Example sentences of "[is] more [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you Chairman I , I actually agreed with those not so much that erm I , I have problems with erm other matters , it is more extra to be examined and because it actually says that it has to be examined once , and will therefore be re-examined erm , erm I am sure if it should be examined they have to put exact what it means examine in and before and as you say er you will be the first to say . |
| 2 | ( 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 . ) |
| 3 | It is more important to be clear about the links between the way they are behaving and the situations they are in . |
| 4 | Some suggest that it is more important to be able to bring political pressure to bear , so that the elected representatives of whatever sex will pass legislation of benefit to women . |
| 5 | Perhaps this is where eighteen and eighty are in accord — for at eighty it is more important to be interesting , whereas no doubt at sixty it is necessary to be right . |
| 6 | It is well established that in the delinquent-prone , home discipline is more liable to be too lax , strict or erratic . |
| 7 | Quite simply , these are times when there is more healing to be done , more effort is required by the natural healing powers to maintain order or to put it slightly differently , it is no longer possible for a balance and harmony to be sustained without the production of symptoms of disease . |
| 8 | ‘ It is more difficult to be precise about this than about the earlier phases , partly because the pictures are rarer and less accessible , and have not been adequately photographed , partly because it includes considerable variations . ’ |
| 9 | She says it is more bad to be frightened than to die . |
| 10 | This means that in most cases it is more likely to be a matter of relaxing the forward pressure to allow the aircraft to level out rather than pulling it out with a positive backward pressure on the stick . |
| 11 | The infant retrieves , or witnesses the retrieval of an object from behind A ( say ) three times , after which he watches as the experimenter moves it to place B. On seeing it vanish at B he will go straight back to A. Although the back-to-A error is more likely to be made the longer the delay between hiding at B and allowing search , this is not a memory problem in any simple sense because the infant will return to A even if the object remains visible at B. We find a particularly clear demonstration of this kind of ‘ perseveration ’ in an experiment by Paul Harris in which there were two transparent , lockable boxes as the A and the B location . |
| 12 | The assumption that the cultural achievements of the past are actually obsolete is more likely to be implied than so explicitly stated , but it is a logical implication of a progressivist concept of knowledge . |
| 13 | But , according to Peter Sommer , a computer forensics expert , a hard disc ‘ is more likely to be wiped out by glitches in the electricity supply ’ . |
| 14 | This is more likely to be feasible in relation to questions relating to demographic and other background characteristics , than for behavioural or product market data . |
| 15 | At supper there is more likely to be a simple salad than a roast on the menu , which has the advantage of leaving you with more room to do proper justice to the pudding . |
| 16 | On that evidence , therefore , and in spite of last night 's ominous phrases that the government would not tolerate ‘ chaos and anarchy ’ , it seems that the statement is more likely to be a specific warning — that people breaking in to armouries to steal weapons or ammunition could expect to be met by physical force — than a sign that the military are planning a political takeover . |
| 17 | In Asia , the dolphin is confined mainly to mangroves , where it feeds on shrimps , whereas it is more likely to be found around rocky shores in other parts of its range . |
| 18 | After his broadcast on Thursday , it is more likely to be a new , and even bloodier , phase of his war . |
| 19 | Priced at around $3,500 — expensive , but still less than 5% of the cost of a new Mercedes Benz sports car — it is more likely to be seen in Beverly Hills than in Baltimore . |
| 20 | In parts of the country , a black man between the ages of 15 and 25 is more likely to be killed than was an American soldier in Vietnam . |
| 21 | The Old School Fool is more likely to be listening to The KLF than The Disc Four . |
| 22 | It is more likely to be a wonder I have borne with things so long . |
| 23 | Once we have been triggered into feeling the loss of someone who was important the grieving process is more likely to be able to start . |
| 24 | A calm horse is more likely to be cooperative than an angry or fearful horse . |
| 25 | And because the horse has n't been upset , it is more likely to be co-operative next time it is to be shod . |
| 26 | The question ‘ How do I look ? ’ is more likely to be phrased ‘ What do I look like ? ’ and not be openly asked , but wondered about . |
| 27 | Someone else is more likely to be eaten if I keep near to other people . |
| 28 | The majority of men who survive can expect to have the support of a wife up to the age of 85 , but any woman over 72 is more likely to be a widow left on her own . |
| 29 | To the extent that this identification is more likely to be made when the stimulus in question is already capable of activating a detailed representation , the likelihood of a vigorous CR may be increased . |
| 30 | One possibility is that generalized latent inhibition is likely to be weaker than that produced by pre-exposure to the CS itself and thus is more likely to be susceptible to the effect of the long interval . |