Example sentences of "more [adj] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , Kodak found so much administrative hassle was to be involved in serving the regional market via Kenya that it was more cost-effective to fly in the chemicals direct to each country . |
| 2 | It is no more possible to pass between the dates which compose the different domains than it is to do so between natural and irrational numbers . |
| 3 | It is more appropriate to focus upon the proportions by which domestic consumption is served by domestic production , partner country and rest of world imports . |
| 4 | Showmen knew that middle-class critics had to be bought off and that topicality could sell films to certain audiences but they also appreciated that audiences were more likely to go to the movies for spectacle , for adventure , for comedy , for sex , to see particular stars , and to be entertained in the widest sense . |
| 5 | Art criticism seems more likely to remain in the shadows , out of the spotlight of academic controversy . |
| 6 | I venture to suggest you are more likely to turn to the books of both authors after reading their contributions in Esquire . |
| 7 | On the other hand critics of the consensus within the Labour and the Conservative parties are more likely to point to the failures of political will , courage , persistence , and policy preparation by their respective leaderships as explanations for the convergence . |
| 8 | Conformity of behaviour to specific or particular situations is more likely to depend on the sanctions attached by parents to those particular situations than on the general parent-child relationship . |
| 9 | Occupational pensions are more likely to contribute to the incomes of ‘ better off ’ pensioners . |
| 10 | In the context of nurses and health visitors returning to work it might be more useful to look at the ways in which regrading affects your application and appointment , and to provide you with general advice on what to expect from employers in due course . |
| 11 | This is helping many people see that RE should have something more distinctive to contribute to the values education of pupils than what can happen within the teaching of other subjects . |
| 12 | Possible complications and side-effects are ignored or minimised in a target-oriented programme because it is more important to add to the numbers of acceptors than to help women make an informed choice about contraception . |
| 13 | To a large extent , however , it 's what working in an education service is all about — caring for today 's young people in order that they will be more able to cope with the complexities of a society teachers and parents will never live to see . |
| 14 | I believe that they are now closer to their customers and more able to cater for the needs of their customers , including those who fall behind with their payments . |
| 15 | Although it has been traditionally assumed that Labour Governments are more susceptible to defeat in the Lords than Conservative administrations , Brazier concludes that the Lords have been surprisingly even-handed in dealing out legislative defeats . |
| 16 | Both Washington and London were interested in the formation of a barrier to Soviet expansion in the Middle East , but it was more difficult to agree on the details . |
| 17 | Such a powerbase is potentially much more difficult to change in the interests of a small discriminated-against group . |
| 18 | We must walk to see all this , and it is more difficult to walk along the railways than along the canals with their sequestered towpaths . |
| 19 | It is more difficult to keep within the powers they confer , to change them or interpret them on a pragmatic basis . |
| 20 | It is therefore more constructive to concentrate on the needs of the designer , than on the individual process elements involved . |
| 21 | It may , therefore , be more productive to work within the limitations imposed by the data than to continue to explore art-styles as a root to chronological precision when this does not seem possible because of the unknown number of unknown variables . |