Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] more [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , mothers were socioeconomically disadvantaged , younger , and more likely to smoke and their infants were of lower birth weight and more likely to share a bed with another person . |
| 2 | There is a significant tendency for staff in more senior positions ( who tend also to have more years of service ) to recall the review better , to believe the introduction of the review to have been more adequate , to be more involved in the review activities , more likely to keep a special diary as part of the review and more likely to make use of information routinely available for the review . |
| 3 | They were less involved in thinly rationing existing services than is often necessary in social work and more able to concentrate help so as to provide a relatively complete service capable of achieving significant change for some people . |
| 4 | Women are generally less tied to their work and more able to adjust to retirement ( though as more and more women devote great energy and interest to a career , this is changing ) . |
| 5 | It was also evident that some of the interviewees were more relaxed during this session and more willing to develop their answers . |
| 6 | As ale drinkers are swift to confirm , the flavour of bitter is more delicate and complex than lager and more difficult to reproduce . |
| 7 | I firmly believe that if you understand what is happening you 're more likely to enjoy using your equipment and more likely to use it successfully . |
| 8 | Family members become more interested in the home and more inclined to follow their leisure pursuits in the home rather than in the wider community . |
| 9 | They were also younger , of higher social class , better-educated and more likely to own their homes . |
| 10 | This is unlikely to get the ‘ poor-thing-he 's deaf reaction and more likely to get the ‘ well-how-clever ’ reaction . |
| 11 | If her protest is effective , she becomes less frightened of her own greed and more able to own and express it for herself . |
| 12 | People with cystic fibrosis are less likely to achieve O level or equivalent qualifications than the general population but more likely to have A levels , and women with cystic fibrosis are more likely to have degrees . |
| 13 | And finally , a survey out today is claiming that shoppers in two of the major shopping centres in the FOX F M area are less interested in fashion but more likely to spend , spend , spend on furniture and food . |
| 14 | It proved possible to distinguish between bone assemblages produced by the different families of carnivore but more difficult to distinguish within families ( Andrews & Evans , 1983 ) . |
| 15 | I do not try and cosset these over winter by placing them into a separate tank in the garage , reasoning that the survivors will be the toughest of the bunch and more likely to make up into sturdy adult fish : come spring , they are distributed to friends . |