Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj -er] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some countries , such as Nigeria , Ghana and Kenya , developments have been very considerable but the process is necessarily slower and perhaps deeper and more lasting for that . |
| 2 | But as I was coming up to London to work in more formal circumstances I selected my new skirt , which is somewhat smoother and less worn , together with my new pullover — oh , no , how odd , this is my old pullover — but — ah , now I remember , yes , worn over a cotton shirt — which again is something smooth . |
| 3 | The positive heuristic , that aspect of a research programme that indicates to scientists the kind of thing they should do rather than what they should not do , is somewhat vaguer and more difficult to characterize specifically than the negative heuristic . |
| 4 | It is much cheaper and easier to treat residents as passive and incapable . |
| 5 | The USSR copies the West simply because it is much cheaper and easier , not because it is inherently backward . |
| 6 | CSC is much cheaper and more flexible than video conferencing , which requires special rooms and expensive phone lines . |
| 7 | Its application is much wider and encompassing the entire organisation and its various external and internal ‘ publics ’ . |
| 8 | However , their spread is much wider and transport related earnings represent a major contribution to the total . |
| 9 | This process is much simpler and quicker than cleaning a convection oven . |
| 10 | In the second well , however , the sonic log indicates that the upper unit is much tighter and the core descriptions suggest that the pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement . |
| 11 | The tone here is much richer and brighter , so consequently this is a more enjoyable guitar to play than the previous two , and really does sound better than its price suggests . |
| 12 | The rest of the island is much lower and flatter and is covered with deposits of sand , calcareous sandstone and clays . |
| 13 | The country to the north and north-east of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is much lower and for that reason more cultivated . |
| 14 | People with congested skin often benefit from aromatic baths ( if not too hot ) and full-body massage because the skin of the abdomen , inner thighs and upper arms is much softer and therefore more capable of absorption . |
| 15 | She is much better and plans to help to run a mother and toddler group at the centre . |
| 16 | I am quite well and am happy to say Lady F. is much better and is quite well . |
| 17 | Speaking at the opening of the event on a misty morning NSA Wales and Borders chairman Andrew Jones said : ‘ We as sheep farmers have been in the mist for some time , but lets hope that the outlook is much better and that there are better days to come . ’ |
| 18 | I think the original ending is much better and fits into the jigsaw of the novel much better than the second ending . |
| 19 | That 's partly because the company is much healthier and more robust now . |
| 20 | Indirect employment is much greater and stretches from cereal producers to bottle manufacturers , marketing agencies , and transportation and shipping companies . |
| 21 | The river Thames , for example , is much shallower and slow flowing . |
| 22 | Again , contrary to popular ( and Copernican ) belief , the Milky Way is much bigger and brighter than most other galaxies in the Universe . |
| 23 | The Church 's system is much stricter and more comprehensive . |
| 24 | The open hand is much stronger and less prone to injury . |
| 25 | The light is much stronger and whiter than normal tungsten , but , like normal bulbs , they can be used with a dimmer switch . |
| 26 | Finally , the gas cylinder , designed to withstand extreme pressure , is much stronger and less likely to be ruptured in an accident than conventional fuel tanks . |
| 27 | We know that the eukaryotic cell is much larger and more efficient than the procaryote , carrying more genetic material . |
| 28 | A second advantage of this hard pruning is that the summer foliage is much larger and lusher than on plants left to their own devices . |
| 29 | Yet the field of inter-relationships is much larger and more intricate . |
| 30 | Here , the percentage of the population involved is much larger and can not be easily overlooked . |