Example sentences of "much [adv] [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The escaping water would quickly turn to steam , it was feared , which would be much less efficient at removing heat . |
| 2 | We come closer to contemporary retirement with the second Roberts grandfather , a man who had been much less successful at work , and after failing as a shopkeeper had nearly failed as a farmer until his son took over . |
| 3 | These opportunities are much less apparent at the place of work . |
| 4 | Not only is diesel much less expensive at the pumps , especially in France and Italy , but purchase tax on diesel-powered cars is reduced . |
| 5 | The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time . |
| 6 | At the nearest sample points to the ridge ( l=342.5° , 343.0° , 343.5 ° ; b =2° ) , there is a velocity component at -32kms -1 which is much less evident at adjacent sampled positions . |
| 7 | Although more expensive , they are much more efficient at converting electricity into light ( so a lower wattage is needed ) , and the lamps last much longer . |
| 8 | The distribution of goods between David and Susie is much more equal at point C than at points A or B. |
| 9 | In particular , they are much more substantial at ages 10–15 than is commonly supposed . |
| 10 | This is much more effective at muting impacts than any breast shield and though it is not allowed in competition proper , it removes much of the risk from pre-competition training . |
| 11 | And the British government in some ways is very much more effective at delivering what it decides to do than many other governments — it 's much more effective than the American government . |
| 12 | Any advantage bestowed on KGDC by its peculiar structure remains a mystery — but one possibility is that a molecule with 24 separate binding sites will be much more effective at picking up very small quantities of substrate . |
| 13 | The record at the LEA level is , as we have seen earlier , not a promising one , since LEAs have been much more effective at producing curriculum policies than at monitoring and implementing them at the school level . |
| 14 | There was , of course , now a great deal more interest in Eliot than in the play , but he had stipulated in advance that he was not to be subjected to any form of publicity : no press conferences , no interviews , no speeches ; as a result , he was much more relaxed at the first night and was even able to laugh at his own jokes . |
| 15 | Certainly was much more comfortable at any rate . |
| 16 | Further , discomfort is much more prevalent at the base of an organization than it is at the top , both physically and psychologically . |
| 17 | Moreover while the analysis of interrelationships at the verbal level can draw on a highly-developed set of tools , in the form of the concepts and categories supplied by linguistics , the same analysis is much more difficult at the levels of content . |
| 18 | But " valuer " is much more common at this time . |
| 19 | You can say that three year olds are more like other three year olds than , say , thirty year olds would be like other thirty year olds , and the younger the child the more true that is , so that would be much more true at age a year , assuming that there are n't any physical defects or mental defects , than say at three . |
| 20 | You can say that three year olds are more like other three year olds than , say , thirty year olds would be like other thirty year olds , and the younger the child the more true that is , so that would be much more true at age a year , assuming that there are n't any physical defects or mental defects , than say at three . |
| 21 | It is also much more adept at carrying out the ‘ floating-point ’ calculations required for sophisticated financial and scientific modelling , and at which workstations have traditionally excelled . |
| 22 | I am much more concerned at my apparent lack of ability to convey what I mean . |
| 23 | To talk of pacts and electoral agreements is much too ambitious at this stage , and it may in the end be impractical or unnecessary . |
| 24 | It is much too risky at the start of an interaction to make a joke about the other person . |