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 | In recent times it is more usual to have some element of discussion , partly because of the increasingly democratic style of organisations and partly because the variety of relevant technology requires a correspondingly wide range of expertise . |
| 8 | It is more practicable to provide higher concentrates in powder form . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This is because they both have such distinct flavours and the resulting dressing is more balanced using these quantities . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | To paraphrase Oswald , ‘ It is more important to see 30 patients who might have breast cancer than five who do ( but it is useful and likely that you will see them too ) . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Everyone likes to win but it is more important to produce first-team players . |
| 14 | ‘ It is more important to have happy franchisees because this is a team effort and there is a connection between all franchisees . |
| 15 | She said : ‘ Everyone appears to agree it is more sensible to keep this traffic on rail but it has taken the efforts of hundreds of people to get a six-month reprieve . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We restricted this to vertical movement , because it is more difficult to record horizontal movement accurately . |
| 18 | Where verbs of perception and know , as we saw above , evoke a characteristic expressive effect in this context , it is more difficult to see any nuance characterizing make here , other than perhaps a suggestion of result . |
| 19 | Also it is more difficult to provide interactive services because the trunk lines become cluttered with return signals from each branch . |
| 20 | On the telephone it is more difficult to communicate accurate information and avoid misunderstandings . |
| 21 | Unfortunately it is more difficult to make light sources and light receptors that work at this longer wavelength . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In addition , paid holiday entitlements are more generous , having increased from 2 weeks in 1963 to 4 or more weeks in 1985 ( Geofile No 118 1988 ) , car ownership is more common giving greater access to the countryside and greater affluence means that finance is available for enjoyment purposes . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The girl who is sexually uninhibited is more likely to reach old age retaining a healthy enjoyment of sex . |
| 26 | Tomorrow 's job market is more likely to need flexible workers . |
| 27 | Sexton quoted in Ranson ( 1990:115 ) argued that " it supposes that the wisdom of parents , separately and individually exercised , is more likely to achieve higher standards more quickly and more acceptably to the public than the collective wisdom of present bureaucrats , no matter how well-meaning those bureaucrats may be " . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But Mabbutt predicts the change is more likely to hamper entertaining football . |