Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj -er] and [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps fair to say that while the balances are maintained , we are on the whole more conscious of evil as an objective power and of good as a subjective impulse ; Mordor and ‘ the Shadow ’ are nearer and more visible than the Valar or ‘ luck ’ . |
| 2 | Electronics are simpler and more reliable . |
| 3 | More and more people are turning to tablets to help them improve the quality of their sleep but , as you will see , there are simpler and more natural methods which are , at the same time , far more effective . |
| 4 | Points to make in the context of this table are , again , the very large turnover involved and the fact that profit margins are healthier and more stable than in the tour operator case . |
| 5 | He says electric buses are cleaner and more efficient and we 're keen to have a more environmentally-friendly transport in such an historic city centre . |
| 6 | Compared with sheet vinyl , they are easier and less wasteful to lay in awkwardly-shaped rooms . |
| 7 | Particular regions , towns , areas of the countryside , are wealthier and more desirable to live in than others . |
| 8 | These constituencies are broader and more diffuse than mere pressure groups , though such groups may comprise their most visible and vocal components . |
| 9 | ‘ Both Portrush courses are tougher and so different from anything at home , but I like them . |
| 10 | Do these tyres put an extra strain on the vehicle as they are bigger and probably heavier than Michelin 7.50 x 16 . |
| 11 | The cliffs of Lizard Point offer worthwhile easier climbs such as Sirius ( Severe ) , but some miles further along the coast are bigger and more serious ramparts of soapstone at Vellan Head , where Hidden Buttress has distinctly Gogarth-like qualities . |
| 12 | ‘ Look — we 've just got to gain people 's confidence and prove that we 're better and more caring than those two wretched men . ’ |
| 13 | Like if an older band started saying some of the things that we do then they 'd be sexist because they 're older and more respectable . |
| 14 | ‘ No , sir , not just because you 're older and more experienced than me . |
| 15 | They 've doubled the Banbury to London service and say they 're faster and more reliable . |
| 16 | They are larger and more diffuse than subgovernments and owe their development to a variety of factors : the rapid growth of federal spending , the growth in private and semi-private organizations which are used to administer many federally funded policies , the growth in ‘ public interest ’ organizations and the great increase in the ranks of professional administrators in all fields , for example planning , health , welfare , education and housing . |
| 17 | In the canopy , the flowers are larger and more conspicuous , as in almost all of the emergents . |
| 18 | Sentencing policies , as a result of law and order campaigns mean the prisoners are younger and more likely to be black . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | All of these features are contradicted by the second group : string scales range from 13¼ ’ to 14½ ’ ; cases are deeper and more robust ; keyboards are nearly always lime ; and rack guidance is replaced by front rail pins . |
| 21 | You will probably find that this comes naturally and that you are happier and more confident than you thought you would be . |
| 22 | Scènes de Ballet The lines are straighter and more angled than usual in classical dance . |
| 23 | Yet I did not want to leave things alone entirely , without making an effort , but it is restricted to the expression of two things — the cypresses — the olive trees — let others who are better and more powerful than I reveal their symbolic language … |
| 24 | However , even if one takes the view that King 's Cross is essential , there are better and more appropriate ways of building and developing a new station at King 's Cross than the one that British Rail has effectively forced upon us . |
| 25 | Biodiesel , made from rapeseed , has few advantages over conventional diesel , according to a report by Germany 's Federal Environment Office , which states that there are cheaper and more effective ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions than by subsidising biodiesel production . |
| 26 | Bills prepared by machine are neater and more legible , therefore more helpful to the staff and more pleasing to the customer . |
| 27 | Some British hospitals are older and more humid , ’ he suggests . |
| 28 | Properties are older and more likely to be terraced houses or flats ; they have fewer rooms but more people per room ; and they are less likely to have a garden . |
| 29 | Particular difficulties arise , perhaps , in establishing relationships with those who are smaller and less powerful and , possibly , to some extent dependent . |
| 30 | There are several spine-like papillae at the apex of the jaw , distal to these papillae the jaw appears to be covered by irregularly spaced oral papillae which are smaller and more rounded than those at the apex . |