Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] [verb] [be] more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Captain Hook should have been more evil , ’ suggested Tyrone Campbell , senior member of the forum . |
| 2 | Although Andrei may have been more intelligent than his colleagues , his greed was no less than his more stupid comrades such as Postelnicu . |
| 3 | I feel Wallace would have been more effective in this match … to give that option . |
| 4 | It was the kind of thought that Alix might have been more likely to articulate . |
| 5 | It is likely that Pak would have been more amenable to the Russians than Kim but Kim was the tougher of the two and had the opportunities , which he fully exploited . |
| 6 | It would appear from the sequel that Lady Barbara would have been more reckless and that it was Hornblower 's caution which prevented the friendship from becoming a romance . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , virtue alone is not enough ; possibly Carter would have been more successful and might have won a second term if he had been less intense , more flexible , less immersed in the detail of government and a little more willing to dissemble occasionally . |
| 8 | Thus Anderson may have been more prophetic than was realized at the time ( Earley 1988:61 ) : Parents are basically looking for reassurance about their children 's schools and teachers . |