Example sentences of "were more [adj] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the tally of crown successes over its opponents far outnumbers its few failures ; Douglases , Crichtons , Livingstones , Erskines , Gordons , Hamiltons and many other members of aristocratic families who lost out to the crown over a huge range of disputes , from the heights of violent conflict to the crown 's ability to beat off rival claimants to lands , would have been astonished by the belief of later historians that they were more powerful than the monarchy . |
| 2 | Why would they target you for this surveillance unless they thought you were more susceptible than the rest of us ? |
| 3 | Although economically underdeveloped by modern standards , they were more advanced than the rest of the new kingdom ( except Vojvodina ) , and especially in comparison with mountainous Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina , and with southern Serbia , including Kosovo and Macedonia . |
| 4 | The rules were more limited than the report of subcommission . |
| 5 | They were ungainly vehicles with double-flight stairs and short canopies , but they had top covers and Brill 22E bogies , which were more reliable than the Brush bogies under their own cars . |
| 6 | Students of communications , instrumentation , special applications and ( marginally ) computing were more likely than the rest to be seeking work . |
| 7 | SERC funded students in both specialist and conversion courses were more likely than the average to be continuing their studies . |
| 8 | According to the information collected to date , students in the two largest subject areas , computing and micro-electronics , were more likely than the average to be in employment . |
| 9 | A national survey of teachers ' attitudes to equal opportunities found that men were more likely to be opposed to promoting equal opportunities than women , but that differences in subject taught were more important than the sex of the teacher in determining his or her attitude . |
| 10 | For Geoffroy , the superficial adaptations were less significant than the underlying unity of structure — the laws governing the modification of form were more important than the function that the resulting structures would serve in allowing the animals to live within their environment . |
| 11 | The high incidence of vessels compared with dishes may , as Evison suggests ( ibid. ) , imply that they arrived as containers of oil or wine ; the crude workmanship of some examples may emphasise that the contents were more important than the packaging , even though they may have been viewed as valuable objects in some secondary function . |
| 12 | I do not entirely believe the member who said that their traditions were more important than the money . |
| 13 | Books like Skinhead and Suedehead , both million sellers , were essential reading way back when the length of your hair and the logo on your button badges were more important than the flavour of your trainers . |
| 14 | For productivity the substitution of the iron for the wooden plough , or even — a neglected but important development — of the scythe for the sickle , were more important than the application of steam power , which never found the basic labours of the farm congenial , since it was largely immobile . |
| 15 | From an argument based on such negative evidence it may be that as a hunting weapon they were more common than the record suggests , having such a high use-value that they were not disposed of at burial ; if accepted this would also say something of the use-value of weaponry . |
| 16 | The keepers were more confused than the eagle was . |