Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [is] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Important events require some preparation if we are to make the most of them and arguably this is more true of retirement than of any other stage . |
| 2 | Many homes , in Great Britain at least ( and perhaps this is more true of the private sector ) , still offer no privacy for the elderly who do not have their own rooms , who have no locks on the lavatories and who have to suffer the indignity of being bathed and examined by a non-qualified member of staff of the opposite sex . |
| 3 | Pop 's prime mover is narcissism , always will be , and so self-pity is more crucial a pop response than altruism . |
| 4 | Catching the first ‘ wee ’ in the potty is an important milestone and usually this is more by luck than judgement . |
| 5 | The ability to be more productive is more limited in the service sector . |
| 6 | ‘ Now that 's more like it , ’ Daak yelled . |
| 7 | Now that 's more your that 's more what you could . |
| 8 | Now this is more like it , this is turning into a match . |
| 9 | ‘ Now this is more like it , is n't it ? ’ |
| 10 | Well , we may not have enough time for that , so erm , let's imagine that you 're a sales director , and , now this is more difficult . |
| 11 | I really just wanted to see er just wanted to see the sort of range of things they did now this is more like it you see Effective Writing , Report Writing , Technical Report Writing , Business Sales Corres , Editing House Journals Writing for Publication , Desk Top Publishing , things like working with the media these are more the sort of things that I would see people |
| 12 | The decision of Walton J. in Allied London Investments Ltd. v. Hambro Life Assurance Ltd. ( 1983 ) 269 E.G. 41 is more germane . |
| 13 | The girl who is sexually uninhibited is more likely to reach old age retaining a healthy enjoyment of sex . |
| 14 | The conventional design , though not as fluent is more versatile . |
| 15 | Of course that 's the only big site that we 've got , so once you 've built that one well that 's more or less er it . |
| 16 | Yeah it says , Romans ten , verse thirteen , for every everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah , will be saved , however , how will they call on him if in him they 'd not put faith , how in turn will they put faith in him , if him they 've not heard , how in turn will they hear without someone to preach , how in turn will they preach unless they 've been sent forth , just as it is written , how come we are at the feet of those who declare good news of good things well that 's more or less what we were saying is n't it ? |
| 17 | ‘ Surely that 's more difficult ? ’ |
| 18 | Today this is more likely to be 37 hours a week , 37 weeks a year for 37 years , totalling 50,653 hours — less than half . |
| 19 | That 's not always attractive cos initially that 's more expensive for them , but er they ha they have to er come to us with an open mind as well . |
| 20 | Unfortunately this is more often than not a complete failure , as the weakest is bullied to death , followed by the next weakest and so on , until only one remains . |
| 21 | However , if it is ‘ Look out for the Purple Pig on your right in half a mile so that we can pull in for lunch ’ , then this is more reasonable . |
| 22 | That is to say , if creativity and psychosis are found to be connected then this is more likely to be revealed , not as a function of the psychotic state itself , but in more subtle ways — for example , through certain modes or forms of thinking and perception which the tendencies to psychosis and creativity might prove to have in common . |
| 23 | By primary seven , the class of around 25 is more confident about relationships , but find themselves torn in a discussion of loyalties . |
| 24 | To me , the fact that most lives are relatively uneventful is more convincing than if we were all able to give details of thrilling and unusual events or lives of fame and fortune . |
| 25 | This is something else that is more difficult with an owl than a falcon . |
| 26 | The majority of men who survive can expect to have the support of a wife up to the age of 85 , but any woman over 72 is more likely to be a widow left on her own . |
| 27 | Do not think that your horse will do better if you add more than the recommendations , the fact is that too much is more harmful than too little . |
| 28 | The assumption that the cultural achievements of the past are actually obsolete is more likely to be implied than so explicitly stated , but it is a logical implication of a progressivist concept of knowledge . |