Example sentences of "is more [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In studying the expansion of metals when they are heated , it is more profitable to limit the role of observers ' intuitions to , for instance , judgements of the position of the top of a column of mercury relative to a graduated scale . |
| 2 | Thus the bound produced by Fudenberg and Levine is correct in the limit too , because in the limit the payoffs are equivalent , but for any positive discount rate it is more profitable to have a permanent reputation . |
| 3 | He has grasped that it is more profitable to attack the Government for incompetence and negligence than to present it as a systematic and all-too-competent conspiracy against the people . |
| 4 | Terminology in this field tends to be somewhat confused and it is more helpful to regard the assessment of training as one integrated process , while recognising that the facets described as evaluation and validation are contained within the general concept . ’ |
| 5 | As will become clearer in the following chapters , we believe it is more constructive to view the use of heroin or other drugs as a complex social behaviour determined by a multiplicity of causes , not least of which is the normal human desire to ‘ feel high ’ ( be happy ) in an increasingly hedonistic world . |
| 6 | The producer may have to insist that Production Company A is more suitable to make the film than Production Company B. Perhaps because of the show-business nature of producing for TV , creative teams can want to take charge which can prove a disaster . |
| 7 | 14 , it is more reasonable to ascribe the latter pavement to an assistant of a more competent mosaicist 's workshop . |
| 8 | Since the number of probes is much less than the library size , it is more efficient to order the probes first and then fit the clones to the probe order automatically . |
| 9 | However , it has long been argued whether , for countries wishing to moderate population growth through fertility reduction , it is more efficient to invest the available meagre resources in primary health care programmes that , through reducing infant and child mortality , may have a secondary effect on fertility or , to promote policies aimed at healthful childbearing patterns that will reduce fertility and also have an indirect beneficial impact on maternal and child health . |
| 10 | For a greater range of communication , it is more efficient to channel the light signal along an optical fibre . |
| 11 | Experience will teach Robert that it is more efficient to make an estimate first ‘ This length fits round my head . |
| 12 | ( v ) In cases where thousands of eggs need to be collected ( e.g. for RNA extraction , see Chapter 9 ) , it is more efficient to remove the cumulus cells by using a nylon mesh ( mesh size 20–30 μm ) inserted into the base of the barrel of a 5 or 10 ml plastic syringe . |
| 13 | There may be instances when the systematic abuse of conflict of interest situations will be tolerated on the basis that it is more efficient to permit the abuse than to have it eradicated . |
| 14 | Mr Kinnock has learnt that it is more effective to mock the Prime Minister as an anachronism in a brave new world than snarl the word ‘ Thatcherism ’ and present her as the personification of all evil . |
| 15 | The view that is propounded here is that it is more fruitful to conceptualize the global system in terms of transnational practices . |
| 16 | In English it is more usual to use a hyphen as in co-operate . |
| 17 | Today , it is more usual to replace the base with marine ply . |
| 18 | Though separate volumes sometimes have their own index , it is more usual to have a complete index at the end of the final volume , and the presence of this can sometimes be a useful guide . |
| 19 | An interesting point is that the words " yielding and paying " actually imply a covenant to pay the rent , but it is more usual to have a specific tenant 's covenant in this regard . |
| 20 | It is more useful to argue the variable nature of the relationship between the individual and society than to assume a linear evolution towards the autonomous self . |
| 21 | At its simplest , you can divide all purchases into ‘ day-to-day ’ and ‘ occasional ’ , but it is more useful to make a more detailed breakdown , which relates both cost and frequency of purchase , and produces a scale , something like that shown in Table 6.1 . |
| 22 | Individuals will approach a Lect/Dem. differently and the details will vary , but in the main it is more practical to take a piece of apparatus and say all you want to about its use before going on to the next piece . |
| 23 | Some people prefer to eat their main meal at lunchtime and their light meal in the evening , whereas for others it is more practical to do the reverse . |
| 24 | But eventually the arguments all boil down to the fact that it is more economic to harvest the rainforest sustainably than clear-fell it in the idiotic way we have been doing until now , and that this is of immense benefit to us , the human species , because of the maintenance of that genetic diversity which will cure all sorts of dreadful diseases in the future . |
| 25 | It is more accurate to see the East Anglian affinity as a court connection rather than a narrowly Woodville one . |
| 26 | It is more accurate to see the East Anglian affinity as a court connection rather than a narrowly Woodville one . |
| 27 | However , because the reptation is assumed to occur by migration of a segmental kink along the chain , the force needed to do this is applied one segment at a time and so it is more appropriate to use the frictional factor per segment ζ . |
| 28 | Linguists distinguish between prescriptive and descriptive views of language , and teachers need to understand when they need to insist on rules , to prescribe , and when it is more appropriate to describe the differences between dialects and Standard English , or between spoken and written usage . |
| 29 | In such circumstances it is more appropriate to describe the delta network as a Π network and there is clearly a Π version of the attenuator just treated . |
| 30 | It is more appropriate to examine the impact of aid programmes and projects in aggregate on a particular country . |