Example sentences of "[pers pn] is more " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would say that she is more dangerous than Monica . |
| 2 | She is more like a European or an American youngster . ’ |
| 3 | Discussing a book on Dostoevsky , he remarks that while the author has much of interest to say about The Idiot ‘ she does not quite persuade one that it comes off , indeed she does not really try , because like many scholars today she is more concerned with showing how the thing works than with judging if it works well . ’ |
| 4 | While Hamnett may be seen as the campaigning Bob Geldof of fashion , in design terms she is more the Tony Blackburn , making a living , like him , out of replaying Golden Oldies . |
| 5 | Also she is more vulnerable than she was . |
| 6 | Strike up some personal rapport with the person in charge Of the centre so that he or she is more likely to go that extra mile for you . |
| 7 | And yet the years have lessened the gap in age between us : she is more like a sister to me now . |
| 8 | Perhaps in her company you fade psychologically — you are so used to believing that she is more attractive that you cease to believe in your own abilities . |
| 9 | Enid Blyton offers us the independent girl as something of a freak : ‘ George ’ , the independent girl as ‘ problem ’ , even if she is more interesting and more individual than the other characters . |
| 10 | A sudden request is doomed to failure but if the mother has gained the child 's attention first she is more likely to achieve compliance . |
| 11 | A great many assessment systems are competitive in that the extrinsic rewards they offer are in short supply and each student who wants them is asked to demonstrate that he or she is more deserving than others , or others are less deserving . |
| 12 | Nowadays she is more likely to drive to a favourite beach on the south coast so that she can enjoy the wind in her hair and the tang of the sea breeze on her face . |
| 13 | Now she is more independent than I would ever have believed possible . |
| 14 | So far as the finger-work or typesetting goes , she is as quick or quicker than a man ? — They say she is more deft and better adapted to it " ( a trade unionist ) . |
| 15 | That she is more liable to leave work just when she is getting most useful [ in other words ] there are more changes in a crowd of women workers than in a crowd of men workers.32 |
| 16 | She is more cheered , although at first puzzled , by the fact that as she works the excess of Teint Naturel on her skin , her appearance begins to improve . |
| 17 | In some way she is more here than she ever was . |
| 18 | If she is staying in a comfortable hotel , has a caddie to look after her needs at the golf course and can travel on the packages arranged by the Tour 's travel operators , then she is more likely to be able to devote her full concentration on her golf . |
| 19 | She is more vivid in that , more vital , than in any of the countless , expensive portraits Alexander had done of her . |
| 20 | For all her industrious androgyny she is more beautiful than ever . |
| 21 | She is more like to fly out at you . ’ |
| 22 | He is laid-back , affable and easy-going ; she is more outgoing and flamboyant , continuously talking and joking . |
| 23 | ‘ She is more modest , ’ he said lamely , ‘ more shy and retiring . ’ |
| 24 | Now that I am closer to Tamsin I can see that she is more tired than I had thought . |
| 25 | So the rabbi ran after the man and said : ‘ I have just found out that the jewel I gave you is more precious than I thought — do n't sell it for too little . ’ |
| 26 | Factors include : what the children themselves want — how much weight is given to their wishes depends on their age and level of understanding ; their physical , emotional and educational needs ; the possible harmful effect of moving them away from where they 're settled ; which of you is more capable ( financially , emotionally , practically ) of meeting their needs . |
| 27 | So I can say that really what worries you is more the crime and the drugs much more than prostitution , as far as prostitution you 're saying that basically there 's a |
| 28 | But you were saying were n't you you described this world which lots of us now have lost and somebody leaving school starting a job and retiring from that job , so the que the question David 's asked you is more important is n't it because deferred pensions are probably gon na become more , not less common . |
| 29 | This means that if an individual is embedded in such a network , s/he is more liable than one whose network is relatively looseknit to be vulnerable to pressure exerted by everyday social contacts . |
| 30 | ‘ It is more difficult to be precise about this than about the earlier phases , partly because the pictures are rarer and less accessible , and have not been adequately photographed , partly because it includes considerable variations . ’ |