Example sentences of "would [be] [prep] more [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I went to the cinema considering that that would be of more benefit than taking a Latin exam that I could not pass .
2 A serious extension of the simple analysis presented in the previous paragraph would be of more help than a thousand more studies documenting that socio-economic differentials in mortality exist .
3 ‘ If I 'm going to watch games , I would be of more use studying the following week 's opposition and helping prepare for them .
4 ANDREW QUINN , 13 , said the show would be of more interest to 16 or 17-year-olds .
5 At a stroke the gold reserves in Fort Knox would be worth more dollars , thus improving backing for the dollar ; gold reserves for other central banks would be worth more , encouraging them to accumulate further interest-earning dollar reserves ; gold production would be stimulated and private demand reduced ( as industry tried to economize and speculators took their profits ) , allowing countries to absorb additional gold into their reserves .
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