Example sentences of "[be] more [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government could scarcely have been more out of touch with the people at large , and was still , in any case , terrified that Jacobinism might even then give rise to a revolution at any moment . |
| 2 | He seems to have been more substantially into astronomy than the evidence had suggested , does n't he ? |
| 3 | It is now time to examine in more detail the intricate relationships between plants and animals , beginning with ‘ predation ’ of plants by animals , or herbivory , its extent and plant resistance to it , then the interactions that are more clearly of advantage to plants , namely dispersal of propagules ( i.e. genetic material at the diploid level ) and pollination of flowers ( i.e. dispersal of genetic material at the haploid level ) . |
| 4 | A number of them are duplicated in Windows 3.1 and these are more up to date versions . |
| 5 | The mechanisms are more transparently in place for the transfer of resources from poor to rich . |
| 6 | Incomers tend to see this in class terms as well — pilots are generally upper crust , while engineers are more down to earth ( socially as well as literally' ) Since many incomer workers are ex-military the distinction is often phrased in military terms : officers and ‘ other ranks ’ . |
| 7 | Answer guide : This information tends to be more up to date and detailed as compared to published accounting information . |
| 8 | I think you 'll find , but they might be more up to date than Mike |
| 9 | The reality could not be more down to earth and straightforward , though there is much more to this player than meets the eye . |
| 10 | When the smoke clears Pain Teens turn out to be more down to earth , a punky bar band who occasionally stray into territory that can best be described as extra terrestrial . |
| 11 | In this case , the question of mens rea was crucial , the defence arguing the relevance of the BBFC 's decision to refuse a national certificate in 1970 so that the film could first be assessed by a representative sample of local licensing authorities who were more closely in touch with community standards . |
| 12 | She hoped his maps were more up to date and accurate than the one she had bought at the newsstand . |
| 13 | Despite the fact that the sultans were more often at war than at peace with their Christian neighbours north of the Danube-Sava line , trade with Christendom flourished . |
| 14 | I can think of no other person in the Anti-Apartheid Movement who knows more and is more up to date on the current situation in South Africa . |
| 15 | What it can offer will be illustrated in case studies below , but can be summed up as a general information carrier , providing instant access to a variety of information which is more up to date than printed sources an educational service , providing information on new technology , higher education , careers , educational developments and new educational products a gateway service , providing access to remote databases such as ECCTIS ( see below ) a service providing access to other viewdata systems via Bulletin ( W.M. ) , Monitel a mailbox facility , allowing electronic communication between schools and other users and providing contact points for school librarians and teachers a software service providing telesoftware and enabling users to obtain access to software via Prestel Education and Micronet a microviewdata service , allowing users to create their own databases through Prestel |
| 16 | The immediate historical provocation for their critique of conformity , indifference and the apparent predisposition to barbarity is clearly , for Adorno and Horkheimer , the rise of fascism ; but what is more generally at issue is the intrusion of Enlightenment rationality , capitalist common-sense and the logic of commodification into the very core of the cultural field and the aesthetic . |
| 17 | But this is more out of opportunity than necessity . |
| 18 | But going for gold these days is more down to money than motivation . |
| 19 | The third source is more down to earth . |
| 20 | She added : ‘ It 's more up to Rock than anybody else . |
| 21 | The English news , inserted at 1315 , was more up to date , having been prepared in the late morning . |
| 22 | The journey through Louisiana was more down to earth . |
| 23 | The Kitchenware Records spokesperson , brought up on Newcastle Brown , was more down to earth . |