Example sentences of "[subord] [vb mod] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A trend was nevertheless apparent for clients to form a ‘ younger group of people from more privileged socio-economic backgrounds than might be expected ’ . |
| 32 | Only in per capita wealth did the town have a slight edge , and then perhaps less decisively than might be expected for so important a centre . |
| 33 | Useful comparison stars are Gamma ( 3.6 ) , Mu ( 4.3 ) , Omicron ( 3.6 ) and Xi ( 3.7 ) ; Omicron has a G-type spectrum , but when seen through binoculars seems to me rather more orange than might be expected . |
| 34 | In short , while there is a redistributive effect through benefits there is a much less progressive pattern to this than might be expected . |
| 35 | In background the party was less exclusive than might be expected . |
| 36 | The revival of activity occasioned by the 1918 Act and its redistribution may have helped to revive local Unionist parties , but in fact the war had a less serious effect than might be expected . |
| 37 | I found parental " insignificance " a family situation which figured a good deal more often than might be expected from mere chance in the history of dependent individuals . |
| 38 | Direct files have been used less than might be expected in data processing . |
| 39 | Lines drawn with the MacDraw freehand tool are converted so that each vector point becomes an anchor point which can mean that there are rather more points than might be expected , but these are easily tidied up . |
| 40 | Migration ( Figure 4.5B ) has played the key role in these growth patterns — indeed , to a greater extent than might be expected from the overall rates of population change , because it is also compensating for substantial natural decrease in some of the fastest growing counties , principally those noted as retirement areas like East and West Sussex , the Isle of Wight , Dorset and Devon ( Figure 4.5A ) . |
| 41 | The number of casualties near the reactor was less than might be expected because the radiation plume was made especially buoyant by the intense fire and so , like the effect of a tall industrial stack , local deposition of radionuclides was reduced whereas the long-range transport of radionuclides was enhanced . |
| 42 | The lady typewriter swept the cobwebs from her in-tray and proved to be more of the modern world than might be expected . |
| 43 | The reasons for this higher proportion than might be expected demographically are partly ‘ localist ’ ( specialism in an area is a distinct class of subject partition ) , but also because of the strength of indigenous departments in national terms , and the applicability of Scottish research to problems elsewhere . |
| 44 | For example , supposing that the flow investigated becomes more complicated than might be expected because of an instability , this fact would be discovered not by a stability analysis but by the observation , in the laboratory or on the computer , that a complicated flow occurred . |
| 45 | The latter , outside Woodchester and Withington , are less common than might be expected : some notable examples occur at Rockbourne ( Morley-Hewitt 1978 , pI . |
| 46 | In this case , then , what is the relationship between one measure and any others than might be used ? |
| 47 | To change to a process of programme budgeting might imply the unwelcome potential for larger annual budget shifts in priority than might be derived from the traditional line-item budget process . |
| 48 | Stool volume and frequency ( Table VI ) increased after all doses of cholera toxin to a higher degree than might be expectred after intestinal perfusion studies using balanced electrolyte solutions . |
| 49 | National daily and Sunday papers dominated British newspaper reading more recently than might be thought . |
| 50 | But the numbers deciding in favour of contraception are far fewer than might be predicted from a simple comparison of relative death risks . |
| 51 | Hostility towards a second election is less widespread than might be supposed . |
| 52 | This is less distant from the other religious traditions discussed than might be supposed . |
| 53 | The baron with a finger in every pie was in fact less common than might be supposed . |
| 54 | The Report , however , suggests that ‘ There were grounds for thinking that in some cases detective officers were interpreting the law in a stricter fashion than might be required by a court of law . ’ |
| 55 | The courts have gone further than might be suggested by this statement . |
| 56 | Measures like this gave the colonies a secure market and also provided larger supplies of tropical goods than could be consumed in England , so that English merchants could develop their re-export trade with the rest of the world . |
| 57 | The three performances all attracted more people than could be seated . |
| 58 | Its report published in July last year , The Cost of Care in Hostels , concluded : ‘ Even hostels offering relatively low care were still offering some care , and had to spend more than could be explained simply in terms of the costs of accommodation . ’ |
| 59 | Blake also realised that , although horses have an extensive body language as well , there was still a much greater degree of communication between horses , and between himself and horses , than could be explained by sounds and signs . |
| 60 | Therefore on these occasions you must frame in your mind the idea of some comely youth who pleases you best , whose shadow will create a greater lust than could be raised by a nauseous though real enjoyment . |