Example sentences of "[vb pp] more [adv] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If these twin policies are to have any effect in reducing geographical inequalities , they need to be pursued more vigorously than they have been in the past . |
| 2 | Your application will be considered more favourably if you take some money with you . |
| 3 | Sometimes , Britten seems to have written more naturally when he did n't have words to set . |
| 4 | Mr Murphy also raised the issue of why Navan Resources wished to mine andalusite when it can be manufactured more cheaply than it can be mined : ‘ Maybe because it is gold — there is gold there but the problem with gold is getting it out , because that is a very difficult process which involves the use of cyanide as a metal wash ’ . |
| 5 | Perhaps the distinction I want to draw can be seen more clearly if we start with an example involving size rather than colour . |
| 6 | This aspect of option premiums may be seen more clearly if we look at calls and puts with the same exercise price but with different expiry dates . |
| 7 | The judgement could be applied more widely than its immediate target . |
| 8 | It 's more fun and is likely to be done more regularly if you share your exercise sessions with a neighbour or friend . |
| 9 | All the drivers are exciting , and people who are stuck in this pattern of behaviour often have an incentive to stay in it — they feel that one day they will succeed , they will finally be perfect , they will at last please everyone ; they will prove that they can get everything done more quickly than everyone else , and they 'll know that they can undertake anything under the most difficult conditions . |
| 10 | It is true that the carefully authentic material has to be explained more fully than it had to be for readers of Marryat 's day , who could be supposed to possess a modicum of previous knowledge of naval affairs . |
| 11 | If the bit-wise comparisons match ( and the length is checked more accurately if it is more than 10 ) then the word shape is checked . |
| 12 | But it has to be formulated more precisely if it is not to be confused with other crimes which have the dubious distinction of sharing these aphorismic characteristics . |
| 13 | The boy who kicks his football close to windows can be reprimanded more easily if he was one of those to draw up the rule against doing so and if he agreed on the appropriate punishment beforehand . |
| 14 | The 77-year-old Cranston , who had resigned as majority whip in 1990 and had dropped plans to seek re-election in 1992 on grounds of ill-health , was treated more severely because he had received by far the largest contributions and , unlike the others , had actively solicited funds . |
| 15 | Louisa was held by those urgent eyes , drawn more deeply than she would have wished into the darkness behind . |
| 16 | Less than a quarter of contests ever reach the final , antler pushing stage , and even then the deer stag only pushes its opponent 's antlers rather than trying to spike his softer flanks ; antlers could perhaps be used more dangerously than they are . |
| 17 | In fact it 's probably used more now than it was when it was a school . ’ |
| 18 | Whatever is thought masculine is also valued more highly than whatever is considered feminine . |
| 19 | UK services companies seem to be valued more highly than their US siblings |
| 20 | I should have thought more deeply before I agreed , but that 's not how fools charge in . |
| 21 | Indeed , ’ Corbett stirred , staring behind the nun into the mist , ‘ they may have slept more deeply than they ever intended . |
| 22 | The midday sun at the time appears to have acted more dramatically than it subsequently does with mad dogs and Englishmen . |
| 23 | At high enough temperatures , particles have so much energy that whenever they collide many different particle/antiparticle pairs would be produced — and although some of these particles would annihilate on hitting antiparticles , they would be produced more rapidly than they could annihilate . |
| 24 | Gifts made prior to the introduction of inheritance tax will not be assessed more harshly than they would under CTT , had it continued . |
| 25 | Moreover , it is also possible that management took the view that unskilled workers could be controlled more easily than skilled workers because they had less powerful union backing , and that they could be replaced more easily because there was a bigger pool of labour to draw from . |
| 26 | There was much sense in the American wish to see the Japanese economy functioning efficiently again , ‘ But in Canberra , Nanking , and Manila their conversion to innocence requires to be demonstrated more convincingly than it is by the optimistic hand-outs from General MacArthur 's headquarters . ’ |
| 27 | " The role of quantitative evidence can be understood more clearly if we look at the interrelation of the three concepts of DEVIANCE , PROMINENCE , and LITERARY RELEVANCE . |
| 28 | In an emergency assistance can be provided more quickly if you operate the red alarm when the train is at a station . |
| 29 | This punishment , though , was dealt more severely than I think it should have . |
| 30 | it 's got to be scrubbed more often so you know |