Example sentences of "more [adj] [to-vb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Level sites are generally more economic to develop although deep sewers may be required and care with layout must be exercised to give interest and variety . |
| 2 | Be warned , this stuff is even more annoying to wash than gravel . |
| 3 | There are lubricants like KY jelly and Senselle to buy from chemists without prescription — and considerably more pleasant to use than petroleum jelly . |
| 4 | Designed to enhance and protect both new and previously sealed timber and cork floors , water-based Beaver Clear Satin Floor Varnish is safer and more pleasant to use than solvent-based varnishes which give off strong , unpleasant smells that can cause headaches and nausea , particularly when used in confined areas . |
| 5 | Because of this , many people find groundwater more pleasant to drink than water from rivers and lakes . |
| 6 | External frames are all but defunct in the UK because most have accepted that the ergonomically contoured internal frame sack is much more stable to carry than an external frame pack , even at the expense of some loss of ventilation to the back . |
| 7 | The truth is that I was suffering from insomnia : a full stomach is more conducive to sleep than is an empty one . |
| 8 | His walk , attitude and gestures were those of a self-confident man , a little addicted to be indifferent to others , and far more disposed to lead than to follow . |
| 9 | A hydra might be a deal more plaguesome to purge than even Genestealers … |
| 10 | Similarly , telex and faxing were more analogous to mail than to the press . |
| 11 | This is usually a result of family and marriage ties and so an employer might expect young unattached female staff to be more willing to relocate than married women . |
| 12 | Semi-skilled and unskilled workers were more willing to relocate than management and professional staff . |
| 13 | Another consideration is that monitors working in interlaced mode produce an image that generally is more prone to flicker than a non-interlaced display of the same screen resolution . |
| 14 | From this general , and somewhat-pessimistic picture it is necessary to assert that in most regions there are quite distinct potentials for growth , but some of these are more easy to exploit than others , even given sufficient investment and other inputs . |
| 15 | In fact , gardens that are long and narrow are among the more simple to design because they can be broken down very easily into separate garden areas or ‘ rooms ’ , each of them having a different function or theme . |
| 16 | Nothing is more nourishing to doubt than hazy mists of vagueness ; but clear thinking disperses them and leaves a clear-cut choice either to believe or to disbelieve . |
| 17 | Thus , while all three publishers will be publishing different novelisation titles based on the series , the publication rights for annuals and calendars ( which are more akin to merchandise than books ) went to BBC Enterprises . |
| 18 | Previous work has used this characteristic to suggest a sub-lithospheric component that is more akin to MORB than to OIB , whereas the Os isotope data seem to favour an OIB-like component . |
| 19 | But it might be more appropriate to wait until nearer the time to send a memo , I do n't know . |
| 20 | It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan , more uncertain of success , or more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new order of things . |
| 21 | In corporate terms it has to be made more dangerous to acquiesce than to dissent and this is not an easy trick to turn . |
| 22 | And in such cases it is clearly more honourable to give than to receive . |
| 23 | Especially in polygynous species , the costs of combat are frequently high ( Geist , 1971 ; Clutton-Brock , Albon , Gibson & Guinness , 1979 ) and so , too are the costs of many sexually dimorphic characters associated with combat , such as increased male body size and weapon development ( Clutton-Brock , Guinness & Albon , 1982 ) : in species where males are substantially larger than females , both growing and adult males are often more likely to die than females ( Robinette , Gashwiler , Low & Jones , 1957 ; Grubb , 1974 ; Howe , 1977 ) and in one reindeer population which crashed from 6000 to 42 , only one of the remaining adults was a male ( Klein , 1968 ) . |
| 24 | He 's more likely to die than I am because he loves life , his mother tells me so . |
| 25 | One possibility is that in excluding nursing home residents we left out an especially vulnerable group of elderly people who were more likely to die than their counterparts in the community . |
| 26 | The sad truth is that the primary sufferer is much more likely to die if this " enabling " support continues . |
| 27 | But we ought to make the journey as safe as possible — can we ensure that at least beneficial results are more likely to ensue than unfortunate results ? |
| 28 | It is a fact that a sale is more likely to ensue if fewer objections can be advanced initially , even if such objections can be satisfactorily overcome . |
| 29 | Furthermore , it is sex-graded : females are significantly more likely to simplify than males . |
| 30 | Dilemmas can always arise since , while people are more likely to improve if they get feedback about their skills , " unless they have a sensitive or trained manager they are likely to get feedback on less relevant topic " ( Stewart and Stewart 1982:169 ) . |