Example sentences of "[adv] more [adj] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it 's actually much more scriptural to say we have sinned against our neighbours . |
| 2 | Iraq would be much more justified to say that she spent lots of money on military equipment so that she could invade other countries like Iran to gain more land . |
| 3 | In the detailed cross-tabulations for our main survey ( not always included in Appendix I ) , we found that women were much more likely to say they did not know what sort of interest rate to expect , and to say they did not understand interest rates well . |
| 4 | Those who did respond were much more likely to say that little or no contribution was fair . |
| 5 | Hough and Mayhew ( 1988 ) regard these figures as underestimates and Worrall and Pease ‘ s ( 1986 ) re-analysis of the BCS data which looked at all crimes , and attempted crimes , involving contact and where the victim could identify whether or not they knew the offender , found that women were much more likely to say that they knew the offender well and that the offender was a spouse in nearly 40 per cent of cases . |
| 6 | Upper socio-economic single girls were much more likely to say that they did not use soap and water because it would ruin their skin . |
| 7 | More non-enrollers than migrants said they intended to do a course in the future ( 63% compared with 40% ) and the non-enrollers were also much more likely to say they wanted to start the course very soon and had made enquiries about it . |
| 8 | It is much more satisfactory to say that these statements show what the speaker believes or feels , if he is speaking sincerely and correctly . |
| 9 | It is probably more accurate to say that as a package the new employment system used traditional symbols to make the unfamiliar appear customary . |
| 10 | The skilled negotiator is far more likely to say things that reveal what he or she is thinking , intending and feeling than the less skilled , who reckon that to expose such things is naïve . |
| 11 | In fact it would be even more true to say that they conversed largely by the sign method , overcoming any difficulties which might have arisen over differences m mother tongues . |
| 12 | The fact that people using credit cards were actually even more likely to say this about them suggests that many credit card users might well be happier if they were not quite so easy to use . |
| 13 | Yet , if it is difficult to be a vocal composer , it is even more difficult to say what should be done . |
| 14 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : It is considerably more difficult to say . |