Example sentences of "be more [adj] [adv] than [art] " in BNC.

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1 It is said by some to be more tiring physically than a paid job , by others to be less tiring : some women say it takes a greater emotional toll , others that the drain is less than other work .
2 And a fresh , even an iconoclastic , influence , even a little healthy rivalry , could be more effective operationally than the collusive and macho freemasonry which frequently bound together a team of all male officers .
3 ‘ My apologies to Attila , ’ Clemenceau once said , ‘ but the art of arranging how men are to live is more complex even than the art of massacring them . ’
4 At a slightly more abstract level , the unacknowledged influence of the functionalist model upon sociolinguistic theory is more pervasive even than the widespread use of the notion of prestige suggests ; an interesting example is Labov 's early definition of a speech community in terms of shared norms and common evaluation of the very linguistic variables which differentiate speakers ( Labov 1966 : 125 ) ; it is the emphasis on shared norms and values rather than on conflict which differentiates quite sharply Marxist and functionalist views of class .
5 But as far as the Birmingham 18-year-old was concerned , securing his place in Britain 's European championship squad was more important either than the record or his victory in the Mycil ASA national championship final .
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