Example sentences of "is more [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is more helpful to meet real people who have come to terms with their lives , than to wander around lost and alone in a maze of fantasies . |
| 2 | As is so often the case in the social sciences , it is more helpful to develop theoretical notions in relation to actual , specific issues , rather than to posit theoretical distinctions in the abstract . |
| 3 | Rather than identify a point in time when some separation was effected , it is more constructive to locate successive shifts in the degree of subordination and the grounds of differentiation . |
| 4 | Also , it has somewhat different political perspectives in terms of a ‘ persistent leftism ’ ( Adams , 1983 ) rather than pragmatic reformism , and is more committed to direct political action than elsewhere . |
| 5 | It is more usual to see individual carp , or just one or two together . |
| 6 | If the odorous compound is sufficiently concentrated it may be burned directly provided there is an adequate oxygen supply , but it is more usual to require auxiliary oxygen and fuel supplies . |
| 7 | Frith ( 1980 ) has suggested that these good readers attempt to " spell by ear " , in that they rely tao heavily upon the phonological representations of words when it is more appropriate to use orthographic rules with a purely visual spelling check . |
| 8 | It is more convenient to purchase pre-sensitised boards which are then cut to the required size , but DO NOT remove the protective film until you are ready to expose the board to ultra-violet light . |
| 9 | ‘ Everyone likes to win but it is more important to produce first-team players . |
| 10 | ‘ It is more important to have happy franchisees because this is a team effort and there is a connection between all franchisees . |
| 11 | Already it is more lucrative to breed pesticide-resistant crops than pest-resistant crops : it is cheaper and faster to adapt the plant to the chemicals than adapt the chemicals to the plant . |
| 12 | We restricted this to vertical movement , because it is more difficult to record horizontal movement accurately . |
| 13 | Also it is more difficult to provide interactive services because the trunk lines become cluttered with return signals from each branch . |
| 14 | On the telephone it is more difficult to communicate accurate information and avoid misunderstandings . |
| 15 | Unfortunately it is more difficult to make light sources and light receptors that work at this longer wavelength . |
| 16 | Despite Clinton 's hopes for action within the first 100 days of his administration , it is more realistic to expect legislative hearings during March and April and the earliest Congressional action on any legislation in May or early June . |
| 17 | The £75,000 ceiling on earnings applies to all age groups , although in practice , since it is only relevant to high earners , it is more likely to affect senior people . |
| 18 | The girl who is sexually uninhibited is more likely to reach old age retaining a healthy enjoyment of sex . |
| 19 | Tomorrow 's job market is more likely to need flexible workers . |
| 20 | For this reason , top management at one computer company is more likely to provide large allocations for ideas that come with a coalition already formed around them . |
| 21 | During this period it is essential that all the staff 's normal duties are covered for them , nothing is more likely to prevent successful training than constant telephone interruptions and the need for the staff to get back to their normal work . |
| 22 | But Mabbutt predicts the change is more likely to hamper entertaining football . |
| 23 | A number of studies have indicated that , in right handers , shock to the left side of the head impairs verbal learning , memory and word finding ( Zamora and Kaebling , 1965 ; Gottlieb and Wilson , 1965 ; Halliday , Davidson , Brown and Kreeger , 1968 ; Fleminger , Horne and Nott , 1970 ; Pratt and Warrington , 1972 ) while shock to the right side is more likely to impair non-verbal functions ( Cohen , Noblin and Silverman , 1968 ; Berent , Cohen and Silverman , 1975 ; D'Elia , Lorentzson , Raotma and Widepalm , 1976 ; Berent , 1977 ) . |
| 24 | This is in part because , relative to their weight , they consume both more food and larger quantities of fruit , which is more likely to contain significant levels of pesticides . |
| 25 | It is coming from a region where the mean velocity is smaller and it is thus likely to be moving downstream more slowly than its new environment ; i.e. it is more likely to have negative u than positive . |
| 26 | The irony , however , is that in fact the new system is more likely to increase central control over , and funding of , local spending , instead of allowing for local variation , accountability and choice . |