Example sentences of "[prep] be more [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble is that the problem is proving to be more intractable than even the most cynical Democrats had feared . |
| 2 | In general , therefore , subcontract labour will tend to be more mobile than directly employed labour . |
| 3 | Active work on a problem — learning by doing — is likely to be more effective than simply being told how to do a particular piece of work . |
| 4 | Olga seemed to be more patronizing than ever today . |
| 5 | It barely represented the true drama of the moment , though Nicholson was better informed than most on the subject because apart from being a friend of Polanski , he gleaned first-hand accounts by attending the trial of Manson and his disciples , whose story proved to be more gruesome than even Hollywood could either manufacture or exploit in a movie . |
| 6 | An important point to emerge out of the network model is that aspects of non-co-operation seem to be more common than prototypically co-operative behaviour from a reader 's perspective , at least as far as SF is concerned . |
| 7 | This latest encounter between the two sides promises to be more exciting than ever before . |
| 8 | But Caterham 's independence does enable it to be more adventurous than perhaps a large parent would allow . |
| 9 | Later that evening Herbert and I discussed the problem , and promised each other to be more careful than ever . |
| 10 | Gamma scintigraphy has been shown to be more sensitive than either radiography or the standard acid reflux test in the detection of gastro-oesophageal reflux , with a sensitivity of 85.5% , compared with 69.5% with the standard acid reflux test and 27.5% with radiography . |
| 11 | And now he began to be more devout than ever in his prayers , more ardent in divine contemplations , more frequent in his vigils , more energetic in exhortations and in works worthy of imitation and more frequent in preaching ; thus becoming a pattern in word and deed of a holy life to all , Rich in the bowels of compassion , he relieved everyone who sought his assistance . |
| 12 | If the contemporary world as a whole seemed to be more flawed than ever , academic life , in particular , was irredeemably so . |