Example sentences of "much more [adj] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate about using readmission to measure quality of care is obviously much more complex than it seems at first sight . |
| 2 | The scene is much more complex than it was say a generation or two ago and Moderator we in the Church of England should be much interested to learn in due course whether you too will feel a need to make liturgical revision for these various paths to faith . |
| 3 | For many patients with cancer , the prospect of long-term survival without recurrence is much more uncertain than it is , say , for infections , such as tuberculosis or cholera . |
| 4 | Professor Hurstfield has however inferred from the preamble that the government wanted something much more far-reaching than it got : nothing less than unlimited authority to legislate by proclamation . |
| 5 | Your time is much more limited than it would be in a real case , and you can not afford to waste it ; on the other hand , it is no use gabbling what you have to say , for then it will not be understood . |
| 6 | The prospect of genetic intervention is much more appealing as it gets to the core of the problem . |
| 7 | This is all much more simple than it might seem from the previous , necessarily precise , rules . |
| 8 | This might be sensible if you were advised that your claim would be better presented in the formal atmosphere of the civil courts , or that your wrongful dismissal claim is so much more substantial that it will lead almost inevitably to a settlement of the lesser , unfair dismissal claim . |
| 9 | The youth component of that crime is much more substantial than it was , according to all the figures . |
| 10 | ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’ |
| 11 | There have been commentators who have said that if it were introduced , it would be much more effective if it were introduced throughout the island . |
| 12 | You 've got to get Boris 's agreement before anyone can press the trigger or is this actually much more dangerous than it sounds , is he saying we want to take over the nuclear weapons . |
| 13 | He 's just made it seem much more important that it was , really . " |
| 14 | ‘ It 's much more important than it used to be , ’ concedes Martin Hawtree , Secretary of the British Association of Golf Course Architects ( BAGCA ) . |
| 15 | Although use of the IUD and condom has increased , especially among educated women , the rise of sterilization is much more important as it marks an almost certain end to childbearing ( table 4.3 ) . |
| 16 | It seems much more likely that it was a member of ffeatherstonehaugh 's general committee . |
| 17 | Strapped on , the Teardrop is much more manageable although it does show a tendency towards neck heaviness . |
| 18 | Unlike the preceding species this plant is much more manageable as it is less vigorous . |
| 19 | Misery was always so much more manageable if it was poured into a friend 's sympathetic ear . |
| 20 | I had few worries that she would suddenly take an interest in American history , but she might notice something out of place and the combination lock looked much more sophisticated than it actually was . |
| 21 | At the beginning of the year , however , the trend argument was much more plausible than it is today . |
| 22 | ‘ Much more satisfactory if it could all be done in one fell swoop . ’ |
| 23 | In accounting for the curious distortion of the doctrine that has taken place in England , it is clear that this can not be explained by the mere presence of constitutional arrangements based on a separation of powers or it would be much more prevalent than it is . |
| 24 | I would first like to explain your obligations on an issue which has caused a great deal of concern and confusion for returners by being made to appear much more complicated than it actually is . |
| 25 | This is much more difficult than it sounds , and requires a great deal of skill and practice ( see Mann 1985 ; Oppenheim 1966 ) . |
| 26 | Schoolteachers were not expected to engage in research , and by the 1870s this was anyway much more difficult than it had been in 1800 : there was more to master first , and more equipment was needed . |
| 27 | Everything was er so much more difficult than it , than it is today and er things were not sort of disposed of like they are now . |
| 28 | A similar situation obtained in the second example which unsurprisingly proved much more difficult because it is unfamiliar and the numbers are more complex . |
| 29 | I think you should also have pointed out that cruise will make future arms control negotiations much more difficult as it is an almost ‘ unverifiable ’ weapon . |
| 30 | Cnut still had a difficult road to travel , but by the end of 1017 some major obstacles already lay behind him , and his position in England was much more secure than it had been twelve months earlier . |