Example sentences of "more [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was pre-eminently the case where the Area Boards were united in opposing the Central Authority or the Government ( as on the Clow differential ) , though Citrine was more willing to give in to such pressure on matters where he respected the Board Chairmen 's views , such as tariffs , than on matters where he was determined to impose his own , as in labour relations . |
| 2 | Some candidates were unhappy about the selection process , claiming the region wanted someone more willing to fit in with the council 's corporate stance , than head a professional service . |
| 3 | Er I mean I , I mean have we really thought this through because er if we 're an anticipating having hundred , hundred and fifty people here which I suppose is of course about what we would hope for , the response that NUPE er as you know they would need to actually achieve the yes vote , I mean we need this sort of room full er would n't it not be more sensible to split up between co or not , would it not be normal for the tutor to expect the group to split up to address specific areas like , I do n't know , Labour Party membership , erm finance , I do n't know , whatever |
| 4 | Rather than travel out from Highgate , it seemed more sensible to move out of London and travel in to town . |
| 5 | One of the polarisations which took place has centred on the question of whether management development should be focused on the provision of specific tools/skills for managers ( a competency model ? ) — or whether it would be more appropriate to set out along a more generic path which emphasised the attitudinal and interpersonal aspects of management . |
| 6 | It may have become apparent to the counsellor that counsellees are ‘ locked ’ into feelings which are affecting the way they are leading their lives , but are apparently more content to hold on to the feelings than to resolve the difficulties which arise from them . |
| 7 | Many oaks provide intense leaf colour but for something more unusual look out for Nyssa sylvatica , the black gum ; Liquidambar styraciflua , the sweet gum , or Parrotia persica , the Persian ironwood . |
| 8 | ‘ We must have a five-point plan for autumn safety : 1 ) Get all poisonous plants clearly labelled ; 2 ) Put government health warnings on toadstools ; 3 ) Secure all dangerous-looking branches ; 4 ) Spread polythene sheets beneath all major leaf-producing trees ; 5 ) Have a national warning system for cold days on which apples , conkers and so on , are much more likely to fall out of the trees and cause these horrendous injuries . ’ |
| 9 | Much of this consensus , at least nominally , cut across party lines : Beveridge , who formalised the project of ‘ welfare ’ expansion , was a Liberal ; the 1944 White Paper on employment policy was produced under the war-time coalition ; Butler 's educational reforms were also decided in 1944 , but many people thought that the Labour Party was more likely to live up to the promise of reform . |
| 10 | By day , however , they are more likely to move in on someone else 's kill and carry off parts that other jaws can not crack ( below ) . |
| 11 | They are much more likely to hold on to a degree of independence . |
| 12 | TEENAGE girls are far more likely to end up as gymslip mums now than a decade ago , according to a Government report . |
| 13 | Partners who divorce are more likely to end up as local authority tenants even if they were previously owner-occupiers ( Holmans , Nandy , and Brown 1987 ) . |
| 14 | Potentially the customer holds the strong cards at this stage of the discussion : the hotelier or restaurateur knows what his business problems are and knows what the computer system is going to have to achieve — and the potential buyer , who has thought this through before the supplier appears , is more likely to end up with the right system . |
| 15 | Do Protestants or Catholics achieve more in the educational system , for example ; or are Catholics more likely to end up in prison than Protestants ? |
| 16 | Yet the schools they attend are , on the whole , not as good in terms of status , teacher input and , sometimes , physical surroundings ; they make less use of the educational system beyond the compulsory school stage ; they are less likely to pass government examinations and go on to university ; and they are far more likely to end up in manual occupations , just like their fathers and mothers . |
| 17 | I do not try and cosset these over winter by placing them into a separate tank in the garage , reasoning that the survivors will be the toughest of the bunch and more likely to make up into sturdy adult fish : come spring , they are distributed to friends . |
| 18 | In more ‘ traditional ’ couples the men were actually more likely to pitch in at home — perhaps , Hochschild hypothesizes , because they felt less threatened . |
| 19 | Most aphids can grow up either as a wingless stationary form or a winged migratory form ; they are more likely to grow up with wings if the local population density is high . |
| 20 | However , we believe that those who are determined to understand a phenomenon and to follow their research and their intuition wherever they may lead , are on the balance of probabilities , perhaps more likely to come up with new knowledge than those who are trying to solve a narrowly defined problem or to develop a product . |
| 21 | The occasion is unlikely to arise ; if the resignation of a superior court judge becomes necessary , it is much more likely to come about as a result of ill-health diagnosed in an old-established London club . |
| 22 | However , by the autumn of 1992 , both the government and other experts were predicting that the continuing recession would lead to a still more rapid slow down in the growth of government revenue . |
| 23 | It might be more prudent to go back to her bunk and hope he would go away when his hunger was satisfied . |
| 24 | It is much more important to look out for those strong , peculiar , characteristic symptoms and any mental or general symptoms . |
| 25 | Did he think it more important to get back to his life work ? |
| 26 | Mr Quiles is probably more concerned to hold on to his job . |
| 27 | After their loss of Normandy in 1204 the king-dukes were all the more concerned to hold on to their southern lands . |
| 28 | I will feel more and more independent … more able to stick up for myself … to stand upon my own feet … to hold my own … no matter how difficult or trying things may be . |
| 29 | Species with good jumping ability are more able to get out of pits than are species that can not jump ( Rackham , 1982 ) . |
| 30 | If his mind was too restless to maintain any hold on the spiritual , then did n't he have something far more immediate to face up to rather than to be wallowing in daily bouts of nostalgia ? |