Example sentences of "be more [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seems to me that you 're more dangerous than a jungle full of tigers . ’ |
| 2 | Using a theoretical model originally suggested by Dixit ( 1987 ) , the UK quota has been shown to have been more restrictive than a tariff-equivalent quota , while the EC minimum import price was less restrictive than an optimal tariff . |
| 3 | Some issues are more complex than a television-style presentation allows . |
| 4 | Certain specifications allow the use of High , Expanded , or Extended memory , but MS-DOS 5 leaves you with up to 621K of the original 640K to use and programs that require more than this are more complex than a new PC owner should initially be concerned with . |
| 5 | Both are more refreshing than a toner — and more effective methods of removing the last traces of make-up and oil . |
| 6 | In practice , says the review , ‘ such securities are more liquid than a fixed-period bank deposit with a maturity of less than three months , although the latter falls within the definition of cash equivalents ’ . |
| 7 | Groups have multiple goals , are more enduring than a coalition and usually involve more members . |
| 8 | Costs in contentious cases are more complicated because a successful party may normally recover some of the costs from the losing party . |
| 9 | Few things are more poignant than a holiday romance , and we 're very happy to say that over the years we 've brought more than a few couples together who are now living happily every after . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'll see that I 'm more useful than a real d'Urberville . |
| 11 | A drop in voltage can be more serious than a power cut . |
| 12 | Little can be more disreputable than a Government who hang on to their jobs while pursuing policies that guarantee that thousands of other people will lose theirs . |
| 13 | A filofax can be more useful than a conventional diary as an aid to time management . |
| 14 | When the objectives of the analysis are clearer , a selective transcription will be more useful than a detailed one , which is at that later stage of the research likely to contain much unwanted information . |
| 15 | Now what could be more mouthwatering than a big plate of juicy , tender ribs drippin' with barbecue sauce ? |
| 16 | Equally a group with a wider range of talents in its midst tends to be more effective than a group with a narrow range of talents . |
| 17 | They can also be seen in the popularity in France of the idea of attacks on British commerce as a means of forcing the traditional enemy to her knees , the belief that a guerre de course of this kind , avoiding large-scale engagements and making extensive use of privateers , would be more effective than a strategy which aimed at securing effective control of the seas . |
| 18 | The Language Master is likely to be more successful than a wall-chart , because the child hears the word as well as seeing it . |
| 19 | One could develop the argument that a well-run housing association , with tenants on the board and with regular consultation , might be more accountable than a local authority for which there was a vote only every four years and which tended to ignore the views of tenants . |
| 20 | In recent years several strategies have been tested to enhance the efficacy of interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis B. None of these strategies , including additional therapy with agents such as gamma interferon , prednisone , acyclovir or adeninide arabinoside ; has proved to be more beneficial than a standard interferon course of 12–16 weeks . |
| 21 | Moreover , it is the doctor-counsellor as much as anyone else who needs to ask these questions , for often spending time considering these aspects of ill-health might be more helpful than a prescription for drugs . |
| 22 | And a 10-day holiday here need n't be more expensive than a comparable one in Europe . |
| 23 | A nicely bound A4 format logbook is bound to be more expensive than a tatty exercise book , but as well as being more effective it will also look much more impressive on the chart table or in the bookcase ! |
| 24 | This also holds true for items of similar groups within the same country ; a top quality Nain will tend to be more expensive than a second-grade Isfahan ( and vice versa ) , while both can be expected to command a higher price than the average Hamadan or Heriz . |
| 25 | What do you think is the proper role of a board of trustees , because an English board is more advisory , is it not , whereas an American one is to provide money , but tends to be more interventionist than a British board of trustees ? |
| 26 | Can you be more specific than a ‘ substantial claim ’ ? |
| 27 | Now that winter 's coming on , what would be more appropriate than a programme about low temperatures ? |
| 28 | However , when subjects had to decide whether the target sentence followed appropriately from the context , a sentence context should be more difficult than a word context since it presents the subject with a more complex piece of information . |
| 29 | And it has been said that local authorities are not always very sympathetic to acting as a choice of career and sometimes obtaining a grant may be more difficult if a student has evidently changed his or her career tack . |
| 30 | erm Magistrates only send people to prison because they feel the circumstances of the case justify it and erm I think in the public mind erm the criticism is more often the reverse , that Magistrates are too soft , and I 've heard Lord Hailsham say more than once that if we do pay a price for the lay magistrate system it is leniency because what happens , and the difference between the lay magistrate system and the stipendiary system or the Crown Court system is that Magistrates do sit in threes , and what that tends to do is lead to compromises in sentence because discussion between three people irons out extreme views and you do tend to end up with a very well considered compromise view , which probably does tend to be more lenient than a sentence imposed by any one person who might himself take a very serious view of the circumstances . |