Example sentences of "is more [adj] than [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it is an undisputed fact at Manchester City that Dutchman Michael Vonk , signed this year , is more coherent than Scouse manager Peter Reid . |
| 2 | These values show us that , in the first example above , magnesium oxide is more stable than carbon dioxide . |
| 3 | Festuca ovina is more frequent than F. rubra . |
| 4 | Chest x ray screening , though more costly , is more effective than skin testing . |
| 5 | It is difficult at the best of times to persuade consumers to try a new product , but when it is more expensive than rump steak the problem is exacerbated , particularly when one of the undeniable attractions of vegetarianism is that it is such a cheap alternative to eating meat . |
| 6 | It is difficult to persuade consumers to try a new product , but when it is more expensive than rump steak the problem is exacerbated , particularly when one of the attractions of vegetarianism is that it is such a cheap alternative to meat |
| 7 | Now that we have lead-free split-shot , which is more expensive than lead shot , more care goes into its manufacture and there should be few problems . |
| 8 | This categorisation also describes a rising scale of technical complexity , ie. process production is more complex than mass production , which is more complex than unit production . |
| 9 | The treatment , called photoradiation therapy , solves some of the problems with using conventional lasers to cut out tumours , and is more accurate than radiation therapy . |
| 10 | Water quality is more important than water chemistry . |
| 11 | In understanding isolated sentences ( for example , the ones above , presented in a psycholinguistic experiment ) role mapping is more important than name mapping . |
| 12 | Language development is more important than vocabulary building and offering dauntingly-high standards of written and spoken language . |
| 13 | In other words , human need is more important than Sabbath law . |
| 14 | Media coverage of politics near to elections is more important than media coverage at non-election times . |
| 15 | The presenter of a television series has some advantage over a writer , since filming is more flexible than book production . |