Example sentences of "[conj] be more " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are looking at Continental institutions such as pension funds which take a more long-term view or are more entrepreneurial . ’ |
| 2 | Detached garages with a floor area of less than 30sq m ( 325sq ft ) are exempt from control , so long as they are constructed wholly of non-combustible material ( which most garages are ) , or are more than 1m from the boundary in the case of wooden buildings . |
| 3 | First , it is evident that the broad public interest criteria which are identified in the Fair Trading Act 1973 and the Competition Act 1980 , and the existence of the ‘ gateways ’ in the Restrictive Trades Practices Act 1976 , potentially ( and in practice ) permit issues to be considered that either have little or nothing to do with economic efficiency , or are more properly the concern of other areas of policy . |
| 4 | They do n't want to be able to do better tricks or be more safe . |
| 5 | They may therefore take up the offer more speedily than they otherwise would , or be more reluctant to leave their existing job to search for another job . |
| 6 | The Executive did not believe : that the proposed combination would afford a better rallying cry , or be more effective electorally against the " National " Government than the Labour Party itself . |
| 7 | Such species , says Dawkins , were less likely to go extinct than smaller species , or were more likely to split off new , larger species like themselves . |
| 8 | Some had certain advantages , or were more reliable , but none was markedly superior . |
| 9 | There is no suggestion that passengers are or were more at risk on buses in Lothian than elsewhere : the level of casualties was simply the result of more bus trips being made . |
| 10 | However , some radionuclides having longer half-lives or being more rapidly dispersed can become globally distributed . |
| 11 | Or be more self-confident ? |
| 12 | Jespersen ( 1940 : 157 ) sets the problem in more general terms : To is used with an infinitive in the first place where the usual meaning of the preposition is distinctly felt : he went to fetch his hat / he was led ( inclined ) to believe — or is more or less vaguely present : ready to believe/anxious to believe . |
| 13 | She added : ‘ People might want to choose healthy food but often they find it is either not available or is more expensive than their ordinary purchases . ’ |
| 14 | No layman was expected to be more generous to the church , or was more intimately connected with it , than the head of this Christian society , the king . |
| 15 | or was more accurately a fire officer for a part of an office that I was n't aware of , so I mean I think . |
| 16 | Nor are more federal dollars likely . |
| 17 | Certainly we need road space for those who must drive , but there are many drivers who would willingly change ( or revert ) to public transport given some inducement — like services that are more frequent , more reliable and more widely available , or a further disincentive to the scandal of non-essential company cars that make commuting free of charge to their users . |
| 18 | Those who , day by day , show regular habits and who are subjected to these external influences in a regular way possess body clocks that are more accurately adjusted to 24 hours than do those whose life-style is less regular ( see fig. 2.4 and pp. 97–99 , for example ) . |
| 19 | Confronted with this , Cheniere retorts that there are some differences that are more salient than others . |
| 20 | I know I can improve on my acting by taking on more demanding roles , performances that are more difficult than playing Charlene day in day out . |
| 21 | Some of the impressions we gained during our short visit are described here , with emphasis on such similarities and differences as we observed in comparison with the rural development problems and approaches of developing countries that are more familiar to most of us . |
| 22 | It was one of those dreams that are more like daydreams ; I have them when I am half awake and half asleep … |
| 23 | We shall see , for instance , that it is the modes of ‘ exercise ’ and ‘ performance ’ that are more likely to give this protection than ‘ dramatic playing ’ , unless , as we shall see , the dramatic playing is projected . |
| 24 | In general , those leisure activities that are more popular among middle-aged and older groups as well as those aimed at the higher socio-economic groups are likely to hold up better than those aimed at the more financially stretched groups . |
| 25 | Moreover , each of these characteristics tends to change rather rapidly over time , as the monetary authorities try to establish controls that are more or less effective . |
| 26 | As Pooley ( 1987 ) discusses , bacterial leaching is relevant to the recovery of metals that occur as sulphide ores and it involves the oxidation of sulphides to sulphates that are more soluble , providing solutions from which the metals can be more easily extracted . |
| 27 | And recent research has dramatically shown that one way for them to make the break is through the activation of cellular oncogenes — genes that are more or less inactive in normal cells hut seem to be altered or activated in tumour cells ( New Scientist , vol 96 , p418 . |
| 28 | This means that gluons for some reason produce jets that are more spread out than the ones that originate from quarks . |
| 29 | So , while the GLC estimates that there are almost one million houses in London that are more than 70 years old and in need of modernisation , councils are having to give top priority to repairing more modern buildings . |
| 30 | We regret that we can not provide data or answer queries on articles or projects that are more than five years old . |