Example sentences of "more [adj] [subord] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | To a politician the ability to do this kind of service was vital , and it was even more urgent if a political contest was in progress , lest the opposition perform the service . |
| 32 | Esther Breuer might well have been expected to approve this advice , with its implication that depth rather than breadth is of importance , and intimate knowledge of a corner more valuable than a sketchy acquaintance with the globe . |
| 33 | A straight back , sloping downwards , seems more comfortable than a curved back . |
| 34 | There was no impetus to develop anything more sophisticated than a spoken announcement or a separate piece of paper packed into the box . |
| 35 | The system , Information Services Digital Network ( ISDN ) , is more sophisticated than a normal fax machine . |
| 36 | The fact that consumer platforms will generally be convenient , all-in-one , low cost units needing nothing more sophisticated than a domestic television for display purposes , suggest that many libraries may be able to support all available platforms and so give their customers the widest possible choice . |
| 37 | It will be seen later , however , by analysis of Table 3 , that the high proportion of Scottish geology theses from Edinburgh University reflects its wider position as one of the major research centres within the earth sciences as a whole , and that its output ( in terms of Ph D theses ) is more balanced than a casual observation of Table 3 would suggest . |
| 38 | It is stronger , more efficient — and sometimes more human than a human being . |
| 39 | This is true whether the story is an epic with a cast of thousands or nothing more elaborate than a simple family situation . |
| 40 | There is nothing more resistance-inducing than a second-person narrative . |
| 41 | Now what could be more mouthwatering than a big plate of juicy , tender ribs drippin' with barbecue sauce ? |
| 42 | Five years later , and after an initial ‘ thrashing ’ by Birmingham for the British nomination , the bid is more substantial than a local headline , £2 million more , the Duke of Westminster and a dozen of Britain 's blue-chip companies and corporations each persuaded by Scott 's vision of a North-west renaissance to dip into their accounts for at least £100,000 . |
| 43 | She won £200 , although the coincidence certainly arose from what libel specialist David Hooper calls ‘ nothing more sinister than a half-remembered name lodged in the author 's subconscious ’ . |
| 44 | A filofax can be more useful than a conventional diary as an aid to time management . |
| 45 | There could even be occasions then extended coverage in a large number of regional and provincial newspapers is much more useful than a short piece in The Times . |
| 46 | Erratic and staggered waking is more effective than a fixed waking schedule but both show only moderate effects and are not as effective as the bell and pad . |
| 47 | A team of nine is far more effective than a single person in making contact with schools . |
| 48 | From a pilot study comparing the antiviral effect of interferon , acyclovir and a combination of interferon and acyclovir , it was concluded that combination therapy appears to be a highly promising treatment for chronic hepatitis B. As more recent controlled studies have shown that acyclovir does not enhance the therapeutic effect of interferon alone , the results of the pilot study could also be interpreted as indicating that a second course of interferon after short term primer interferon therapy is more effective than a single course . |
| 49 | The row of deutzia grown as a snowy hedge in rough grass is much more effective than a single bush . |
| 50 | Is it more effective than an orthodox option ? |
| 51 | Certain specifications allow the use of High , Expanded , or Extended memory , but MS-DOS 5 leaves you with up to 621K of the original 640K to use and programs that require more than this are more complex than a new PC owner should initially be concerned with . |
| 52 | It should be stated , however , that what the carers actually said was a good deal more complex than a simple preference for institutional care . |
| 53 | My aim is only to point out that the situation is more complex than a simple division between ‘ Western monotheism ’ and ‘ Eastern polytheism ’ . |
| 54 | Some issues are more complex than a television-style presentation allows . |
| 55 | What do you think is the proper role of a board of trustees , because an English board is more advisory , is it not , whereas an American one is to provide money , but tends to be more interventionist than a British board of trustees ? |
| 56 | If you arc prepared to invest a lot of time and money in your new kitchen you might consider making a sort of kitchen/living or family room ; a real ‘ heart of the home ’ area , more casual than a living room , more cosy than a working kitchen . |
| 57 | Now it becomes a little clearer why , in a young healthy child where ‘ disease ’ serves its function in its most simple and natural form , it has been observed that the child is more well after an acute ailment has resolved than he was before it started . |
| 58 | Speed of scoring , flowing from a range of strokes , is more important than a watertight technique . |
| 59 | This is more important than a long nose , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 60 | People agreed with Lord Henry , who once said , in his amusing way , that a good dinner was more important than a good life . |