play The Joker in Batman . |
| 30 | On the other grand inquisitors , Mr Bruce thinks Sir Robin Day is susceptible to flattery as he ‘ thinks he is more important than the interviewee ’ , and he rates ITN 's Michael Brunson and Radio 4 's James Naughtie as the least egotistical interviewers . |