Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [be] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The forms are more crudely simplified than in Cézanne , and while there is the same sensation of recession that one gets from Cézanne 's paintings , as one 's eye moves from one clearly defined plane to another , Braque 's paintings are composed in such a way that the feeling of depth is very restricted . |
| 2 | Once again the forms are more solid , more firmly drawn and roundly modelled than in Braque 's contemporary work . |
| 3 | Bigger farms , say the experts are more likely to make money . |
| 4 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 5 | Yeah , the chains are more important the the higher the window is . |
| 6 | In It was found that , as predicted , the artists were more deviant on certain personality traits . |
| 7 | A little more thought suggests that the interactions are more complex . |
| 8 | For many , the dangers are more serious . |
| 9 | No systematic attempt is made at this point to resolve the many doubts about the details of Hocazade 's career , particularly the dates of his various appointments , since his career impinges on those of a number of Muftis and the conflicts are more appropriately discussed in detail where they arise in these contexts . |
| 10 | The views are more plausible when taken as answers , or at any rate materials for answers , to a question quite different from the question of meaning . |
| 11 | This line has a similar nature conservation value as Pencaitland but if anything , the views are more spectacular from the elevated embankments . |
| 12 | Understandably , the courts are more willing to review a decision because of the way in which it has been reached than because of its actual merits , or lack of them . |
| 13 | Where the power is exercised by a minister , for practical reasons , the courts are more willing to hold that he has an implied power to sub-delegate . |
| 14 | The Germans are more to be trusted with maintaining the value of European money than would be a Central Bank with votes for inflationary countries like Greece , Britain or Italy . |
| 15 | Initially the Germans were more proficient at this than the Allies , for they kept their snipers in the same sector for long periods so they became familiar with the enemy 's trench systems there , while the Allies rotated their snipers with the units to which they belonged . |
| 16 | The reason for this seems to have been that Victorian British industrialists looked for a quick return , while the Germans were more prepared to take a long view . |
| 17 | The Germans were more interested at that time in hunting Communists , but later came the Gestapo and then things became much more dangerous . |
| 18 | Horses were ridden bareback , without the advantage of stirrups or saddle , and the riders were more dependent upon ability than on equipment . |
| 19 | Although most of the work has been done at concentrations of less than 500 ppm , the LLNL workers have found that the same dose that destroys 500 ppm of TCE will reduce 10,000 ppm to 500 ppm — in other words the X-rays are more effective on higher concentrations . |
| 20 | One wonders how-pupils watching this programme reacted to the statistic that , if we followed government advice , we might escape with only 20 million dead ( the Russians are more optimistic : they see 90 per cent surviving ) . |
| 21 | Culturally , the native population encountered by the Russians was more varied than that found by the first Europeans in northern North America , but the general linguistic situation in the two regions was similar . |
| 22 | No doubt the material culture of the Russians was more highly developed than that of most Siberian peoples , in so far as they built log houses with wooden floors , windows and stoves ; wore clothing made of textiles woven from linen , hemp or wool ; used steam-baths ; were able to shoot game ( and people ) more efficiently with bullets than with arrows ; used vessels made of ceramics or metal ; provided themselves with grain and vegetables where natural conditions permitted , and so on . |
| 23 | To differentiate , one might say that Persians held the British more responsible for Iran 's misfortunes , but the Russians were more feared . |
| 24 | Move around , engaging the groups are more involved . |
| 25 | Which is not to say that such diseases are more common in this country or that the cases are more florid or medically interesting , simply that , for historical reasons , the delivery of both diagnosis and treatment is better than elsewhere . |
| 26 | The rules are more generous than those for transitional relief and some of the basic points are : |
| 27 | On IPE and Fox , in the case of futures trades , the rules are more relaxed and allow the whole order to be filled off the floor provided it is within the minimum fluctuation in the pit at the time . |
| 28 | The rules were more limited than the report of subcommission . |
| 29 | The reasons are more complex than that . |
| 30 | Perhaps the High-Heels were more popular in the past , but as you can see , our present King and all his officials wear the lowest heels . |