Example sentences of "more [adj] [to-vb] in the [noun] " 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 | ‘ Who wants to come and find something more exciting to throw in the water ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | Art criticism seems more likely to remain in the shadows , out of the spotlight of academic controversy . |
| 4 | On the facts of the problem he is more likely to succeed in the action for breach of statutory duty as that duty on the employer is stricter . |
| 5 | Maori children were significantly more likely to live in the North Island , ( χ 2 =100 , df=4 , p<0.001 ) , have lower socioeconomic status ( χ 2 =133 , df=2 , p<0.001 ) , have an unmarried mother ( χ 2 =247 , df=1 , p<0.001 ) , have a mother who had left school young ( χ 2 =78 , df=2 , p<0.001 ) , and have a mother young at the birth of the infant ( χ 2 =130 , df=3 , p<0.001 ) ( table I ) . |
| 6 | Amongst readers of the same paper ( or paper-group as defined in Table 8.17 ) those who said they relied more on the press than on television were more likely to swing in the direction of their paper 's partisanship : Sun/Star and Express/ Mail readers who relied more on their papers swung more strongly to the Conservatives than Sun/Star and Express/Mail readers who relied more on television ; at the same time , Mirror readers who relied more on their paper swung towards Labour , while Mirror readers who relied more on television swung towards the Conservatives . |
| 7 | MARRIAGES which involve a partner who has been married before are more likely to end in the divorce courts than ones between two people who have never before been up the aisle . |
| 8 | Alternatively America could move towards a more British system of receivership , which puts creditors before shareholders , and is more likely to end in the firm simply ceasing to trade . |
| 9 | In other words , opposing reunification will make it more likely to occur in the form which we would least want ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ The general expectation in the MoD at that time was that you would get another round of discussions with Argentina at a political level , and that the real difficulties were more likely to occur in the summer than at the time they did . ’ |
| 11 | Nay-sayers are more likely to surface in the middle than at the beginning because now the project is more of a threat , more a challenge to their own perceived status . |
| 12 | Therefore , it is certainly more comfortable to remain in the security of stable established church life . |
| 13 | In the main , they both consisted of boys and young men who were rather more reluctant to join in the ritual chanting and singing and were even less keen to get mixed up in the aggro . |
| 14 | Rachel was , though , more able to take in the ruin of the room than Phoebe had been . |
| 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 | Such a powerbase is potentially much more difficult to change in the interests of a small discriminated-against group . |
| 17 | However , it 's easier if you solder the smaller parts first and work upward in size ; the smaller parts are much more difficult to keep in the board prior to soldering if the board has to be balanced on larger components . |
| 18 | The complementary combination may well be more creative eventually , but more difficult to handle in the process of communication and working out how much space a couple ask of and can offer to each other . |
| 19 | It was therefore recognised that there might well be some dementia sufferers who could not be helped by this project because their needs would be so great that they would be more expensive to meet in the community than in an institution . |
| 20 | The others agreed that it would be more fun to eat in the yard . |