Example sentences of "[verb] more [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paradoxically , the widespread availability of part-time employment for women may enable them to remain in the labour market , even while providing substantial levels of care , whilst men appear more likely to have to choose between full-time employment and stopping work altogether ( see Green , 1988 , Table 2.9 ; Parker , 1992 ) . |
| 2 | We now know that special aftercare can benefit women , but male attempters appear more difficult to help . |
| 3 | A well-known rationale for regional policy interventions is that countries with extensive regional imbalances in economic activity appear more prone to suffer inflationary pressures , and to suffer them sooner , than more spatially balanced nations . |
| 4 | Friendship he found more difficult to comprehend . |
| 5 | In the second half , Sunderland always looked more likely to score . |
| 6 | A sister with a part-time job looks more available to care for a parent than a brother who works full-time . |
| 7 | As a consequence , it is becoming more necessary to pay attention to new environmental conditions which are emerging . |
| 8 | By the 1940's it was becoming more usual to conclude rather that their distinctive role was quite other than that of saying anything factual at all . |
| 9 | Juries are becoming more likely to return guilty verdicts in tough-to-prove cases — and judges more likely to slap on longer sentences . |
| 10 | Still , one can see him becoming more loath to accept the evil in the good : and while this is charitable , it does not make for powerful story . |
| 11 | Heads are becoming more reluctant to take on difficult pupils and the LEA has no powers to force an opt-out school to take any , said officer Nigel Hunt . |
| 12 | They 're finding er as business becomes more competitive , targets are harder to meet and they 're finding they 're becoming more reluctant to stay out — to get away from the office , to take time off . |
| 13 | Tribal communities — who have ownership rights over 97 per cent of the country 's land — are becoming more reluctant to sign agreements with the logging companies , the RIC says , while developments such as the " walkabout " sawmill are allowing them to operate their own small-scale logging operations in a more or less sustainable manner . |
| 14 | High above Miles 's head , beyond the terminus bubble , the Bridge itself was trembling ; it was becoming more difficult to see , as if something were being called into shape around the central shaft . |
| 15 | The goal was becoming more difficult to reach but the ‘ tide ’ continued . |
| 16 | The problem was therefore to find means of resettling a resident population apparently becoming more difficult to discharge . |
| 17 | Currently , however , distinctions between initial and ‘ inservice ’ training are becoming more difficult to recognise , as new alternative patterns evolve through the use of sandwich courses , internship schemes and multimedia courses . |
| 18 | His shallow waters were becoming more comfortable to dabble in than Lowell 's dark and turbid sea . |
| 19 | Although policies obviously varied according to the occupational structure and size of the company ( Hannah 1986 ) , large organizations were considered more likely to instigate rigid retirement policies than were small ones ( Acton Society Trust 1960 ) . |
| 20 | Though in theory taking life was contrary to the tenets of Buddhism , it was considered more shocking to kill animals for other persons , or for their hides , than to kill for a meal . |
| 21 | It is considered more satisfactory to adhere to the conventional conveyancing procedure so that the husband 's solicitors will submit an epitome of title to the wife 's solicitors or ( in the case of registered land ) office copy entries of the registered title . |
| 22 | She would have felt more able to respond if only he 'd exploded in a burst of anger . |
| 23 | Hot weather prolongs the breeding period of the brown hare ( lepus europaeus ) , produces bigger litters and allows more young to survive . |
| 24 | In the admittedly biassed complaint sent to the Duke of Montrose by Mungo Graeme of Gorthie in 1716 , Gorthie 's brother , John Graeme , does appear more likely to have proven an effective revenue officer than the man whom Campbell interest placed in the post of land surveyor : |
| 25 | You 'll feel more ready to face the day |
| 26 | Given the emphasis on Christianity in the ERA 1988 , parents from religious minority groups may now feel more inclined to exercise the right to withdraw their children from religious education at school , and perhaps also the right to have their children receive a particular form of RE away from school premises during school hours if appropriate arrangements can be made . |
| 27 | Second , the services that GPs must provide under the contract have been made more specific to reflect the government 's view of " good general practice " . |
| 28 | In corporate terms it has to be made more dangerous to acquiesce than to dissent and this is not an easy trick to turn . |
| 29 | Dissatisfaction with this position led to the establishment of a Royal Commission in 1923 and after it reported in 1925 it was made more difficult to achieve county borough status . |
| 30 | She was used enough to being left behind while Gloria went off , but it seemed more dangerous to do it the other way around , for her to leave Gloria behind . |