Example sentences of "perhaps more [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such brief ‘ thumb-nail ’ sketches do give some indication of the essence of sociology , but ultimately it is both necessary and perhaps more fruitful to emphasise that the most important and distinctive feature of sociology is not so much what is studied but how it is studied , i.e. it is important to indicate what is the particular perspective of sociology , its distinct way of looking at the individual and society . |
| 2 | If we wish to discuss changes in punishment it is perhaps more helpful to look at the percentage of those found guilty receiving different types of sentence . |
| 3 | One implication of these comments is that it is perhaps more reasonable to explain class differences in terms of sex , than sex differences in terms of class . |
| 4 | It is perhaps more appropriate to regard the personal/subjective and objective forms of discourse merely as different forms of textual practice : putting " voice " into text is just a stylistic convention . |
| 5 | If these seem relatively modest benefits , it is perhaps more useful to consider whether a more radical and comprehensive anti-monopoly policy would have been better for society . |
| 6 | The rest of ‘ Rebels ’ can be described as being honestly enjoyable , perhaps more fun to experience live in suitable company rather than tracking through it alone at home . |
| 7 | His more contemporary recollection , however , placed the farmhouse ‘ a quarter of a mile from Culbone Church ’ , a description which has almost always been said to identify Ash Farm , but which is perhaps more likely to refer to the former Withycombe Farm . |
| 8 | Thus , in the context of consensual sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 , it states : ‘ Most of us think that acts such as oral sex are extremely serious ( perhaps more likely to disturb a young girl meeting them for the first time than sexual intercourse ) . ’ |
| 9 | However , even outer clothing must have required fastening and such wear would also have arisen if they were worn on undergarments in such a way as to come into contact with the inner face of the coarse outer garments ; such extreme wear is perhaps more likely to have occurred in this way than on the outside . |
| 10 | The word means flower in Persian , but is perhaps more likely to have been derived from the ancient Turkish word for family or clan . |
| 11 | However , we believe that those who are determined to understand a phenomenon and to follow their research and their intuition wherever they may lead , are on the balance of probabilities , perhaps more likely to come up with new knowledge than those who are trying to solve a narrowly defined problem or to develop a product . |
| 12 | The sort of standardisation described above can happen however the delivery of care is organised , but it is perhaps more likely to occur with some ways of delivering care , or delivery systems than with others . |
| 13 | But it is perhaps more important to give attention to the growth of the British economy over that period , and to the role played by government in relation to that economy . |
| 14 | Those who studied youth cultures , influenced by the study of delinquent street gangs , had focused upon conspicuous youth cultures and ignored other youths who were perhaps more difficult to find . |
| 15 | Whatever the structure of the organisation , good communication lies at the heart of success — and , because of the complexities we have already looked at and the many factors which influence the way in which messages circulate and are received good communication is perhaps more difficult to achieve than good product design , manufacturing productivity or success in the market place . |
| 16 | Also , courses in some subjects are perhaps more prone to arrest their students ' development . |
| 17 | While there is still much validity in that classification , it is perhaps more interesting to analyse towns , at least to begin with , in terms of their origin . |
| 18 | The girls were perhaps more interesting to look at . |
| 19 | This acquisition of special knowledge meant that when I was called to give evidence to the Advisory Council on Drug Abuse ( chaired by Baroness Wooton ) on the use of cannabis , I was perhaps more inclined to dwell on the symbolic dangers attributed to its use than on any alleged physical harm , simply because I was now aware that any reality in relation to cannabis use was more complex than could be contained in some easy binary of social value — medical debilitation . |