Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [art] more [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe I am a more flexible player who can sometimes play off the cuff and throw the opposition . |
| 2 | Ross is probably right that his is the more common sense view , but it may still strike us as extremely odd that it could ever be one 's duty not to do what which would certainly have the best results . |
| 3 | Indeed they would have argued — and perhaps with some justice — that theirs was a more refined branch of the art : for did it not demand to a quite exceptional degree a sense of the romance of the past and a feeling for an evocative relic ? |
| 4 | Even if you are a more cautious investor , you can now benefit from the growth potential of the stock market without risk . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's a more determined person than you might think . ’ |
| 6 | If , however , she is a more inward-looking person , she may show few of the usual signs of distress connected with bereavement , but she will be dealing with it internally and suffering just as much . |
| 7 | If you do want to portray an older figure , it would be preferable to try Hermione in The Winter 's Tale — she is a more fantastical character , without the added complications of historical authenticity , and so allows for greater flexibility of characterisation . |
| 8 | ‘ not just a metre longer than an Arun or a good seven knots faster , she is a more sophisticated rescue machine in every respect and in my opinion will provide excellent value for money . ’ |
| 9 | She is a more acceptable creature in the eyes of society than the domineering Mrs. Proudie . |
| 10 | The answer , as far as Lucy was concerned , was that she was a more fragile flower altogether , but if that was not obvious to Barlow there was no use in trying to explain it to him . |
| 11 | I do not think that that was because she was a more effective communicator . |
| 12 | Loretta was grateful for Bridget 's assumption that she would have a part in whatever action they decided upon ; she was a more reliable friend than Tracey , she thought to herself . |
| 13 | She was a more volatile personality than my mother . |
| 14 | ‘ Would n't threw at me be a more apt way of phrasing it ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It was felt that they are a more appropriate body to deal with it . ’ |
| 16 | Because they are a more common form of communication than music , they usually play the major part in our services , with music in a supporting role . |
| 17 | That is why they are a more reliable guide to completeness . |
| 18 | They are they , they , they are , they 're more , they 're a more authoritative newspaper erm the Sun has more passion |
| 19 | Will the attack on democracy be as outrageous as killing all blue-eyed babies , or will it be a more insidious erosion of rights and liberties over a period of time ? |
| 20 | I wish he were a more sociable person . |
| 21 | I actually think it 's , it 's , okay it 's a more equal society , but it is by no means an equal society you 're creating . |
| 22 | And it 's a more fortunate boy yet with more than one father — and Gabriel 's such . ’ |
| 23 | But the one on the in the public access machines over th in the main building they 'll be able to do more because it 's a more powerful computer it 's based in . |
| 24 | But if it 's a more serious fault the machine will be taken to a workshop . |
| 25 | it 's a more broad brush appro approach . |
| 26 | I , I , I do n't know if we can work with Mr through the A C C that , that his classifications , it 's , it 's , it 's a more major incident than some of the , some that are shown . |
| 27 | They say it 's a more humane method of killing than the gun or the trap . |
| 28 | It 's a more restrained style , but is still rich and bold . |
| 29 | Yes I wo , and it 's no more expensive Marg . |
| 30 | It 's the more industrial half of the city , away from the university centre and main shopping areas . |