Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] is more " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Scobie appears to borrow the connection from an article by Sandra Djwa — ‘ Leonard Cohen : Black Romantic ’ which first appeared in 1967 , where it is more skilfully and roundly argued : ‘ Cohen 's dominant theme ( is ) , ’ she says , ‘ the relationship between experience and art , and more specifically the suggestion that the value of experience is to be found in the art of ‘ beauty ’ distilled from it … ’ |
| 4 | In the case of other Old Testament books — notably Samuel and Jeremiah — there are passages where it is more difficult to re-establish the original text . |
| 5 | This contrasts with projects done in junior or earlier secondary classes where it is more usual for a group of pupils or even a whole class to participate , often sharing the work between them , pooling the results and producing a joint account . |
| 6 | — far lower than in Germany , where it is 26 per cent. , the United States where it is 33 per cent. , and Japan where it is more than 60 per cent . |
| 7 | In areas where it is more entrenched , particularly the deeper waters off Cap Ferrat , a submarine will be used . |
| 8 | If we want to influence another person and that person is working under enormous stress and is irritated by our request , we can stand back and wait until she or he is more relaxed . |
| 9 | I would say that she is more dangerous than Monica . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | Now that I am closer to Tamsin I can see that she is more tired than I had thought . |
| 13 | This appears to have been known locally as Cinderford Mill , although it is more widely remembered as Brights Corn Mill , the last miller being Samuel Bright . |
| 14 | Less than 5 per cent of sticky eyes in newborn babies are caused by the gonococcus in the United Kingdom at the present time , although it is more common in other parts of the world . |
| 15 | Although it is more expensive than the above methods , the funds are reliable . |
| 16 | This represents a more positive attitude towards culture than the previous three positions , although it is more critical than the second position listed here . |
| 17 | Although it is more usual to think of it as a place of rest , a great deal of work is performed within the household . |
| 18 | Warehouses with more than 20 stacker-cranes are not unknown although it is more usual to find systems with 2 to 6 cranes . |
| 19 | There is a colour guide to Smiths ( Willie Anderson 's idea ) which reminded me of the Louvre , although it is more simple , and there are lifts to all floors . |
| 20 | The surface construction which realizes ( 21 ) is that seen in ( 22 ) , although it is more common to find the serial order of the second and third elements reversed ; this does not change their relationships in terms of intensional qualification : ( 22 ) It is curious that the verb and the adjective are so often separated in surface structure ; the reason is perhaps that the noun phrase object is " pulled " into the position immediately following the verb because , in the vast majority of transitive verb phrases , that is where the object is found . |
| 21 | Therefore , I think the opening statement is mostly true because Tamburlaine is a giant in this play , although it is more likely to be among less great men . |
| 22 | If an employee has produced a computer program outside the normal course of his duties , but has used his employer 's equipment or done it during the hours of his employment , the ownership of copyright is more difficult to predict , although it is more likely that the employer will be treated as owner . |
| 23 | A further consideration about feminist criticism , is that it is more practical than theoretical , in a familiar English way , and that unlike other schools in the rainbow coalition , it is actively concerned in producing readings of particular texts . |
| 24 | Mr Kinnock has learnt that it is more effective to mock the Prime Minister as an anachronism in a brave new world than snarl the word ‘ Thatcherism ’ and present her as the personification of all evil . |
| 25 | He has grasped that it is more profitable to attack the Government for incompetence and negligence than to present it as a systematic and all-too-competent conspiracy against the people . |
| 26 | There is no doubt in Sir Adrian 's mind that it is more demanding today being a top executive than it used to be . |
| 27 | ( Although the caste system in India has led to the attitude that it is more attractive to be light skinned than dark , this extreme fear of getting black does not exist in India or Pakistan . ) |
| 28 | But even in those circumstances the new rules hopefully should make sure that it is more difficult for managements to buy companies on the cheap from under the noses of their shareholders . |
| 29 | It sounds at first a morally dubious proposition , but Michael Grubb argues in The Greenhouse Effect that it is more promising , and fairer , that any other scheme for international control . |
| 30 | ‘ We can not forecast the success of a reversal operation in an individual case , but we can now tell each patient that it is more likely the operation will succeed than fail , ’ she said . |