Example sentences of "is more [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it is an undisputed fact at Manchester City that Dutchman Michael Vonk , signed this year , is more coherent than Scouse manager Peter Reid . |
| 2 | Streptomycin is more stable than penicillin and so it was easier to isolate and manufacture . |
| 3 | These values show us that , in the first example above , magnesium oxide is more stable than carbon dioxide . |
| 4 | Or like the Vicar they keep to the straight path because vice is more arduous than virtue . |
| 5 | Chest x ray screening , though more costly , is more effective than skin testing . |
| 6 | If anything can be shown , it would appear that probation is more effective than prison in reducing the risk of further offending . |
| 7 | Having commented on the perceived need for information-giving experienced by staff , patients and relatives , it is interesting to note some recent work which shows that facilitating certain strategies for coping during stressful procedures is more effective than information per se for reducing signs of distress . |
| 8 | ‘ For me , sumptuousness of fabric is more effective than importance of shape . ’ |
| 9 | Evidence that total androgen blockade ( castration plus an androgen antagonist ) is more effective than castration alone has not been confirmed in two other trials . |
| 10 | Over the long term continuity is more apparent than discontinuity . |
| 11 | Print on a page is more seductive than print on a screen . |
| 12 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 13 | The new crop is more resistant than wheat to diseases , especially to leaf blotch , powdery mildew , and other fungal infections such as the smuts . |
| 14 | Basic FGF is more potent than aFGF in an in vitro system but no information is available on its efficacy inmucosal protection , repair , and healing processes . |
| 15 | The Wall Street crash of 1929 showed that large scale industry is more fragile than crofting . |
| 16 | The rules are beautifully simple , but its branching ratio is 300 or more and it is more subtle than chess . |
| 17 | Indeed , that molecule is more versatile than DNA and , as Tom Cech ( HHMI , Boulder , Colorado ) demonstrated , can form enzymes of an efficiency and specificity as impressive as those of proteins . |
| 18 | Both have so far proved effective , which shows that ready cash is more versatile than credit cards and cheque books . |
| 19 | The law says marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol . |
| 20 | It tends to be a time-consuming transformation process which is both management and resource intensive , and is more expensive than invention . |
| 21 | and try to explain why gold is more expensive than silver . |
| 22 | Aluminium is more expensive than iron . |
| 23 | Aluminium is more expensive than iron |
| 24 | copper is more expensive than aluminium . |
| 25 | Although RME is more expensive than diesel , it produces no sulphur dioxide and less carbon dioxide , factors which make it particularly suitable for use in urban areas . |
| 26 | It is difficult at the best of times to persuade consumers to try a new product , but when it is more expensive than rump steak the problem is exacerbated , particularly when one of the undeniable attractions of vegetarianism is that it is such a cheap alternative to eating meat . |
| 27 | It is difficult to persuade consumers to try a new product , but when it is more expensive than rump steak the problem is exacerbated , particularly when one of the attractions of vegetarianism is that it is such a cheap alternative to meat |
| 28 | Now that we have lead-free split-shot , which is more expensive than lead shot , more care goes into its manufacture and there should be few problems . |
| 29 | Polished granite is more expensive than limestone . |
| 30 | This categorisation also describes a rising scale of technical complexity , ie. process production is more complex than mass production , which is more complex than unit production . |