Example sentences of "[coord] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | But the law does contain such offences , and it is more a matter of prosecutors making little use of them . |
| 5 | There was , however , a senior general , Catroux , representing the Free French in Egypt at the time , and it is more probable that it was he who interviewed Stirling . |
| 6 | Although the itching may be due to the movement of the louse over the skin , it only moves a maximum of six inches per day , and it is more likely that an allergic reaction is set up to the lice themselves or to their faeces . |
| 7 | In the Tønder example , however , the vugs occur in the subsurface on top of a salt dome , with thick units of halite above and below , and it is more probable that they were formed by the same late-leaching process that was responsible for the intercrystalline porosity ( Clark 1980a ) . |
| 8 | Terminology in this field tends to be somewhat confused and it is more helpful to regard the assessment of training as one integrated process , while recognising that the facets described as evaluation and validation are contained within the general concept . ’ |
| 9 | In non-literate society … the cultural tradition functions as a series of interlocking face-to-face conversations in which the very conditions of transmission operate to favour consistency between past and present , and to make criticism — the articulation of inconsistency — less likely to occur ; and if it does , the inconsistency makes a less permanent impact , and it is more easily adjusted or forgotten . |
| 10 | The series is a variation of Hans Christian Andersen 's fable of the Emperor — and it is more rather than less pointed because here the clothes are fabulous . |
| 11 | In pollution control work , however , there is none of the sacredness of the policing of the traditional code ( Lemert , 1972 ; Manning , 1977 ) , and it is more difficult to dramatize the threat of pollution than to portray the symbolic assaults on the community from criminals , addicts , vandals , and other sinister figures on the fringes of the moral order ( Manning , 1980 ) , notwithstanding the missionary zeal of some proponents of regulatory reform in the USA . |
| 12 | We must walk to see all this , and it is more difficult to walk along the railways than along the canals with their sequestered towpaths . |
| 13 | Rex and Moore 's classification was based upon research in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham , and it is more or less time-specific to the mid-1960s and applicable to medium-to large-sized cities . |
| 14 | The rules are beautifully simple , but its branching ratio is 300 or more and it is more subtle than chess . |
| 15 | If one eye is shut , the brain only gets one picture and it is more difficult to tell exactly how far away the pencil is . |
| 16 | The police do not hesitate then , and it is more important at that time for the Argentine to have their observers here in freedom . ’ |
| 17 | The framework in which political scientists usually consider these aspects of politics , employing the notions of ‘ political culture ’ and ‘ political socialization ’ , is too narrow to encompass all the relevant phenomena , and it is more fruitful , I think , to start from the conception of ‘ cultural reproduction ’ ( Bourdieu and Passeron , 1977 ) , which has the great merit of emphasizing that the ideas and values shaping political action are not necessarily expressed in an overtly political form , and of relating such ideas and values to the whole social structure . |
| 18 | In the approach used in this text , the E-R model is used in conceptual modelling because it is much more semantically rich than the relational model , but this is mapped to a relational model because most commercial databases are relational and it is more convenient for logical mapping . |
| 19 | Some of that is discernible in Sinopoli 's interpretation , but he is more concerned with the conflicts of tonality and of the influence — sometimes disruptive , sometimes benign — of the march theme . |
| 20 | But he is more immediate in his evocation of the reality of a power that activates the potential efficacy in all areas of human endeavour and experience and runs counter to death . |
| 21 | It was like George Michael singing his favourite soul songs ; he did them well , but he is more exciting on his own stuff . |
| 22 | David Batty is one of them , but he is more preoccupied with fighting off an ankle injury . |
| 23 | But it is more a consequence of the view we have of Switzerland and of Swiss skiing . |
| 24 | ‘ But it is more important than anything else to bring parental responsibility back to the centre of the stage . ’ |
| 25 | Being buffeted around the sky at 10,000 feet with an engine just inches from your ear is not the most comfortable way to fly , but it is more interesting than an anonymous 767 . |
| 26 | The extra money earned from attending court on a day off can be attractive , but it is more often the case that reminders about the approaching end of the shift are given to those constables who suggest work which involves ‘ going over ’ . |
| 27 | But it is more likely that Treasury officials are just sounding out reaction to possible measures . |
| 28 | Many English fans even regard West Indian cricket as boring , but it is more impossible to know , as defeat follows defeat follows defeat , to what extent this is an objective judgement or to what extent it is just sour grapes . |
| 29 | Infanticide is a defence to murder , but it is more usual to charge infanticide in the first place . |
| 30 | Material realities may be profound sources of satisfaction or discontent but it is more often symbols which signal to people their own position , their own worth , and their own precariousness . |