Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [is] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Natural infection may have also contributed to the high seroprevalences in the IPV group 13–17 months after vaccination , although evidence from previous studies in poliomyelitis-free areas suggests that this finding is more likely to be due to brisk secondary responses in children who had been primed with OPV and who later received poliovirus antigen parenterally in the form of IPV . |
| 2 | This parameter is more appropriate than compliance to describe biomechanics because it measures the changes in rectal CSA and pressure and also considers the actual degree of distension . |
| 3 | This kind is more often exercised in private than in public places , the concept of ‘ legitimate authority ’ tends to be irrelevant to it , and it is less visible and less easily amenable to sociological analysis . |
| 4 | Automatic inspection of this kind is more feasible than human inspection in cases where ( a ) accurate measurement is possible , ( b ) where continuous inspection is highly desirable and ( c ) where reliability of inspection is important . |
| 5 | This function is more fully described elsewhere but the idea is to raise artificially the idle speed when the throttle stick is pulled right back . |
| 6 | Some scholars believe that this story is more theological than historical . |
| 7 | This look is more vivid — a sunwarmed skin , lightly touched with gold , subtly shaded desert-flower eyes , and lips a clear , intense colour . |
| 8 | These examples also show how the word-per-sentence measure fails to deal with word complexity : [ 8 ] on this level is more complex than [ 9 ] , which contains no words with more than one morpheme . |
| 9 | This technique is more efficient when only sterile males are released , but we must be able to sort out the sexes . |
| 10 | This building is more Romanesque than other works ; it is cruciform and has a particularly fine galleried and arcaded apse dating from about 1140 . |
| 11 | On reinfection , this response is more marked , the nodules reaching 2.0 cm in diameter and containing greenish eosinophilic pus and an L4 . |
| 12 | This effect is more marked in women over 45 [ 1 ] . |
| 13 | When sailing in offshore winds , however , this rule is more often than not proved right , particularly in coastal bays . |
| 14 | This condition is more aptly termed pre-menstrual syndrome ( PMS ) because tension is just one of a number of other emotional and physical disturbances experienced by women a few days ( or two weeks ) before the onset of menstruation . |
| 15 | Only 20% identified hypothyroidism , even though this condition is more likely to be detected ( three cases in our study ) . |
| 16 | Mortensen ( 1933a ) noted that A. ingolfiana and A. norvegica were very similar and could only be distinguished from one another by the following characters ; the shape of the genital plate which has two branches in A. ingolfiana but in A. norvegica the abradial branch — the one on the ventral interradial side of the genital plate is reduced and broadened , while the radial shields which are more rounded on the proximal abradial — outer side in A. ingolfiana while in A. norvegica this side is more angular . |
| 17 | In 10 years ' time as mainframes become more powerful , he reckons , this figure is more likely to be 500 . |
| 18 | To the extent that this identification is more likely to be made when the stimulus in question is already capable of activating a detailed representation , the likelihood of a vigorous CR may be increased . |
| 19 | This benefit is more generous than FIS , many more people are eligible to claim , and the average value of payments is expected to be significantly higher than under FIS . |
| 20 | The timescale in this staging is more complex , but the impact deeper and stronger . |
| 21 | The fictional morphology of this suffering is more aptly suggested by the novelist and critic Akhsharumov , writing the very year Crime and Punishment appeared in hard covers , who observes that Raskolnikov 's mental torment , which is his punishment in all but its public aspect , begins with his first promptings towards the crime . |
| 22 | This cake is more like a pudding — serve it in a glass bowl so that everyone can appreciate the attractive layering . |
| 23 | This fuel is more expensive to manufacture but could compete in the domestic market where there is a shortage of anthracite . |
| 24 | While this move is more favourable than supplementary benefit was to some of the unemployed , the new system discriminates heavily against the young , single unemployed . |
| 25 | This reaction is more endothermic ( H = +49 kcal/mol ) but gives three times as much hydrogen . |
| 26 | This distinction is more familiar in connection with the criminal law . |
| 27 | This distinction is more related to the physical schema ( the next stage of developing the data model ) and a discussion of inverted files is therefore given in Chapter 5 . |
| 28 | So far , this war is more popular than were those in Korea , Suez or the Falklands at the outset — though that may simply reflect the fact that casualties have so far been so light . |
| 29 | He admits : ‘ This war is more dangerous than all the others put together . |
| 30 | ‘ I think this place is more suited for that than any island . ’ |