Example sentences of "more [adj] [conj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Private letters are like a conversation overheard , often more revealing than an autobiography , or than a diary which may have been written with more than half an intention of allowing it to be published . |
| 2 | We have already mentioned two factors that make the entire structure more progressive than an examination of income tax alone would suggest . |
| 3 | As ale and songs flowed and inhibitions retreated , Farmer Blagrave 's boasting increased , the price he received for his corn became more exaggerated and an Appreciative audience egged him on . |
| 4 | Not very much is known about Lloyds so it 's somewhat more mystical than an ordinary club . |
| 5 | Being buffeted around the sky at 10,000 feet with an engine just inches from your ear is not the most comfortable way to fly , but it is more interesting than an anonymous 767 . |
| 6 | That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual . |
| 7 | A fundamental breach is one which the courts would consider more serious than an ordinary breach . |
| 8 | A little more serious than an expired tax disc , I think you 'll agree . ’ |
| 9 | However , his abuse of Frank was more serious and an increasing strain . |
| 10 | ‘ They do not want a fix but a resolution of the issues , that the Labour Party moves to becoming more democratic and an immediate resolution of the situation on Merseyside . |
| 11 | Some people tend to overuse it and/or use it for concepts too complicated for this medium i.e. where a proper report or formal memo or even a meeting would be more appropriate than an e-mail message . |
| 12 | Endowment policies are not always appropriately matched to the client and sometimes a low-cost endowment would suffice instead of a full endowment policy , or a term insurance policy would be more appropriate than an endowment . |
| 13 | Enriched uranium or plutonium in the wrong hands could be infinitely more dangerous than an oil-rig fire or a coal mine disaster . |
| 14 | Although the itching may be due to the movement of the louse over the skin , it only moves a maximum of six inches per day , and it is more likely that an allergic reaction is set up to the lice themselves or to their faeces . |
| 15 | It has been suggested that now that unions ( and not merely officials ) may in certain circumstances be liable in damages for unlawful industrial action it is more likely that an employer will pursue his claim to a full trial and there is less reason to refuse an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases ; but it has also been said that the ‘ right to strike ’ is a valuable ( indeed essential ) element in the system of collective bargaining and that it ‘ should not be rendered less valuable than Parliament intended by too fanciful or ingenious a view of what might develop into a serious issue to be tried . ’ |
| 16 | At this stage , he said , it seems more likely that an attempted mugging went badly wrong . |
| 17 | A willingness to accept greater liability under a contract in return for payment of a higher price may make it more likely that an exclusion or limitation of liability will satisfy the test of reasonableness ( Woodman v Photo Trade Processing Ltd ( 1981 ) , unreported ; see Lawson , Exclusion Clauses p174 ) ; however , the fact that the client has a second set of terms of business , containing less restrictive terms , may be taken as recognition that the more stringent terms are unreasonable . |
| 18 | The will and ability to stand is one of the most basic manifestations of the life-force , almost more basic than an interest in food and water . |
| 19 | What is involved here on the part of the local people is a question much more basic than an economic one and is seen as such by the local people : ‘ Is it really necessary to mine lignite ? |
| 20 | Others were that ‘ need ’ as opposed to ‘ reasonable requirement ’ did not have to be shown , that the case for making an order against an officer of the company was stronger than it would be against a third party , that an order for oral examination ( as in Cloverbay itself ) was likely to be more oppressive than an order for the production of documents . |
| 21 | Is it more effective than an orthodox option ? |
| 22 | In a work of art this is a powerful coup because it compels us to think about why we know this woman must be black , and as an act of protest it is far richer and more powerful than an instruction in how to feel . |
| 23 | As an example close to home , it would be a sanction much more powerful than an SEC if , as head of audit of my firm , I was called in to that panel to be told that if my firm wanted the institutional shareholders to vote their proxies in favour of our being reappointed auditors to this or that company , we would have to mend our ways in some respect . |
| 24 | The second characteristic , the contemporaneity of historical time , that is , the category of the historical present , is more complex but an essential element in the whole Hegelian model of history , indeed is its condition of possibility . |
| 25 | Classroom interaction is even more complex than an interview because of the size of the group and the choices the teacher constantly makes about how to respond to what learners say . |
| 26 | Now it becomes a little clearer why , in a young healthy child where ‘ disease ’ serves its function in its most simple and natural form , it has been observed that the child is more well after an acute ailment has resolved than he was before it started . |
| 27 | So a budgeting shortfall today was regarded as more important than an energy shortfall tomorrow . |
| 28 | A high level of linguistic competence is obviously an advantage but a flair for friendship is more important than an impeccable accent or a perfect lexicon . |
| 29 | So what we must consider is that whether a team performance is more important than an individual 's performance do n't forget that it is easy ( relatively ) to mark him out of a game compared to marking 11 men out off game . |
| 30 | Where we have a different point of view is the point of view that says that a general education which will train the mind erm and expand capacity for judgement and so on , erm is perhaps more important than an exact knowledge of erm some particular political science theory . |