Example sentences of "more [adj] [is] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a physical description , we expect the passage to contain a large number of physical , concrete nouns ( stakes , bamboo , fences , fishermen , ruins , etc ) but what is more striking is that these concrete nouns are matched by nouns which are more abstract in one way or another . |
| 2 | What is rather more strange is that Jenkins should portray the postponement of the positivist revolution as being an anti-radical step . |
| 3 | What is even more odd is that like the AV the STV is allowed to retain its original unitary value however often it is transferred and whatever its preferential status . |
| 4 | ‘ What I think is more possible is that I 'm right . ’ |
| 5 | What seems more doubtful is that Charles 's future share in the realm was overtly discussed in June 823 . |
| 6 | An added reason why the bond market is about to become more lively is that banks will soon be allowed to set up securities subsidiaries and underwrite corporate issues . |
| 7 | What is even more amazing is that Jesus does not meet the centurion either . |
| 8 | What 's even more amazing is that the Heartbreakers ' music is both memorable and professional , something which is seemingly least expected from a New Wave band . |
| 9 | What makes Gatsby 's action even more splendid is that he knows by this time that Daisy is not going to leave her husband for him . |
| 10 | What might be more dangerous is that forty years of so-called socialism have made people accustomed to a kind of egalitarianism , so that they will not readily tolerate great differences in income or lifestyle . |
| 11 | Even more likely is that our first-remembered food was mother 's milk . |
| 12 | What seems more likely is that Basquiat could be the beneficiary of a process operating in the market ( and among some critics ) , where artists who appear able to retain their market value in the next decade are promoted and shown , whereas others considered beyond rehabilitation are ignored . |
| 13 | The reason why the latter seem more likely is that it is on these major industries that much of the future competition among states for wealth-creating resources will be focused . |
| 14 | More likely is that she wrote down ( accurately ) the beginning , remembered the sound of the end , and linked them together in what seemed to her a possible sequence . |
| 15 | That more likely is that you realised well nigh immediately that it was Mr , that 's why you said to Mr I 'm arresting you for harbouring an escapee . |
| 16 | Although it is frightening that so many people take Ecstasy to guarantee a ‘ good time ’ , what is more frightening is that it takes a Class A drug for them to feel they can lose their inhibitions . |
| 17 | What is even more frightening is that the decision-making down here — I am not talking only about the Government , but about the media and the City of London — is conditioned by the thinking of the south-east and of London in particular . |
| 18 | What makes it all the more remarkable is that , unlike other group-living birds , the individuals involved in these mating combinations are not close relatives . |
| 19 | But what is more remarkable is that so many farmers were sentimental ( and some impecunious ) enough to keep their hedgerows in for so long . |
| 20 | The more substantial is that the justices directed that T. 's contact with her older half-sister should be supervised . |
| 21 | And what 's even more sure is that he will do it in some style . |
| 22 | What is even more astonishing is that you can see the Wellestream more easily with every passing year . |
| 23 | What is more encouraging is that in the same survey the Scottish average rating was 198 against a UK average of six . |
| 24 | What makes it more meaningful is that any such authority , whether given in the articles or by a resolution , must state the maximum number of securities which can be issued under it and the date at which the authority will expire . |
| 25 | But what is more important is that it outlines the links between casual work and the formal economy , setting these out in terms of declining significance . |
| 26 | More important is that this is the first example of a case in which a trust is set up using indirect words : the words are addressed to the trustee ; and they make the testator 's intentions plain enough , although they do not express any request for a transfer of property . |
| 27 | But what is more important is that Gale 's book loses much of its impact because the science is not there to anything like the extent it needs to be to make the difficulties of Charles 's position clear . |
| 28 | What is more important is that we have to confront our fears and prejudices which may prevent open and supportive discussions about this new health problem . |
| 29 | What is , perhaps , even more important is that the Chief Inspector will also decide which accidents will not be investigated . |
| 30 | What is more important is that the reservation office and front desk have an up-to-the-minute visual picture of the room status of the hotel whatever system is used . |