Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] [be] more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble is that the problem is proving to be more intractable than even the most cynical Democrats had feared . |
| 2 | Knowing when to get out is not easy , particularly when the external environment is changing and/or the competition is proving to be more successful . |
| 3 | In 1981 there were 480,000 18-year-old girls : 30,000 entered nursing 6.25% In 1986 there are 400,00018-year-old girls : 25,000 have entered nursing 5.635% By 1994 there will only be 300,000 18-year-old girls : HOW MANY WILL ENTER NURSING ? — In recent months , recruitment is proving to be more difficult and many of the London hospitals are experiencing severe staff shortages . |
| 4 | When set , it is claimed to be more crack-resistant and harder than normal concrete . |
| 5 | Version 5.0 is claimed to be more portable , with better application programming interfaces : ‘ commercially cleaned up ’ , is how SGI described it . |
| 6 | There is now a wide variety of hues available , but the deluxe warm white is considered to be more appropriate for people who are visually handicapped than lighting which is blue-white ( Jay , 1978 ) . |
| 7 | Some differences were observed between the results obtained using ELISA and those with dot assay , which is considered to be more sensitive than ELISA . |
| 8 | She has redpointed Ceuse 's Vagabone , which is an excellent effort , especially as it is considered to be more difficult for those of limited height . |
| 9 | Her chess , too , is said to be more positional . |
| 10 | The Americans position is said to be more complicated . |
| 11 | But even Fujitsu is said to be more interested in Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and the new Unix axis it is forging with its affiliates — see opposite . |
| 12 | The former could cover all cases but it is felt to be more appropriate to use fairness in the context of , for example , company inspectors , or immigration officers . |
| 13 | Ford Q1 is a total quality commitment and in many ways is felt to be more difficult to achieve than BS 5750/ISO 9000 . |
| 14 | The United States sent $65m ( £40m ) of military aid to Colombia , but this has been called inappropriate and is alleged to be more suitable for fighting Colombia 's left-wing guerrillas than the cocaine mafia . |
| 15 | The mode of genetic inheritance is thought to be more complex than for bipolar depression , partly because the morbidity risk for relatives of affected individuals is much lower ( Akiskal , 1979 ) . |
| 16 | It is widely believed that the United Kingdom has a rising crime wave , and crime is thought to be more widespread in the United Kingdom than in other western countries . |
| 17 | Local knowledge of the quality of land and its potential is thought to be more important . |
| 18 | Whatever panelling you use , and the latter is going to be more expensive , a layer of insulating material should be placed between the panels and the solid wall . |
| 19 | ‘ This is going to be more difficult than the first match , but I feel we 're ready for it . ’ |
| 20 | Erm the rest is going to be more difficult . |
| 21 | When she dies I think she is going to be more frightened than she expects . |
| 22 | Although there will be little difference between what they cost new , a car registered in January 1992 is going to be more attractive to buyers than one which went on the road in December 1991 , so second-hand it will be worth about £200-£300 more . |
| 23 | The steering group 's proposals may seem a touch elaborate but , for two reasons , appraisal in education is bound to be more complex than in other areas of life . |
| 24 | For that reason , the exercise of critical abilities in the sciences is bound to be more restricted than in the arts and the humanities . |
| 25 | A nicely bound A4 format logbook is bound to be more expensive than a tatty exercise book , but as well as being more effective it will also look much more impressive on the chart table or in the bookcase ! |
| 26 | ‘ Working in a much smaller department , my work is bound to be more varied . |
| 27 | The division between the more affluent home-owning households of ordinary working people and the less advantaged under-class households is coming to be more significant than conventional divisions based on the manual/ non-manual distinction . |
| 28 | There is no single , universally accepted type of service that is known to be more successful in the management of attempted suicide patients thin any other . |
| 29 | If your elderly relative is unfortunate enough to be registered with a doctor who is impatient with the older patients on his list and not particularly interested in geriatric medicine , the best thing to do is to try to get her transferred to the list of another doctor in the area whose attitude towards his elderly patients is known to be more sympathetic and thorough . |
| 30 | Asian rhino horn is believed to be more potent and is worth around £30,000 a kilo , while the larger African horn fetches only £1,000 a kilo . |