Example sentences of "[be] more [adj] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would hope a club of the stature of Nottingham Forest might have been more willing to look at the domestic market if they wanted a young keeper . ’ |
| 2 | When you telephone someone you are more likely to intrude at an inconvenient time and not realize it . |
| 3 | Not only does this mean that you are more likely to get at the truth , but it is also likely to be more fruitful for whatever purpose you have in mind . |
| 4 | In the context of nurses and health visitors returning to work it might be more useful to look at the ways in which regrading affects your application and appointment , and to provide you with general advice on what to expect from employers in due course . |
| 5 | Perhaps the scarcity is of trombonists keen to seek the front of the platform — it may be more appealing to lurk at the back , menacing one 's colleagues from behind . |
| 6 | A contract may be written or verbal , but the intention of the verbal form may be more difficult to determine at a future date . |
| 7 | Er and erm it 's difficult for people to maintain er not only as I say , but in their lifestyle over a particular period of time , so you could be more likely to get at the truth by this method , than by sending out questionnaires . |
| 8 | Rather than trace individual papers in detail , it is more useful to look at the development of particular classes of paper . |
| 9 | This problem is more likely to arise at a time when the patient is unconscious and can not be consulted . |
| 10 | ( Care must be taken in interpreting these probit equations : note that positive because the higher the price the more likely it is that all will be sold ; is positive because as the horizon approaches one gets less fussy , and so one is more likely to sell at a lower price ; the other signs follow from similar arguments . ) |