Example sentences of "[coord] it is more " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the law does contain such offences , and it is more a matter of prosecutors making little use of them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The rules are beautifully simple , but its branching ratio is 300 or more and it is more subtle than chess . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The police do not hesitate then , and it is more important at that time for the Argentine to have their observers here in freedom . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But it is more a consequence of the view we have of Switzerland and of Swiss skiing . |
| 17 | ‘ But it is more important than anything else to bring parental responsibility back to the centre of the stage . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | But it is more likely that Treasury officials are just sounding out reaction to possible measures . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Infanticide is a defence to murder , but it is more usual to charge infanticide in the first place . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Most of the world 's population have accepted states and powers , and it is easy to see why : life may not be less bloody or dangerous under a sovereign power , but it is more predictable . |
| 25 | But it is more likely that a physical restraint influenced the swirling liquids — just as bad weather cyclones and hurricanes are anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise south of the equator of spinning planet Earth . |
| 26 | This stance is a relatively clear and straightforward one , but it is more about the concept of life than the particular issue of mental handicap . |
| 27 | But it is more likely that , while they provide reasons for different things , they share the same basic structure . |
| 28 | Babies can start at six months , but it is more likely to be 12–18 months . |
| 29 | There may be evidence of a urethritis in the female , but it is more common for there to be a cervicitis . |
| 30 | But it is more plausible to suppose that the meaning of unemployment will vary according to a number of factors , e.g. its duration , social assessments of blame , previous experience of steady employment , perception of future prospects , comparison with other groups , etc . |