Example sentences of "[be] more [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A drop in voltage can be more serious than a power cut . |
| 2 | Little can be more disreputable than a Government who hang on to their jobs while pursuing policies that guarantee that thousands of other people will lose theirs . |
| 3 | Equally a group with a wider range of talents in its midst tends to be more effective than a group with a narrow range of talents . |
| 4 | They can also be seen in the popularity in France of the idea of attacks on British commerce as a means of forcing the traditional enemy to her knees , the belief that a guerre de course of this kind , avoiding large-scale engagements and making extensive use of privateers , would be more effective than a strategy which aimed at securing effective control of the seas . |
| 5 | The Language Master is likely to be more successful than a wall-chart , because the child hears the word as well as seeing it . |
| 6 | Moreover , it is the doctor-counsellor as much as anyone else who needs to ask these questions , for often spending time considering these aspects of ill-health might be more helpful than a prescription for drugs . |
| 7 | Now that winter 's coming on , what would be more appropriate than a programme about low temperatures ? |
| 8 | However , when subjects had to decide whether the target sentence followed appropriately from the context , a sentence context should be more difficult than a word context since it presents the subject with a more complex piece of information . |
| 9 | And it has been said that local authorities are not always very sympathetic to acting as a choice of career and sometimes obtaining a grant may be more difficult if a student has evidently changed his or her career tack . |
| 10 | erm Magistrates only send people to prison because they feel the circumstances of the case justify it and erm I think in the public mind erm the criticism is more often the reverse , that Magistrates are too soft , and I 've heard Lord Hailsham say more than once that if we do pay a price for the lay magistrate system it is leniency because what happens , and the difference between the lay magistrate system and the stipendiary system or the Crown Court system is that Magistrates do sit in threes , and what that tends to do is lead to compromises in sentence because discussion between three people irons out extreme views and you do tend to end up with a very well considered compromise view , which probably does tend to be more lenient than a sentence imposed by any one person who might himself take a very serious view of the circumstances . |
| 11 | We believe that it would be more sensible if a proportion of the compensation would be met by people like pension fund managers if for no other reason that it would encourage them to er keep their own house in order erm and you know it 's not a bad er principle to operate in these areas . |
| 12 | What could possibly be more romantic than a wedding on a tropical island ? |
| 13 | We can infer from these studies that horses reared with other horses in a free and enriched environment ( like a large paddock which offers variety and interest ) , if given the extra stimulation of owners who continually expand their mental horizons , will be more intelligent than a horse that never leaves its paddock or continually lives in a stable or yard . |
| 14 | As Daniel Rogers warned in 1642 , ‘ No prison can be more irksome than a son or daughter 's house ’ . |
| 15 | Whether he thought it would be more unnerving than a show of rage or whether he imagined he owed me civil consideration , I was uncertain . |
| 16 | ‘ What could be more manly than a man holding a woman in his arms ? ’ |
| 17 | Most people would n't — what can be more tantalising than a secret mentioned then withheld ? |
| 18 | What can be more beautiful than a reminder of favourite places when you 're far away ? |
| 19 | Convector heaters are also very useful , and can sometimes be more convenient than a radiator . |
| 20 | Clearly , in modern times a volunteer army is likely to be more isolated than a conscript army , and any process of ‘ professionalization ’ is likely to remove the norms and values of soldiers further from their civilian origins . |