Example sentences of "more appropriate [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is more appropriate to examine the impact of aid programmes and projects in aggregate on a particular country . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There was a great debate as late as the early 1980s over whether it would be more appropriate to continue the policy set by Sir Philip Hendy of keeping the look of the gallery neutral as opposed to polychrome — the ‘ porridge versus polychrome ’ battle . |
| 5 | However , for the purpose of discussion in this chapter it will be more appropriate to preserve the distinction between them . |
| 6 | ‘ Now the technology is in a different league and we feel it is more appropriate to give the task of pulling the threads together to one person . |
| 7 | It may be more appropriate to set a period of three to four years for the achievement of the longer term aim . |
| 8 | Calculation of stress-strain relations seems more appropriate to estimate the load of distension on a rather thick walled human rectum . |
| 9 | If the transaction is complicated — eg it involves the sale of part of a farm — and there are lots of easements , declarations , covenants , stipulations , etc , then it may still be more appropriate to use a conveyance , notwithstanding the fact of first registration . |
| 10 | Moreover , even if what is needed is a review of the present state of laboratory-based and clinical aspects of the new reproductive technologies , it would be more appropriate to use the resources of universities , government agencies , and professional societies for this purpose . |
| 11 | It may be more appropriate to use the name ‘ KPMG Peat Marwick ’ with ‘ Corporate Finance ’ appearing underneath the firm 's name . |
| 12 | It is therefore more appropriate to use the term ‘ mixed parentage ’ instead of ‘ mixed race ’ . |
| 13 | When the counsellor faces this situation it is often more appropriate to leave the subject of drinking , and to try instead to focus on the nature of the social distress that the individuals are experiencing . |
| 14 | Prior to requesting the client to sign such a letter , the firm must be satisfied that the client can properly be regarded as a corporate finance client and place a note on file to this effect ( which is to say that there are no grounds for believing that it would be more appropriate to treat the client as a normal investment business client ) . |
| 15 | In ( 135 ) , although make would have been possible , the writer has chosen cause , and has thus felt it to be more appropriate to represent the subject of the verb ( " raising the temperature of a compound " ) as an external condition which sets off a reaction of decomposition in compounds rather than as an agent which exerts its causative action at the same time as the reaction occurs . |
| 16 | For example , where a decision has to be made quickly then it may be more appropriate to tell an individual what to do rather than persuade him . |
| 17 | For behaviours which do not have obvious start and finish points , watching television or paying attention to a lesson for example , it is more appropriate to measure the length of time they last . |
| 18 | With the single daily dose it may be more appropriate to assay the concentration eight or 12 hours after administration of the dose or to accept that a lower trough ( predose ) concentration may be more appropriate . |
| 19 | It is more appropriate to accept the view of D. P. Walker that magic was always on the point of turning into art , science , practical psychology , or , above all , religion . |