Example sentences of "[adv] more [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such brief ‘ thumb-nail ’ sketches do give some indication of the essence of sociology , but ultimately it is both necessary and perhaps more fruitful to emphasise that the most important and distinctive feature of sociology is not so much what is studied but how it is studied , i.e. it is important to indicate what is the particular perspective of sociology , its distinct way of looking at the individual and society . |
| 2 | If we wish to discuss changes in punishment it is perhaps more helpful to look at the percentage of those found guilty receiving different types of sentence . |
| 3 | One implication of these comments is that it is perhaps more reasonable to explain class differences in terms of sex , than sex differences in terms of class . |
| 4 | It is perhaps more appropriate to regard the personal/subjective and objective forms of discourse merely as different forms of textual practice : putting " voice " into text is just a stylistic convention . |
| 5 | If these seem relatively modest benefits , it is perhaps more useful to consider whether a more radical and comprehensive anti-monopoly policy would have been better for society . |
| 6 | The rest of ‘ Rebels ’ can be described as being honestly enjoyable , perhaps more fun to experience live in suitable company rather than tracking through it alone at home . |
| 7 | His more contemporary recollection , however , placed the farmhouse ‘ a quarter of a mile from Culbone Church ’ , a description which has almost always been said to identify Ash Farm , but which is perhaps more likely to refer to the former Withycombe Farm . |
| 8 | Thus , in the context of consensual sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 , it states : ‘ Most of us think that acts such as oral sex are extremely serious ( perhaps more likely to disturb a young girl meeting them for the first time than sexual intercourse ) . ’ |
| 9 | However , even outer clothing must have required fastening and such wear would also have arisen if they were worn on undergarments in such a way as to come into contact with the inner face of the coarse outer garments ; such extreme wear is perhaps more likely to have occurred in this way than on the outside . |
| 10 | The word means flower in Persian , but is perhaps more likely to have been derived from the ancient Turkish word for family or clan . |
| 11 | However , we believe that those who are determined to understand a phenomenon and to follow their research and their intuition wherever they may lead , are on the balance of probabilities , perhaps more likely to come up with new knowledge than those who are trying to solve a narrowly defined problem or to develop a product . |
| 12 | The sort of standardisation described above can happen however the delivery of care is organised , but it is perhaps more likely to occur with some ways of delivering care , or delivery systems than with others . |
| 13 | But it is perhaps more important to give attention to the growth of the British economy over that period , and to the role played by government in relation to that economy . |
| 14 | Those who studied youth cultures , influenced by the study of delinquent street gangs , had focused upon conspicuous youth cultures and ignored other youths who were perhaps more difficult to find . |
| 15 | Whatever the structure of the organisation , good communication lies at the heart of success — and , because of the complexities we have already looked at and the many factors which influence the way in which messages circulate and are received good communication is perhaps more difficult to achieve than good product design , manufacturing productivity or success in the market place . |
| 16 | Also , courses in some subjects are perhaps more prone to arrest their students ' development . |
| 17 | While there is still much validity in that classification , it is perhaps more interesting to analyse towns , at least to begin with , in terms of their origin . |
| 18 | The girls were perhaps more interesting to look at . |
| 19 | This acquisition of special knowledge meant that when I was called to give evidence to the Advisory Council on Drug Abuse ( chaired by Baroness Wooton ) on the use of cannabis , I was perhaps more inclined to dwell on the symbolic dangers attributed to its use than on any alleged physical harm , simply because I was now aware that any reality in relation to cannabis use was more complex than could be contained in some easy binary of social value — medical debilitation . |
| 20 | It may have become apparent to the counsellor that counsellees are ‘ locked ’ into feelings which are affecting the way they are leading their lives , but are apparently more content to hold on to the feelings than to resolve the difficulties which arise from them . |
| 21 | " If one is basically more anxious to please and amuse people than to keep an implacably appraising eye on them , " the author of the urbane and chuckling funny Appleby books , Michael Innes , has said , " one will never take the first step towards considerable writing . " |
| 22 | ‘ It 's so much more congenial to meet here than in my office at the radio . ’ |
| 23 | It was so much more businesslike to spread out needlework or write letters sitting at a table . |
| 24 | The May Hill Stakes , frequently an early guide to the following year 's Classics , is much more tricky to predict . |
| 25 | External frames are all but defunct in the UK because most have accepted that the ergonomically contoured internal frame sack is much more stable to carry than an external frame pack , even at the expense of some loss of ventilation to the back . |
| 26 | Nida similarly explains that ‘ in some Nilotic languages the passive forms of verbs are so preferred that instead of saying ‘ he went to town ’ , it is much more normal to employ an expression such as ‘ the town was gone to by him ’ . |
| 27 | Pop is n't programmatic , it wo n't negotiate , it wants the world and it wants it now , and it 's much more satisfying to hear about your enemy being slaughtered . |
| 28 | De Beaugrande and Dressler rightly point out that it is ‘ much more straightforward to decide what constitutes a grammatical or acceptable sentence than what constitutes a grammatical or acceptable sentence sequence , paragraph , text , or discourse ’ . |
| 29 | It is much more straightforward to have warrants set aside and negotiations entered into in the County Court whereas Magistrates Courts are usually unwilling to reconsider until a warrant has been returned to the court . |
| 30 | Younger branches of S. cordifolia are much more susceptible to damage than older branches . |