Example sentences of "more [adj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Nigel Clough withdrawn into a defensive position , Forest looked more solid at the back — even though they conceded a 12th minute Rod Wallace goal that gave Leeds fleeting hope of registering their first away win for almost 12 months . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've proved we can do it , and we 're more innovative at the moment than the Americans , ’ says Steve , who admits his career would have been far more difficult without the success of groups like Soul II Soul . |
| 3 | You may think of Simply Red as being more hollow at the centre than wild and crazy guys , but this shows neat exuberance and Hucknall 's increasingly inspired songs . |
| 4 | Norm was more pleasant at the dinner table when the boys were not there . |
| 5 | Further , discomfort is much more prevalent at the base of an organization than it is at the top , both physically and psychologically . |
| 6 | to back him through thick and thin , but not before I had consulted the eight or nine senior legal Members ( some of them more distinguished at the Bar than myself ) and got their promises of support . |
| 7 | But Sir George , as Roland had calculated , was more alarmed at the thought of pilgrimages of Leonora Stern than aware of the possibilities of Cropper and Blackadder . |
| 8 | He might have been a minor orator , not quite in the senate , nor yet on the stage , more likely at the Bar of some prosperous provincial town ; in fact he had made his early and relatively modest pile in some wholesale business . |
| 9 | There is dispute as to whether cutting is more likely at the time of menstruation ( Simpson 1976 ) . |
| 10 | This needs to be said , because some churches feel more competent at the analysis than the action . |
| 11 | Benny had been even more astounded at the questions Patsy felt free to ask . |
| 12 | ‘ I considered it more important at the time , ’ he confesses . |
| 13 | Reductions in manufacturing employment were even more dramatic at the LLMA level , 1971–87 ( Table 5.6 ) , and were compounded by the disproportionate dependence on manufacturing of many of Britain 's provincial cities , especially Birmingham and Sheffield . |
| 14 | Bottom currents were probably weak throughout the glacial episodes , but evidence from both the northern Rockall Trough and the Faeroe -Shetland Channel suggests that the bottom currents became more vigorous at the onset of an interglacial regime as temperatures increased . |
| 15 | I WAS more startled at the amount Mr Lamont was allowed to run up on his card rather than his doing it in the first place . |
| 16 | You need to be far more dynamic at the front , launching yourself at all sorts of angles . |
| 17 | Now , with the physical signs so very apparent , Celia was even more concerned at the prospect of confronting her . |
| 18 | The girl seemed to be more concerned at the loss of the eggs than her home , Christina noticed . |
| 19 | The world champion may not be worried about the £500 fine handed out for throwing the last game of his bizarre straight-games loss to Jahangir Khan in the final of last month 's Stuttgart Open , but he should be more concerned at the zero computer points assigned him for the Stuttgart tournament , which may enable Jahangir to overtake him in the New Year rankings , plus the fact that any further misdemeanour will probably mean draconian punishment . |
| 20 | It all makes me even more angry at the injustice of the situation , and then I worry that I am passing on that anger when I 'm with the boys . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Interest groups are more vociferous at the planning stages . |
| 22 | Nevertheless they were considerably more evangelical at the turn of the century than they are now . |
| 23 | If the commission , which since its inception has been the CIVC 's ComCon ( Commission Consultative ) , required a yardstick on which to base their annual increase or decrease of production limits , then it would have been more rational at the time to term the figure , whether or not it was actually 50 hectolitres per hectare , an average for the region . |
| 24 | Moreover while the analysis of interrelationships at the verbal level can draw on a highly-developed set of tools , in the form of the concepts and categories supplied by linguistics , the same analysis is much more difficult at the levels of content . |
| 25 | Lieutenant Whitby of the Cameronians confirmed that laxness had been rife , although he was more worried at the lack of respect meted to the prisoner than the damage done to his self-esteem . |
| 26 | The total sum might give you a shock but will also help you to be more ruthless at the start and put changes into effect . |
| 27 | ‘ A little more shaping at the waist , perhaps ? ’ |
| 28 | All over the island and its neighbours , the indigenous islanders grew more anxious at the bustle of the settlement , at its expansion . |
| 29 | The Staatskanzlei , which controlled the day-to-day administration of foreign policy , had already been reorganised and made rather more efficient at the beginning of his period in office . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's only because you know I 'll be more efficient at the job . |