Example sentences of "but [pron] is more [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " There needs to be some factor which when seen in its true light makes the reason for the murder obvious , but which is more easily seen in a false light . " |
| 2 | Accommodation is a significant driving factor in the process of new dialect formation as described by Trudgill ( 1986 ) , but it is more easily studied at the level of individuals who adjust their language behaviour given a particular set of circumstances . |
| 3 | The rail network supported by the PTE is smaller than in Manchester with 88 route miles ( 142 route km ) and 74 stations , but it is more intensively used and largely electrified . |
| 4 | These terms are all very descriptive , since the material which accumulates around a Strombolian vent does indeed look rather like boiler slag , but it is more correctly called scoria , and the cones which build up around the vent scoria cones . |
| 5 | The extra money earned from attending court on a day off can be attractive , but it is more often the case that reminders about the approaching end of the shift are given to those constables who suggest work which involves ‘ going over ’ . |
| 6 | Material realities may be profound sources of satisfaction or discontent but it is more often symbols which signal to people their own position , their own worth , and their own precariousness . |
| 7 | Stress may result from a sudden dramatic turn of affairs or a so-called ‘ life-event ’ , but it is more often largely the result of long-term overwork or anxiety . |
| 8 | Ground can sometimes be hired on a commercial basis but it is more often totally free of charge provided the farmer is assured of your good character and dependability . |
| 9 | On the Von Neumann computer this was called the arithmetic register ( AR ) ; but it is more commonly referred to as the multiplier-quotient ( MQ ) or quotient ( Q ) register . |
| 10 | The immediate historical provocation for their critique of conformity , indifference and the apparent predisposition to barbarity is clearly , for Adorno and Horkheimer , the rise of fascism ; but what is more generally at issue is the intrusion of Enlightenment rationality , capitalist common-sense and the logic of commodification into the very core of the cultural field and the aesthetic . |