Example sentences of "more [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I keep looking and forming shapes , however , something more solid begins to appear . |
| 2 | Mrs Duffy left at once , but Clare felt it would be more polite to linger for a while , rather than rush out after the couple , as if the wedding had been an annoying chore . |
| 3 | So it is all the more striking to see what happens when those known language experiences are translated on to the page of a book . |
| 4 | The geysers and mud pools of Rotorua are more striking seen from ground level than from the air , but the great geyser still looks impressive from 1,500 feet . |
| 5 | The lack of any programme for changing the industry is all the more striking given the obstacles that the likes of John Davis persistently put in their way . |
| 6 | Perhaps more striking has been the disruptive impact on the NHS of many uncoordinated and poorly-managed projects . |
| 7 | Rather than overcrowding the wallspace with closely packed displays which can result in visual muddle , it is more striking to have fewer , more defined displays that are changed quite frequently to stimulate and maintain interest . |
| 8 | It was more practicable to do this for a district or industry , since firm-by-firm bargaining was precluded for want of suitable union organisation to bring together all employees at the workplace . |
| 9 | In most instances , however , it is more practicable to base assessments on tests carried out in parallel on carefully selected control products . |
| 10 | It is more practicable to provide higher concentrates in powder form . |
| 11 | Because I have such regard for the right hon. Gentleman , it makes me all the more discontented to disagree with him about the proposition of permanent or automatic timetables . |
| 12 | But eventually the arguments all boil down to the fact that it is more economic to harvest the rainforest sustainably than clear-fell it in the idiotic way we have been doing until now , and that this is of immense benefit to us , the human species , because of the maintenance of that genetic diversity which will cure all sorts of dreadful diseases in the future . |
| 13 | It is often more economic to use softened water to supply machines rather than combat hardness salts with a sequestrant load detergents . |
| 14 | One manager told me it would be more economic to give everyone comprehensive cover . |
| 15 | Tufted carpets are much more economic to produce in that the pile is needled into a pre-woven backing . |
| 16 | Level sites are generally more economic to develop although deep sewers may be required and care with layout must be exercised to give interest and variety . |
| 17 | of Distillers MG explains how it has been shown to be more cost-effective compared to the use of dry ice slices . |
| 18 | Additionally , GPs will be able to consider whether it is more cost-effective to refer patients to the hospital at all , or to handle the care themselves . |
| 19 | Your employer may consider it more cost-effective to retain junior employees who are paid less than you . |
| 20 | Would it not be more cost-effective to use auxiliary jet pilots who have come out of the service under ’ Options for Change ’ than to train women as fast jet pilots , however keen they may be ? |
| 21 | In addition , Kodak found so much administrative hassle was to be involved in serving the regional market via Kenya that it was more cost-effective to fly in the chemicals direct to each country . |
| 22 | And although he is adamant that the hardware business will not be run down , he did say that in future the firm will carefully weigh up whether it is more more cost-effective to manufacture products and components itself or buy them on the open market . |
| 23 | I visualise a matrix even more subtle to taste the most intangible fruit of the soul ; and one day men will fall heir to a Golconda of the most beautiful emotions and joys , and from being mere trappers and hunters we shall become harvesters . |
| 24 | Marx was merciless in his indictment of the horrors inflicted upon subject peoples by British imperialism , but without repudiating the general right of the more advanced to develop the backward . |
| 25 | We may note , however , that while a complex matrix A = B + iC ( B , C real ) may be treated as such , using complex arithmetic , it is more usual to treat its real equivalent unc which ( see Theorem XI , 1.22 ) yields the eigenvalues and vectors of A and its conjugate . |
| 26 | Although through appropriate complex parameters the Z and h-parameter equivalent circuits can reproduce the small-signal sinusoidal response of any four-terminal network at any frequency , it is more usual to represent just the low-frequency behaviour by such an equivalent circuit with real parameters . |
| 27 | It is more usual to see individual carp , or just one or two together . |
| 28 | Infanticide is a defence to murder , but it is more usual to charge infanticide in the first place . |
| 29 | Today , it is more usual to replace the base with marine ply . |
| 30 | Tarama is the salted and dried roe of the grey mullet , but is more usual to use cods ' roe which is easily available from fishmongers and delicatessens . |