Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] it [is] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt in Sir Adrian 's mind that it is more demanding today being a top executive than it used to be . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A research programme is better than a rival if it is more progressive , the progressive nature of a programme depending on its degree of coherence and the extent to which it has led to successful novel predictions , as discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 4 | Possible complications and side-effects are ignored or minimised in a target-oriented programme because it is more important to add to the numbers of acceptors than to help women make an informed choice about contraception . |
| 5 | Such archived information is frequently used in research because it is more or less free ; but , to avoid fallacious conclusions arising from what is usually called secondary analysis , we must be prepared to think critically about the source , reliability and consistency of the data involved . |
| 6 | Frith ( 1980 ) has suggested that these good readers attempt to " spell by ear " , in that they rely tao heavily upon the phonological representations of words when it is more appropriate to use orthographic rules with a purely visual spelling check . |
| 7 | Tax to pay for our holidays abroad , or Government in exile as it is more appropriately known , will be raised from the equitable basis of rating taxes at the point of sale , or in the case of blue tax , see above , conspicuous consummation . |
| 8 | In areas where it is more entrenched , particularly the deeper waters off Cap Ferrat , a submarine will be used . |
| 9 | ( 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 . ) |
| 10 | Do n't overload socket outlets , and have your wiring checked by an electrician if it is more than 20 years old . |
| 11 | The latter methods are used by every modern choreographer working with classical dance because it is more flexible and expressive and many dancers trained in its technique are capable of acting out the deepest emotions of the characters played , as Ashton and MacMillan have continually shown . |
| 12 | There is only a remark in Plutarch 's Alcibiades , where he is recounting the story of the double-crossing of the Spartan ambassadors ( p. 117 ) : Alcibiades ( xiv.8 ) urges the Spartans to go before the Council because it is more ‘ moderate and kindly ’ than the People , that is the Assembly . |
| 13 | A principle is enunciated which is intended and designed to regulate a certain real situation X. Another principle regulates another real situation , Y. When a novel situation Z arises for which no principle has apparently been specifically designed , the law is determined by examining the extent to which Z is closer to X or to Y. If it is more analogous to X , then the legal principle regulating X will ordinarily be invoked . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | There may be instances when the systematic abuse of conflict of interest situations will be tolerated on the basis that it is more efficient to permit the abuse than to have it eradicated . |
| 16 | Erm , it 's again recognized in the S S As that it is more social factors that impact on the need to spend on children 's services , and therefore things like single parent families , the level of family income and these tend to have a greater impact , but it would be foolish to assume that with a higher child population you are not going to get more demands on children 's services , and therefore we have provided a fifty thousand pounds ' provision within that to take care of problems . |
| 17 | Experience will teach Robert that it is more efficient to make an estimate first ‘ This length fits round my head . |
| 18 | The system is designed for fairly low volumes so it is more suited to an art studio than in-plant work but many companies already use it instead of a phototypesetter for much of their origination . |
| 19 | We pay thirty five percent if it 's more than a hundred miles away from home . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Ground can sometimes be hired on a commercial basis but it is more often totally free of charge provided the farmer is assured of your good character and dependability . |
| 22 | There 's playing up the teacher but it 's more trying to get the better of him or her . |
| 23 | It needs this cooling device because it is more exposed to the direct heat of the sun . |
| 24 | A ten-year-old could be detained in a police cell for up to 36 hours but it is more common for children to be released into the care of social workers overnight . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | kind of carpets all the time , just an odd contract stuff , now it 's nearly all contract , so you 're seeing a lot of different carpets and it 's more interesting wondering where they 're going to , like America and |
| 28 | For the list of county court districts and the courts having bankruptcy jurisdiction over them , see Appendix A. Debtors ' petitions can be presented in whichever county court is specified by Schedule 2 to the rules as being , in relation to the debtors ' own county court , the nearest full time county court if it is more expedient with a view to expediting the petition ( r 6.40(3) ) . |
| 29 | The pluralist perspective will not help us deal with these problems because it is more interested in political behaviour than in the role of ideas in society . |
| 30 | This is still some disadvantage for the acquirer because it is more difficult to gain agreement to a change made subsequently than to a provision included in the first draft . |