Example sentences of "[noun] more [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public sector housing development had followed the guidelines more closely than the private sector , but even so there had been substantial investment in some non-key villages . |
| 2 | Strach has been on his last legs for the past 2 seasons and while he still produces high quality performances more often than not he is looking more tired with each game he plays , not suprising for someone of his age . |
| 3 | TWO researchers at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge were impressed , as I was , by the experiments at Yale which showed that the smell of chocolate helped subjects to remember words more efficiently than those who were not exposed to the smell . |
| 4 | David Norman used his words more precisely when he said they were ectothermic reptiles which were able to keep their bodies at a constant temperature ‘ by being very large and living in a warm , mild climate . ’ |
| 5 | This variable shows a stable pattern of stratification according to social class except that one social group , the Lower-middle class , use in their more careful styles more rather than less of the high prestige variant than the status group immediately above them . |
| 6 | Cynically one might observe that the articulate have seized the opportunity to use schools more politically than ever before , disadvantaging still further the already disadvantaged . |
| 7 | They may be freer to experiment or help unpopular clients , and the government can then disown them or cut off funds more readily if it is attacked . |
| 8 | In combination with his ardent desire to improve the living standard of the British working man , this made for a potent brand of imperialism ; few politicians took the Dual Mandate more seriously than Ernest Bevin . |
| 9 | Singers are called upon to exercise this talent more often than instrumentalists but Mr Cliburn realised that his success depended in large part on boyish charm . |
| 10 | Although that would reduce the union block vote more drastically than other options , it would also give both sides a veto . |
| 11 | For men wash , clean out and check over their cars more frequently than women , according to a report . |
| 12 | Much of the conversation had focused on the disastrous and pathetic effect upon the family of the civil unrest in Belfast and its function was plainly cathartic ; many recordings resembled therapy sessions more closely than sociolinguistic field tapes . |
| 13 | Paul ‘ popped round ’ for tea more frequently than was decent for a visiting lecturer , and he seemed to get on very well with everyone . |
| 14 | Hopefully the initial push towards the enemy will ensure that the Fanatic hits the enemy more often than he hits his mates … but you can never be sure . |
| 15 | Predation experiments showed that when presented with a school of fry of mixed sizes , predators ate smaller fry more often than larger fry . |
| 16 | Finally , the restructuring school conceptualizes industry more clearly as capitalist . |
| 17 | Volunteers can help clients more effectively if they are allocated time for tasks other than direct interviewing . |
| 18 | The descriptive aspect of the analysis does however appear to reflect administrative practice more accurately than the ideal of rational decision-making . |
| 19 | In addition , immediate relatives of diagnosed psychotics show schizotypal characteristics more frequently than would be expected by chance . |
| 20 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 21 | Actually , a man greatly appreciates a woman who bears a lamp ; he depends on the feminine light more deeply than most men are willing to admit . |
| 22 | Sheep are particularly sensitive to phyto-oestrogens ( presumably because they crop pastures more closely than cows ) ; the substances can cause infertility , difficult labour and lactation in unbred ewes . |
| 23 | Norman MacCaig , one of Scotland 's finest modern poets , knows this area well ; and as a keen trout fisherman has explored Assynt more thoroughly than most . |
| 24 | It was found that women on the high fat diet gained weight more easily than women on the low fat diet and a similar project for men reached the same conclusion . |
| 25 | Lose weight more quickly than ever before , because a larger proportion of the calories you consume will remain undigested ; |
| 26 | So on a 1,000 calorie high-fibre diet the body is going to shed weight more quickly than on a normal 1,000 calorie diet of varied food — or on any other 1,000 calorie diet . |
| 27 | He was the most eloquent and persuasive participant at meetings and was hard to defeat in scientific argument — not least because he often interpreted data more correctly than the actual presenter . |
| 28 | According to Nithard , he set about " soliciting " Charles 's supporters more insistently than ever , in the hope of " dissipating his realm " . |
| 29 | Contrary to left-wing and anti-fascist claims , the police at the highest levels were not biased in favour of fascism , even if there were problems of interpretation of the law in developing conflict situations at the street level amongst the junior ranks and local magistrates treated anti-fascists more harshly than fascists . |
| 30 | One operator will , of course , accumulate flying hours on a particular type of aircraft more rapidly than another and the ‘ high time ’ aircraft are the most vulnerable . |