Example sentences of "[adj] was more " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was more like the usual Taff . |
| 2 | This was more educative for the staff than the students . |
| 3 | And this was more than just a professorship . |
| 4 | But she knew that this was more important . |
| 5 | This was more possible on the east and south elevations which adjoin the head of the village street and a public car park access road respectively than it was on the west and south sides . |
| 6 | This was more than it fell during the same stage of both the 1973–75 and 1981–82 recessions , but less than the short , sharp fall in 1980 . |
| 7 | This was more than offset by $22 billion of additions , half from ‘ fallen angels ’ , formerly investment-grade debt downgraded to junk during the year . |
| 8 | This was more or less the case throughout the West Indies , although attitudes in Barbados were undoubtedly narrower than elsewhere . |
| 9 | The tormenting music and the attic room were horrible — but this was more frightening . |
| 10 | This was more like it . |
| 11 | This was more than twice the 80 litres/t volume running from grass that was ensiled with 50kg/t of sugar beet plus an inoculant , and 10 times the 20 litres seeping from grass wilted to 30% dry matter . |
| 12 | This was more difficult than it sounded since he did not keep either regular or normal hours . |
| 13 | This was more so in the nineteenth century as Nonconformity grew stronger and more involved in the mainstream of national life , but it had always been the case . |
| 14 | Even Darwin admitted that his confidence was tested when he contemplated the vertebrate eye , although he went on to say that this was more a failure of the imagination than of the intellect . |
| 15 | This was more than just because ‘ Liverpool ’ is n't easy to rhyme . |
| 16 | This was more an increase in efficiency than in output . |
| 17 | I assumed that this was more than an architectural whim , but might have some connection with conservation of land in this predominantly agricultural country . |
| 18 | Railways somehow symbolized the fact that Americans never did anything by halves , and this was more than borne out by the architecture of American railway stations . |
| 19 | In short , Mr Bullins admired him , and — this was more rare — liked him . |
| 20 | It was not unknown for men to become peculiar , or even on occasion completely to lose their reason , in the vast spaces of Masailand , but there is no evidence that this was more likely to happen there than in other lonely postings . |
| 21 | Some tone did go , but this was more than compensated for by the Power Tool 's onboard EQ . |
| 22 | This was no ordinary tiredness , this was more like paralysis . |
| 23 | This was more easily commanded than achieved , for these mosstroopers were excellent horsemen and guerrilla fighters but unused to disciplined formation warfare . |
| 24 | Given the circumstances , some variation in quality was inevitable , but this was more pronounced initially than towards the end of the pilot period . |
| 25 | This was more patriotic than wise because he had to work long hours and came home coughing ; you could smell the sulphur on his clothes . |
| 26 | For the thousands of families who flocked into Little Rock this was more than a mere election . |
| 27 | This was more like it . |
| 28 | This was more than two years after superior fighters had been added to the battle effort ; however , the P-40 was so strong and had the reputation of coming home even with severe damage . |
| 29 | Michael adds : ‘ All killings are stupid but this was more senseless than most . |
| 30 | When the pope wrote to Anselm that ‘ we behold in you the venerable persona of St Augustine the Apostle of the English ’ this was more than a complimentary politeness . |