Example sentences of "are more [adj] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Different mink species are more alike than the male and female within the species . |
| 2 | In many cases they are more impressive than the resemblance of " my " insects to real insects . |
| 3 | We could calculate the heritability for a character of which we did know the exact genetics ( such as Mendel 's peas ) , but there would be little point in doing so , because the actual genotypes controlling the trait are more informative than the heritability . |
| 4 | In this sense it has a similar role to that of the Office of Fair Trading in relation to UK competition rules such as the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 , the Fair Trading Act 1973 and the Competition Act 1980 , although in a number of respects and in particular in so far as the Commission has the power to take binding decisions , its powers are more extensive than the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 5 | Perhaps Guildford schoolboys are more gentle than the rest . |
| 6 | Also it might be that those who suffer from SAD differ from most people only because they are more susceptible than the rest of the population to feeling ‘ under the weather ’ when they do not see daylight , particularly in the morning . |
| 7 | panel schemes are more appropriate where the volume of work is low . |
| 8 | The apparent paradox is that , on the evidence provided by such teams as Neath and Llanelli , the clubs individually are more powerful than the country collectively . |
| 9 | It is always wise to remember that the seeds are more important than the nurse crop . |
| 10 | Thus one social argument which might be mobilised in favour of the rule in the Attorney-General 's Reference case is that the savings of medical expenses resulting from conformity with the law are more important than the liberty of individual citizens to engage in fights . |
| 11 | Our results demonstrate that the clusters of basic amino acids are more important than the zinc fingers for the interactions of NC protein with DNA in vitro , although a role for the zinc fingers in specificity of interaction or in facilitating its many functions can not be excluded . |
| 12 | Users are finally coming round to the idea that applications are more important than the platform , he says , citing the UK supermarket chain , Sainsbury 's , which took ten months to decide that it would move to Unix , choosing its software before inviting companies to bid for the hardware contract . |
| 13 | But the techniques discussed in this book are more important than the frequency of their use would suggest , for a number of reasons . |
| 14 | My personal objection , obligations are more important than the company ones . |
| 15 | The company 's position is that ‘ People are more important than the equipment , because of the necessity of understanding it , maintaining it , and running it ’ ( SA Motor , 1987 ) . |
| 16 | Attitudes and motivation are more important than the ability to learn and apply rules dogmatically . |
| 17 | Accuracy and steadiness under pressure are more important than the ability to produce the odd unplayable ball . |
| 18 | Recent historical changes of soils are more numerous than the degree of research attention accorded by physical geographers might suggest but the effects of salinity , drainage , fertilizers , pollution and land use change all have considerable significance for soil pedons and soil processes . |
| 19 | The principle I work on is that passages of colour are more rewarding than the dot effect . |
| 20 | They are counter-intuitive and many of us feel that they are more disagreeable than the disease of indeterminacy they were invented to cure . |
| 21 | People with disabilities are more likely than the non-disabled to experience poverty , have lower incomes and fewer assets . |
| 22 | The players , too , are more anonymous than the cast of Eldorado , utterly failing day after day to appear in newspapers slagging off former colleagues , admitting to alcoholism or wife beating , promoting violent videos or even being pictured giving V-signs to supporters . |
| 23 | The German conjunctions used to signal this structure ( Einerseits ‘ on the one hand ’ , aber … andererseits ‘ but on the other hand ’ ) are more transparent than the mixture of causal Because and adversative But used in the English text . |
| 24 | Most of the major postcranial elements from the assemblages are more broken than the pellet bones . |
| 25 | Right this basically it 's too simplistic , right we know that farmers are more intelligent than the cobweb model suggests that they are , let's try erm increase the sophistication of their , their supply response . |
| 26 | You are more welcome than the king . |