Example sentences of "is [adv] more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My final question is rather more specific . |
| 2 | Yet the Bill is on all fours with that — indeed , it is rather more liberal . |
| 3 | This is rather more problematical . |
| 4 | However , this is a book about the philosophy of mind rather than experimental psychology , and the main point that I want to make is rather more philosophical than psychological . |
| 5 | But that does n't mean we have no homophobia here — just that it is rather more amorphous , more difficult to pinpoint . |
| 6 | Martyrhood is rather more subtle and sophisticated — and therefore even more life-threatening , because it can go unrecognised . |
| 7 | The ontological proof is rather more subtle . |
| 8 | The second thing they tell you is rather more subtle . |
| 9 | The next part of the jigsaw is rather more subtle . |
| 10 | The household is rather more discreet now , those that are left of them . ’ |
| 11 | What is rather more strange is that Jenkins should portray the postponement of the positivist revolution as being an anti-radical step . |
| 12 | With the addition of the new graph types in this release Symphony 's GRAPH environment also offers similar charting capability to Lotus 1-2-3 although it is rather more cumbersome in use than 1-2-3 's latest versions which have a quick graph facility . |
| 13 | Erm Roosevelt was er despite the er rather unusual route to the presidency , really rather a good president but he had a , he had a very particular view of the presidency which was one which he shared with Lincoln but he took up Lincoln 's arguments and , and developed it further and I quote from er Roosevelt 's autobiography , which is rather more revealing than most autobiographies , erm Roosevelt was n't modest I should say in case you , if you wonder when I read you something . |
| 14 | Barrett 's ( 1984 ) analysis is rather more deterministic , arguing that education is explicitly the object of state policy , and serves to reproduce both class and gender relations . |
| 15 | I have been sent another example , which is rather more serious . |
| 16 | The UK practice is rather more subjective and takes into account socio-economic factors as well as absolute numbers of voters . |
| 17 | This case is rather more complex than either Dubbingtons or Hardy Hall , and you probably need to use a more structured approach within the sections . |
| 18 | The term is obviously cognate with the Malay ‘ segan ’ : ‘ reluctant ’ or ‘ shy ’ ( Dentan 1968 ) ; however , the Semai meaning is rather more complex . |
| 19 | However , as we shall see , the issue of black ‘ underachievement ’ in schools is rather more complex than might first appear to be the case . |
| 20 | The position is rather more complex than that . |
| 21 | The relationship between disability and handicap is rather more complex as this is related to the physical environment , the availability of helpers and the kinds of social role that the individual is expected to fulfil . |
| 22 | The relationship between health rating and gender is rather more complex than the overall rating described above might indicate ( Figure 6.1 ) . |
| 23 | The truth of what happened after the Croat surrender at Bleiburg , although equally shocking , is rather more complex . |
| 24 | In the United States Congress the picture is rather more complex . |
| 25 | However applicable the distinction — and Walsh 's characterization of the " provincial " muftis — may be in the period after the end of the sixteenth century , the position regarding the muftis in the earlier period is rather more complex , for here one must distinguish three classes : first , the Mufti ; second , muftis of a number of cities and large towns , who certainly were of the ulema class ; and third , though evidence regarding them is hard to come by , one may perhaps hypothesize a class of small-town , even village muftis , who may have been , but very possibly were not , of the ulema class . |
| 26 | In this context , the negotiation of a critical feminist perspective is rather more complex , not only in terms of the hospital 's response ( made easier by my personal connection with them ) , but also in terms of my own intentions for the work . |
| 27 | However , their pattern of usage both inside and outside ICI is rather more complex than that of , say , ethylene or benzene . |
| 28 | However , Jane 's is rather more coy about tilting train failures . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll be aggrieved , which is rather more destructive of one 's peace of mind . |
| 30 | The first is the basic cost of producing the print while the second is rather more technical . |