Example sentences of "[be] [verb] more [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One disputed point is whether words alone can constitute an assault : the preponderance of authority is probably that mere words , unaccompanied by any threatening conduct , can not amount to an assault , but if the point of the offence is to penalize the creation of fear of imminent attack , it is difficult to see why utterances such as ‘ Get out the knives ’ or ‘ Let's hit them ’ should be regarded more indulgently than a raised hand . |
| 5 | Shortly after the Second World War the typical advice given concerning this condition was : " Acute coronary thrombosis must be regarded more seriously than most cardiac conditions , a rest in bed for weeks or months , with a minimum of 4 weeks , should be prescribed in order to assure as sound a healing of the myocardial infarct as possible . " |
| 6 | For this reason , if no other , the question of censorship in libraries has to be treated more seriously than hitherto . |
| 7 | It was also found that Asian women tended to be treated more sympathetically than African/Caribbean women . |
| 8 | Objectives will be redefined more frequently than aims , usually at annual intervals or more regularly , following evaluation of existing activities . |
| 9 | Your application will be considered more favourably if you take some money with you . |
| 10 | The issue should be considered more widely than that , though Ash croft and Love ( 1988 ) showed that acquisition of Scottish firms tended on average to increase sales and have no effect on overall employment . |
| 11 | Subsequent discrimination training thus occurs between the compound of A and its associate X and of B and its associate Y. If the events used as X and Y differ from each other more than do A and B ( see Fig. 5.10(b) ) then it might be supposed that the compounds would be discriminated more readily than would an untrained A and B. Certainly most proponents of an associative account for acquired distinctiveness effects have taken their analysis no further , implying that the phenomenon follows directly from what has just been said . |
| 12 | I think , therefore , that as Anglicans we ought to be affirming more confidently than we usually do the freedom this gives to the mind , the heart and the body to be an integrated whole . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The judgement could be applied more widely than its immediate target . |
| 15 | The fact that π 3 and π 4 are equal implies that the value for γ can be written more simply as . |
| 16 | Choices can be made more easily if some of the consequences of such a choice are known . |
| 17 | Perhaps the distinction I want to draw can be seen more clearly if we start with an example involving size rather than colour . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Now artistic intention can be seen more clearly as just one of many often overlapping strands — ideological , economic , social , political — that make up the work of art , whether literary text , painting , or sculpture . |
| 20 | Joint promotions are not specific to consumer goods , but are to be seen more often as companies attempt to find new promotional techniques . |
| 21 | The practical effects on the reporting unit can be seen more readily when a proprietary view is taken of a group of companies . |
| 22 | This could be done more effectively if the law was changed so that it became the jury 's responsibility to assess only the actual damage to the plaintiff and the judge 's responsibility to impose an unlimited fine on the defendants according to his view of their culpability . |
| 23 | It 's more fun and is likely to be done more regularly if you share your exercise sessions with a neighbour or friend . |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | Legacies can also be sought more easily if the organisation can show that it has charitable status . |
| 26 | But some of the mystique surrounding the presidency had gone for ever , and future holders of the office were bound to be scrutinized more closely than ever before . |
| 27 | Not only does municipal rubbish seem to be growing more slowly than many people imagine ; the components which appear to be increasing are not the ones that have attracted most attention . |
| 28 | It can be interpreted more narrowly as merely calling for an incidental adjustment in the form of an annotation of the present birth register . |
| 29 | Town 's drugs are often made in Britain , flown to the Far East or some other convenient staging post and then brought back on the next night — to be sold more cheaply than if they had never left Britain . |
| 30 | Of course some pound notes may be used more frequently than others , and some may not be used at all , but the velocity of circulation measures the average number of times a unit of currency is used . |