Example sentences of "[am/are] much more [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Younger branches of S. cordifolia are much more susceptible to damage than older branches . |
| 2 | Tufted carpets are much more economic to produce in that the pile is needled into a pre-woven backing . |
| 3 | Single parent families are much more vulnerable to attack , and so it seems that the best option in this situation is to put the whole brood up for adoption . |
| 4 | We 've now got sexual equality in theory , and pay , and jobs and status and stuff , but we 're facing attitudes which are much more harder to change . |
| 5 | As Rose observes , " Working-class voters in safe Labour seats are much more likely to vote Labour than those in the same class , but living in a marginal or Conservative constituency . |
| 6 | ‘ We must have a five-point plan for autumn safety : 1 ) Get all poisonous plants clearly labelled ; 2 ) Put government health warnings on toadstools ; 3 ) Secure all dangerous-looking branches ; 4 ) Spread polythene sheets beneath all major leaf-producing trees ; 5 ) Have a national warning system for cold days on which apples , conkers and so on , are much more likely to fall out of the trees and cause these horrendous injuries . ’ |
| 7 | Administrators with a natural science background are much more likely to display a technocratic mentality than those trained in the social sciences ( Putnam , 1977 , p. 404 ) . |
| 8 | Therefore , whereas prescribing budgets will inevitably be set in the aggregate , taking into account local social and epidemiological factors , both PACT and formularies are much more likely to lead the GP to consider why a particular drug , and not an alternative including no drug , should be given in a particular instance . |
| 9 | This has the unfortunate consequence that they are much more likely to kill their patients than to cure them . |
| 10 | The choices of the authors are nevertheless quite practical since players are much more likely to pick their pitch standards than original ones . |
| 11 | Deaf people are much more likely to use this device in their recall , at least in the surface structure . |
| 12 | Even in these situations , however , first generation Caribbeans are more likely to use a variety close to the local Standard English of their birthplace than the Creole , while the second generation are much more likely to use London English than a form of Creole . |
| 13 | The popular daily newspapers are much more likely to carry such stories today than twenty years ago . |
| 14 | Fifteen years , on from Bodine 's survey , the books are much more likely to advocate nonsexist strategies , especially pluralisation . |
| 15 | They are much more likely to call their pet feline a ‘ moggie ’ ( sometimes spelt moggy ) . |
| 16 | One of the great things about watching a good comedy show or film is that people around you start laughing and you are much more likely to join in . |
| 17 | They are much more likely to hold on to a degree of independence . |
| 18 | You are much more likely to go for old pine , or oak , tough lacquer or vinyl — at least for several years , but there is no reason why these can not work just as well and create a feeling of their own . |
| 19 | You are much more likely to receive a complete and considered answer if you do this . |
| 20 | However we are unlikely to develop a great deal of extra muscle by normal sporting activities ; we are much more likely to improve muscle tone . |
| 21 | Generally speaking , however , novelists are much more likely to celebrate the domestic virtues that , given half a chance , the working class can be expected to display ; and , in order to produce that image , a certain amount of cleaning-up goes on . |
| 22 | The figures also show something about the difference between Ipswich and Newham : that Ipswich people are more likely to have an involved relative/friend , tend to live in housing with better amenities , and are much more likely to own their own houses . |
| 23 | A knowledgeable group , skilled at group working , are much more likely to succeed in their tasks , than an inexperienced group . |
| 24 | Unacceptable practices which have an abusive component , such as tying old people to commodes , are much more likely to arise when there are insufficient numbers of staff to complete the ascribed tasks . |
| 25 | Female names are much more likely to end in a ( spoken ) vowel , as with Linda , Tracey , Patricia , Mary . |
| 26 | ‘ the layman may well wonder why we do not consult the Parliamentary Debates , for we are much more likely to find the intention of Parliament there than anywhere else . |
| 27 | In these cases , magistrates are much more likely to convict for technical breaches of highly technical rules . |
| 28 | As one would expect , training programmes , after an initial emphasis on ethics and aspects of the situation ( e.g. court interpreting ) , have begun to focus on the interpreting task itself , and are much more likely to follow a pattern similar to spoken language interpreting . |
| 29 | Families with children are much more likely to get into debt than people without children , and there is a greater risk to larger families . |
| 30 | Some people try to introduce toys that do not reinforce gender stereotypes but , nevertheless , girls are much more likely to get dolls to dress up in the latest fashion , boys more likely to get toys for military-type games . |