Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] more " in BNC.

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1 But also they would probably have the men working harder than before & they may be more popular .
2 These may be purely physical , in the way that smell and touch become more intense in darkness , or they may be more on the psychic level .
3 Models can , however , be simpler than these and can take the form of rules or they can be more complex in that symbolism can be used .
4 Or it may be more vaguely a type of person .
5 ‘ We 've got to pick up three points against Watford tomorrow or it will be more bad news . ’
6 If you are not called in , you will be asked to leave the ring — do n't despair , another judge may like your horse or he may be more suitable for another type of class .
7 Nigel would pretend to patronise me , and I would pretend I was n't clever enough to notice ; and he would be swankier than he really was , and I would be more boring ; but we knew what we were doing and we were friends .
8 But there are certain things , as I have suggested and other people have suggested , on which we have n't got a response from the group , the Labour Group , when we have made these suggestions , and I would be more open , I think , to suggestions and ideas from other groups than the Labour Party are at the moment .
9 ‘ If I could totally devote myself to tennis maybe that would help and I 'd be more into my tennis , but I 'm not that way .
10 Erm but one , one one , I mean cl clearly the policy which was pursued was one of inequality and there was a rich peasant economy and either you say well yes there is , there is an economic imperative for that and that 's the explanation or you say well there might have been a political factor involved in this that there was a recognition that progress was going to come through class conflict and therefore if you are actually promoting the kind of you might realize it was happening and you might be more prepared
11 I tell you what , would you like to just go an sit behind on that chair over there and you 'll be more comfortable .
12 With a crop with a limited amount of sales surplus production suppresses prices , and you must be more competitive with your fellow farmers
13 Content as she generally was to be alone , this place had a distinctly solitary feel to it , and she 'd be more secure in Kelly 's extrovert company .
14 And by the way , I do n't know why we 're sitting crouched down here because we could stand up by the spruce there : its shadow is darker than the sky , and we could be more ready for them .
15 As a profession we have undervalued the importance of nursing care both politically and clinically , and we should be more analytical and confident regarding its significance within the multidisciplinary team and its impact on patient care outcomes .
16 We should be more efficient and we should be more responsive to the needs of tenants .
17 But their small size also means that insect fossils are easily overlooked and they may be more common than is supposed .
18 Their life expectancy may be less than the national average , and they may be more susceptible to illness and disease .
19 Most people find that modern , lightweight rugs are much easier to handle than old fashioned jute rugs with blankets , and they must be more comfortable for the horse .
20 The concept of a forum converted into thermae depended on the presence of floor levels associated with the former , but those identified as such are very thin mortar lines which are far from level , and they can be more reliably interpreted as layers marking stages in the construction .
21 Embryos tend to stick to the surfaces of micropipettes and cavity blocks when 70% alcohol is reached and it may be more practical to remove and replace the alcohol rather than transfer embryos between cavity blocks .
22 Practical theories and theoretized practice meet somewhere in the middle , and it may be more fruitful to see them as a continuum than as a dichotomy .
23 I do n't want to put a damper on your ambitions , but this species is very difficult to sex , and it may be more accurate to say you have two fish rather than a pair .
24 However , in some cases it is not possible to determine the cause without costly excavation and it may be more economical to re-lay the pipes .
25 Catalogues and directories are often difficult to trace and it may be more worthwhile to find some reliable programs through known sources .
26 With ‘ non-reminiscers ’ there would appear to be less reason to dwell on the past , and it might be more useful to avoid it unless the counsellor feels that there is a particularly strong reason and purpose for doing so .
27 To count the Soviet Union 's 275 millions as ‘ Pacific ’ people is stretching the point a little , and it might be more appropriate to count only those living east of the Urals .
28 Er a a and then say , well we can take that on board for you if you like but it might be more efficient for you to do the possessions because the civil engineer Leeds , actually is part of your organization a a and it might be more appropriate for you to get those possessions in , for you to decide whether or not you want one big bang o o o of a week 's possession or , or you want to do it i in four hour no-trains periods for the next three years .
29 However , if staff led by a head and one or two senior colleagues worked their way through these tasks ( and it might be more likely that senior staff themselves would have drafted the audit and put it forward for discussion , alteration and approval by others ) , they would be familiar with most of the important issues concerning the national curriculum .
30 And it would be more fitting for group work would it ?
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