Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] more " in BNC.

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1 Mr Hall says Timex produces more goods now than before the strike , and he has received ‘ a fair number ’ of job applications from workers sacked at the beginning of the dispute , who could find no other job in recession-hit Dundee .
2 His experiment used the conditioned suppression procedure and his critical experimental finding was that a novel stimulus added to a pre-trained excitatory CS evokes more suppression than the compound of CS plus familiar stimulus .
3 ‘ The Bloody Sunday grant has more to do with vote catching in the Bogside and Creggan in May , ’ claimed Mr Adams .
4 Money counts more than Monet in the 1990s .
5 Some say that the Avize Chardonnay has more finesse , but I find that while Avize may have more clarity of flavour , Cramant and , for that matter , le Mesnil-sur-Oger have finer qualities of bouquet .
6 One thus has The intensity is related to this , but the probability distribution function contains more information than the intensity .
7 A quick glance at the specifications that Detroit 's idea of a '90s performance saloon has more in common with current European thinking than the muscle-bound 7-litre American V8 's of the '60s and '70s .
8 ‘ Bradford Northern 's Deryck Fox is another scrum-half I admire , but Goulding has more sting in his play .
9 Mr Rocard has more reason than most to feel sad .
10 It is claimed that a fifth of road fatalities say 1,150 deaths a year can be attributed to ’ drunk ’ driving : a driver has more than the permitted level of alcohol in his blood .
11 Hence , the high-performing division has more power and autonomy than the less-performing division because ( at this stage ) it is contributing more to the firm 's goals .
12 ‘ For Tavernier , the cinema counts more than anything .
13 Follow-on milk contains more protein than breast milk or formula , but since protein deficiency is practically unheard of in this country , extra protein is n't really necessary .
14 Andy Macdonald has more going for him than merely the fact that he stands 6ft 8in .
15 Mr Berisha has more trouble with the party 's increasingly vocal nationalist faction .
16 Perhaps power lies with the supplier now , but overpowering or ‘ negotiating too sweet a deal ’ might provoke retribution later when the buyer has more suppliers from which to choose .
17 Lorraine Davidson has more details .
18 RUSSIAN has more words in it than any other language , ’ the teacher told me confidently .
19 Nucella has more species and a longer fossil history in the Pacific than in the Atlantic .
20 That last sentence has more to do with Kinnock than with Major .
21 Research at Tambopata over the last ten years has shown that the Reserve has more species of birds ( over 570 ) , butterflies ( 1,200 ) and many other animal groups than any other location of its size on earth . ’
22 Melanie needs more press information .
23 But as news of this service spreads , and more referrals are received from GPs and district nurses , the hospice needs more volunteers .
24 And if Em wants more money and will do all your washing and clearing as well , then I ca n't see what the fuss is about . ’
25 Perhaps FYT 's ministry has more significance than we realise to merit such concerted antagonism !
26 The modern surveyor involved in administering building contracts needs more than just a working knowledge of its terms — he needs a detailed legal appreciation .
27 Such a framework has more than a passing similarity with the career structure observed by Howard Parker in his study of young delinquents in Liverpool .
28 The diesel car offers more and more people the benefits of reliability , longevity and fuel economy and with the aid of a catalyst the diesel car is as environmentally ‘ sound ’ as a fully catalysed petrol car .
29 The challenge of AIDS involves more than individual sexual behaviour : it represents an opportunity to work through our commonest societal fears–and taboos , to reach new understanding and evolve compassionate action .
30 The key to our success is the recognition by users and their families that we avoid notions of coercion and forcible treatment , that psychiatric practice involves more than ensuring compliance with medication .
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