Example sentences of "more [adj] [conj] [pron] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eaten raw in salads , it becomes more interesting if it is topped with herbs and a good quality olive oil . |
| 2 | This is a real gift to the declining Italian tourist industry , which needs the country 's cultural assets to be made more accessible if it is to compensate for the fact that mass tourism has migrated to cheaper , less developed shores . |
| 3 | Like any faculty , the psychic sense is more prominent if it is used and If the society in which an individual lives is conducive in its attitudes to the encouragement of such ability . |
| 4 | Regional studies seem more appropriate if one is to assess colonic permeability . |
| 5 | That might seem like the wackiest of wacky ideas but it becomes ever more fascinating as it is explored in a barrage of speculation , invective and anecdotes , all designed to prove that money , in a practical rather than puritanical sense , is the root of all evil . |
| 6 | The fact that existing structures of policing ( or defence ) are more effective than what is proposed is less important than the principle that such matters should be the preserve of a united European Government . |
| 7 | As time has gone by I have been more acutely aware that as important as a good knowledge of a language is , it is more effective if it is accompanied by additional technical knowledge . |
| 8 | As the future of manufacturing investment depends on confidence in future economic performance , does my right hon. Friend think that anyone contemplating what will happen to his income will feel more confident if he is threatened with slow torture rather than immediate amputation ? |
| 9 | The parental vote will be even more powerful if it is proposed that a school should opt out of local authority control and transfer to grant maintained status . |
| 10 | I only want to make clear that the problem is far more complex than it is represented . |
| 11 | ‘ The objective of the peace process which is broader and more important because it is bound to change the region , is to implement UN Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 and land for peace . ’ |
| 12 | Is this art more profound than it is elevated ? |
| 13 | This is vandalism , all the more wounding because it is authorised by the Secretary of State who is supposed to protect Scotland 's interests . |
| 14 | This stress is not symmetric and it is little used in continuum mechanics , although certain expressions become more compact when it is used . |
| 15 | Ayrshire 's contribution is even more impressive when it is related to the county 's small population figures at the periods when most of the settlements listed above were founded . |
| 16 | Given the increasing number of changes that schools are having to make , the process of change is likely to feel more manageable if it is managed . |
| 17 | A person who makes the task of the constable more difficult when he is seeking to carry out that duty is obstructing the constable in the execution of his duty . |
| 18 | Furthermore , this comparison becomes even more shocking when it is remembered that the population at risk of being killed at work is less than half those who could be ‘ murdered ’ . |
| 19 | The paradox about all this information explosion or whatever it is called is that the speed of its distribution is so high and the actual receiving of it by a human being is so necessarily slow and far more inefficient than it is achieved by other methods , such as reading printed marks on paper . |
| 20 | But he has got to attract the more intelligent if he is to succeed . |
| 21 | Assessment could then be carried out by another manager who is either more senior or who is removed from direct line management of the candidate . |