Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [verb] more [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , on the subject of accessibility , stock is used more frequently if kept on open rather than closed access , because of the importance to users of browsing as a method of locating material ( see Goodall 's book for a summary of recent literature on the beguiling topic of browsing ) . |
| 2 | Review is related more closely than in the orthodox model , to the state of the system , particularly to whether change is proposed or rapid . |
| 3 | A fragment from an altarpiece can not be appraised in just the same way as an independent portrait ; and a craftsman 's skill is esteemed more accurately when the materials used are rightly identified . |
| 4 | Also VDEW ( Vereinigung Deutscher Elektrizitatswerke ) , the association of German utilities , points out that electricity is gradually increasing its share of the industrial market and total consumption is growing more quickly than energy consumption . |
| 5 | The rise in long-term unemployment and the increase in child poverty since the mid 1970s is likely to mean that the health of the lower social classes is improving more slowly than it should and would have done , rather than that it is getting worse . |
| 6 | They appear to show that , at least in the richest countries with the toughest environmental standards , municipal waste is growing more slowly than the economy as a whole . |
| 7 | Examples of the contrast most commonly given use relative clauses as in ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , containing a restrictive and a non-restrictive relative , respectively : ( 1 ) silk which comes from Thailand is taxed more heavily than Malaysian silk ( 2 ) silk , which is a natural fibre , incurs less tax than artificial fabrics There are , of course , certain linguistic devices in English which can help to indicate which interpretation is intended ( though surprisingly few , given that the difference in effect can sometimes be considerable ) . |
| 8 | The structural explanation of social problems is pursued more thoroughly than in a developmental model . |
| 9 | You can , of course , say that a certain bait catches more bream than any other , but what you really mean is that a certain bait is used more often than any other on the waters with which you are acquainted . |
| 10 | The velum develops from the same embryonic segment as the mandibular arch , and part of its skeleton is located more medially than that of subsequent arches . |
| 11 | Here the tournament is lost more often than it is won . |
| 12 | The fact that the GAL4-Jun derivative is phosphorylated more efficiently than the GAL4 derivative is presumably due to the presence in the extract of kinases , such as MAP kinases , that phosphorylate the N-terminal region of Jun . |
| 13 | If the bit-wise comparisons match ( and the length is checked more accurately if it is more than 10 ) then the word shape is checked . |
| 14 | Many people know , for example , that alcohol taken on an empty stomach is absorbed more quickly than alcohol taken with food . |
| 15 | Alcohol in fizzy drinks is absorbed more quickly than alcohol in still drinks . |
| 16 | It presumed that the particular classroom layouts and patterns of organization commended would promote children 's learning more effectively than any others . |
| 17 | They hope the deficit will anyway shrink rapidly , and they have reason to think so : unemployment is falling more quickly than in previous recessions . |
| 18 | There are signs that the current-account deficit is growing more slowly than last year . |
| 19 | ‘ This prison is run more efficiently than most , ’ Nicholson rumbled , his eyes blazing . |