Example sentences of "more [adj] [be] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What makes Gatsby 's action even more splendid is that he knows by this time that Daisy is not going to leave her husband for him . |
| 2 | More likely is that she wrote down ( accurately ) the beginning , remembered the sound of the end , and linked them together in what seemed to her a possible sequence . |
| 3 | That more likely is that you realised well nigh immediately that it was Mr , that 's why you said to Mr I 'm arresting you for harbouring an escapee . |
| 4 | Although it is frightening that so many people take Ecstasy to guarantee a ‘ good time ’ , what is more frightening is that it takes a Class A drug for them to feel they can lose their inhibitions . |
| 5 | What is more important is that we have to confront our fears and prejudices which may prevent open and supportive discussions about this new health problem . |
| 6 | The second major respect in which the assertion of the social rights of citizens has become more important is that it expresses the claims of very diverse groups in society to equal treatment , and at the same time broadens considerably the range of what are to be regarded as social rights . |
| 7 | What was more surprising was that he brought a wife with him . |
| 8 | Hardly a rally was over two strokes and what was more disappointing was that it followed the brilliant final at Brighton . |
| 9 | What was even more worrying was that she had never cried and even when he remonstrated with her and told her bluntly that their two children were dead and buried she just smiled and turned away . |