Example sentences of "[be] [prep] more [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I went to the cinema considering that that would be of more benefit than taking a Latin exam that I could not pass . |
| 2 | A serious extension of the simple analysis presented in the previous paragraph would be of more help than a thousand more studies documenting that socio-economic differentials in mortality exist . |
| 3 | In the Snowdonia National Park this latter consideration frequently appears to be of more importance than any other to the NP Committee when more controversial schemes are examined , in spite of a NPA having no statutory responsibilities for such policies . |
| 4 | Thus the financial health of the company seemed to be of more importance than the community 's concern over the health of its children . |
| 5 | The definition of living space continues to be of more importance than its detail , and even Gothic novelists , who are fond of adjectives and often describe the landscape at some length , elaborate very little on interiors . |
| 6 | In other words it is possible that local social and ecological facts may be of more importance when interpreting crime than broad processes such as modernization . |
| 7 | Within sublanguage applications a generative approach may be of more use than a probabilistic method . |
| 8 | Counselling sensitivity and insight can often be of more value than strictly medical knowledge . |