Example sentences of "more [adj] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was pre-eminently the case where the Area Boards were united in opposing the Central Authority or the Government ( as on the Clow differential ) , though Citrine was more willing to give in to such pressure on matters where he respected the Board Chairmen 's views , such as tariffs , than on matters where he was determined to impose his own , as in labour relations . |
| 2 | It may have become apparent to the counsellor that counsellees are ‘ locked ’ into feelings which are affecting the way they are leading their lives , but are apparently more content to hold on to the feelings than to resolve the difficulties which arise from them . |
| 3 | So instead of an export binge , the industry is more likely to go straight to offshore production in America and Europe . |
| 4 | The patient is then far more likely to respond favourably to the proposal than if the reasons for it are left vague . |
| 5 | I think that the skills developed in small , local units , similar to Blairtum and the Domus type model developed by Professor Elaine Murphy , are more likely to respond appropriately to the needs of sufferers and carers in a particular area and are more likely to build up relationships with carers which allows the carer to continue their baring role without sacrificing themselves . |
| 6 | Much of this consensus , at least nominally , cut across party lines : Beveridge , who formalised the project of ‘ welfare ’ expansion , was a Liberal ; the 1944 White Paper on employment policy was produced under the war-time coalition ; Butler 's educational reforms were also decided in 1944 , but many people thought that the Labour Party was more likely to live up to the promise of reform . |
| 7 | They are much more likely to hold on to a degree of independence . |
| 8 | Later I trained a kestrel which I found much less inquisitive and more likely to come straight to me for the food . |
| 9 | It might be more prudent to go back to her bunk and hope he would go away when his hunger was satisfied . |
| 10 | Did he think it more important to get back to his life work ? |
| 11 | Alternatively , there could be some underlying fault ( in the control of the immune system , for example ) that makes the body more vulnerable to Candida invasion , on the one hand , and more apt to react inappropriately to foods and chemicals , on the other . |
| 12 | Mr Quiles is probably more concerned to hold on to his job . |
| 13 | After their loss of Normandy in 1204 the king-dukes were all the more concerned to hold on to their southern lands . |
| 14 | If his mind was too restless to maintain any hold on the spiritual , then did n't he have something far more immediate to face up to rather than to be wallowing in daily bouts of nostalgia ? |
| 15 | Curzon was more difficult to drive down to the provinces . |
| 16 | With the onset of the government 's new community care policies , many women will find themselves playing the traditional role of carers without payment and will consequently find it more difficult to get out to work . |
| 17 | Students seem much more inclined to knuckle down to the work and not get involved in quite such dramatic protests as they were before . |
| 18 | In this latter group of patients it may be more efficient to proceed directly to a trial of amiodarone or ICD placement rather than to proceed with a lengthy course of serial drug testing . |