Example sentences of "[verb] more [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A well-stocked medium sized lunch or breakfast plate looks more satisfying than a large dinner plate that is only half-filled . |
| 2 | Can it , however perfect , smell more beautiful than a rose ? |
| 3 | The general qualities of those appointed as judges , chairmen or lay members of tribunals , are considered more important than a detailed knowledge of the law relating to the particular types of dispute likely to be considered by those persons . |
| 4 | That , however , could be catered for with appropriate wording and we should then feel more confident when a UK aircraft crashed abroad . |
| 5 | It will be made more difficult where a number of senior individuals are actually involved in making a purchase decision . |
| 6 | A policeman 's job is made more difficult if a person physically obtrudes so as to prevent the policeman from arresting a third person , and it has been held that such conduct constitutes obstruction . |
| 7 | The front doors swung open like a piper at the gates of dawn and two of the biggest guys I 'd ever seen swaggered in wearing more black than a Valentine Dyall fan club dinner . |
| 8 | The internal opposition to Dr Banda 's rule has become more brazen since a critical pastoral letter signed by Malawi 's seven Catholic bishops was read out in every Catholic church last month . |
| 9 | A straight back , sloping downwards , seems more comfortable than a curved back . |
| 10 | To close , I should like to quote from a source that especially some of us find more authoritative than a business man . |
| 11 | From modesty to exuberance and one can scarcely get more exuberant than a water staircase ( Fig. 11 ) . |
| 12 | Nor is it sensible to argue , as the Treasury has , that a European system of central banks in charge of a single currency might prove more inflationary than a fixed exchange rate system where each monetary authority competed to provide a stable benchmark of value . |
| 13 | However , comparisons between items from different countries present a number of difficulties because of the wide variations in popularity , availability and cost of production ; a simple Persian village rug , for example , may prove more expensive than a much more finely knotted and better quality item from Pakistan . |
| 14 | Even as you were ordering the march of your troops you made some of those sudden discoveries which throw more light than a painstaking analysis . |