Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is [adv] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps possible to say that a particular child tends towards introversion and , further , that he or she is therefore more likely to engage with characters such as Tom in Philippa Pearce 's Tom 's midnight garden , Max in Pauline Clarke 's The twelve and the genii , or Tolly in Lucy Boston 's Green Knowe stories , than a more extrovert reader . |
| 2 | The interview need not be long but Sheila will have discovered that there are people who will listen and she is now more likely to take up any referral she is given for more long term counselling . |
| 3 | This is not only likely to be painful for him , but it undermines his stability , so that he can only walk slowly , with constant concentration , and he is much more likely to fall over if he has to change direction or if he is distracted . |
| 4 | Many of its countries are relatively small and it is geographically more diverse than any other continent . |
| 5 | How this requirement is implemented will obviously vary enormously with the level of disability of individual residents and it is normally more economical in staffing terms for there to be a fairly even level of disabilities among the residents of one unit . |
| 6 | This makes it easier to lean your weight into the turn and it is even more exaggerated when you turn on a wave face . |
| 7 | If you 're trying to combine both in your life the chances of your being hit by stress are probably higher-no matter how brilliantly you may have organized the family in your absence — and it is even more important to be able to deal with it . |
| 8 | If you have recently arrived in this country special rules apply and it is even more important to get good advice before claiming benefits . |
| 9 | There are very few professional aircraft accident investigating officials who do not appreciate the broad scope of the coroner 's ( or procurator fiscal 's or magistrate 's ) responsibilities but it is remarkable how many coroners have very little idea of what the technical aircraft accident investigator is trying to do ; and it is even more surprising that many do not bother to try to find out , even when an aircraft accident occurs in their area of jurisdiction . |
| 10 | In this case the same precautions apply and it is even more important to deal with ownership of copyright otherwise the agency ( as employer ) could turn out to be the ultimate owner of the copyright . |
| 11 | The full list makes something of a hodgepodge , and it is probably more sensible to take the course adopted by some authorities , and separate ‘ policy ’ from ‘ methods ’ . |
| 12 | Thus , many manic-depressives , even in their ‘ up ’ phases , describe feelings of depression and it is probably more correct to think of their psychotic state as a whole as a rather peculiar co-existence of irritable moods . |
| 13 | And it is sometimes more economical to provide fault tolerance in the software than in the hardware . |
| 14 | " Geometry " itself does not encompass such a clearly unitary idea as " number " or " measures ' and it is consequently more difficult to represent in a linked set of the main procedural aspects . |
| 15 | NCRC-11 has a smaller coding region and it is therefore more likely to be expressed in other cancers . |
| 16 | In this case there is a clear and recurrent difference of meaning between transitive and intransitive occurrences of hide , and it is therefore more satisfactory to speak of hide 1 , which is a full cognitive synonym of conceal , and a separate item hide 2 . |
| 17 | Hypochondria is thought to be a result of repressed emotions and secret fears , and it is far more likely to develop in families where there is a preoccupation with illness , or in people who have a great deal of contact with invalids as children . |
| 18 | It is certainly more fun to shoot video this way than to take unrelated pot-shots , and it is infinitely more interesting to watch . |
| 19 | The number on the register is far greater than the number formerly liable for domestic rates — one reason for the introduction of the new system — and it is correspondingly more difficult to prevent non-registration and evasion . |
| 20 | IBM 's personal computers business may be enormous , but it has never made very much money , and it is now more like a millstone than an asset . |
| 21 | The Ahaggar is also volcanic , but activity ceased earlier than in the Tibesti and it is now more degraded , although the wrecks of the ancient volcanoes still reach to about 3000 m ( 10,000 ft ) . |
| 22 | It is faster than the fax , it is usually cheaper and it is certainly more convenient . |
| 23 | This is a doubtful speculation as spinning , unlike sewing or embroidery does not require a strong light , and it is much more likely that the spinners would be found in comfort spinning by the light of their peat fires as dusk approached . |
| 24 | Over 60 per cent of cases occur in males , and it is much more common among the Negro races than Caucasians , although this may reflect the areas where it is endemic rather than any racial predilection . |
| 25 | Such a border can be at least as ornamental as the conventional one , given the range of plants which are now considered to be herbs , and it is much more likely to be the haunt of bees and butterflies , as well as being more aromatic and fragrant . |
| 26 | In this case there is one called WORDCNT and it is much more sophisticated than the one I would have written . |
| 27 | of the , the national average and it 's not because erm they 're paying high wages to get the , the most able people , it 's because there are mechanisms , institutional mechanisms that keep wages high , there 's no market in the jobs for , th these are generalizations but I think they are fairly , fairly true erm becau there is no market for er for the jobs , for civil service jobs that appointments are made and it is much more important who you know than , than what , what you know and the old boy network , as it 's called , in this country is fairly important in the English Civil Service but a similar sort of network tends to be far more important in developing countries , something that is euphemistically called patronage erm but we might call the old boy network or er er jobs for the boys whatever , but erm |
| 28 | She is saying that this good thing , this knowledge , can be used — to tell us , for example , that Amis is not a Tudor writer : but she is rather more moved to say at the same time that it ca n't or can hardly be used , devoted as she is to the thought of a separation between , in this case , Amis 's friendships and politics , his life — and his art . |
| 29 | But she is certainly more intelligent than him . |
| 30 | Redknapp is determined to fight the charge but he is even more upset that his action was seen as the spark for crowd violence . |