Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] to be more " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although they were terrified of the Magistrate , who in more peaceful times had so often savaged their verses , the ladies in the billiard room stoutly refused to volunteer for the banqueting hall , which they wrongly believed to be more dangerous than the Residency except for Lucy , who was generally acknowledged to have nothing to live for anyway . |
| 2 | The odds ratio shows that this was the case even after taking into account the fact that those living alone tended to be more disabled than elderly married couples , and therefore in greater need of such help . |
| 3 | It was within this ideological framework which was always present but as outlined above became to be more and more publicly articulated by the Tories prior to 1979 that the operations of the justice system in England and Wales need to be considered . |
| 4 | ‘ But we always tried to be more sympathetic than most , and went out of our way to work with the people who wanted to use our stuff . |
| 5 | Their interest rates also tended to be more attractive . |
| 6 | On the trade unions too , the Thatcher government again proved to be more cautious than its language might imply . |
| 7 | Women again proved to be more emphatic about sex equality than men , and London teachers were more feminist than others . |
| 8 | ‘ There were times when it certainly seemed to be more important than our marriage . ’ |