The phrase "are characterised more" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to denote a greater degree of divergence or distinction in comparison to an earlier point in time or context. For example, "Since this year, the members of this organization are characterised more by their diverse backgrounds and experiences."
While dedicated to the great violinist and composer Pablo de Sarasate, the concerto is characterised more by lyricism than virtuosity.
Its first few years, however, were characterised more by scandals about the extravagant spending habits of its then-president, Jacques Attali, than by any economic achievement.
A major political debate about the causes of the riots and the appropriate policy response is under way, but this has been characterised more by rhetoric than evidence thus far.
Whether over the budget, the reform of the common agricultural policy or the EU's much-vaunted common foreign policy, discussion in Brussels is characterised more often by bitter dispute than by harmony.
According to the newly released (and very lovely) Visual History of Cookery, andouillette "infamously smells strongly of faeces, owing to the provenance of the offal it is made from", whereas mine was characterised more by the very pleasant moutard dressing that accompanied it.
During the run-up to last year's Olympics I grew increasingly irritated by the way in which the contribution of women off the field was characterised more often by the supposed influx of sex workers than, for example, the women engineers who helped build the Olympic site, such as Kate Hall and Angela Crowther.
That description does not fit the flatlining era, which for most people is characterised more by stagnation and drift.Thus far, Britons have determined that the best response to this new nothing, whatever it ought to be called, is to sit still, cling on to house and job and wait for better times.
It is suggested that the buckling event of these variable angle tow, variable thickness laminates is characterised more accurately by "shell-like" than by "plate-like" behaviour.
The stretching behaviour of PEN is characterised more by the strain induced rigid phase formation (SIRP) than by the stress or strain induced crystallisation.
The second wave of emigration, which began in the mid-1990s, was characterised more by the emigration of individuals seeking temporary work abroad (Panţîru, Black, and Sabates-Wheeler, 2007; Gugushvili, 2013).
