Example sentences of "can [be] more [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of people may like you , but it can be more useful to know a smaller , selective number — like the managing director 's secretary , for instance , who 's been with the company twenty-five years , and who loves to chat and fill you in on the history . |
| 2 | Writing your own pieces can be very exciting — if you have a talent for writing — and can be more suitable to show off your personal talents . |
| 3 | Ms Callil thinks it can be more profitable to go straight into paperback . |
| 4 | Additions and embellishments can be more difficult to detect , and here of course the cooperation of the art historian is essential . |
| 5 | Do not use textured , fluffy or other fancy yarns for your first attempts with weaving because these can be more difficult to use . |
| 6 | They can be more difficult to manage than even the United States Congress . |
| 7 | Leaking capillary joints can be more difficult to repair and will generally need to be replaced . |
| 8 | However , it does take more effort to push or pull a garden cart , and it can be more difficult to manoeuvre than single wheeled barrows . |
| 9 | ‘ When you 're at the front it can be more difficult to keep your concentration , ’ he said . |
| 10 | It can be more difficult to attempt to influence people who know you , because you perceive they have expectations of you . |
| 11 | I 'd asked that he should n't be bottle fed with my expressed milk as it can be more difficult to establish breastfeeding if a baby is confused by a teat . |
| 12 | These mixtures are earlier growing and more prolific than meadow-grass , and can be more difficult to make into top-quality hay . |
| 13 | It can be more comfortable to say , ‘ I had to do it ’ , than ‘ I did not know what to do and then I decided … ’ |
| 14 | People in pictures can be more problematic to describe , since they may not be identifiable , a special difficulty with portraits . |
| 15 | Few things can be more guaranteed to create a negative response than the sight of husband and wife sparring in public . |