Example sentences of "[noun sg] more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the reported study more action suggestions could be generated by the computer than the paper system ( 101 v 31 ) . |
| 2 | I hope that in the short term more attention will be paid to the availability of the independent arbitration scheme , which was set up in 1985 and which has not often been used , primarily because so few people are aware that it provides a means of getting an independent investigation of alleged grievances against British Rail and of obtaining redress and compensation where they are due . |
| 3 | We must change our political system to give the citizen more power and the government less ; our economic system to confer power on consumers and to provide employees with a share in the wealth they create ; our public services to guarantee choice and dignity to each of us ; and our education system to equip us better for the modern world . |
| 4 | Political forces and corporate bodies may be more or less able to calculate the likely effects , ceteris paribus , of the implementation of their policies and demands , and the conservation/transformation effect is anyway likely to appear as the ‘ resultant vector ’ of non-coherent activities on the part of a whole range of such forces and bodies ( although , for instance , dominant positions within a government may give one political force more leverage than others ) . |
| 5 | The Daily Telegraph has the studious Christopher Martin-Jenkins , and gives him a good deal more space than his competitors — a distinct advantage when it comes to conveying the feel of play , rather than merely recycling statistics from the scoresheet . |
| 6 | This will give the Cheshires a good deal more protection and pack a much more powerful punch should they be attacked again . |
| 7 | The best earn a great deal more money . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd need a great deal more money before I could start up my own stud farm here . |
| 9 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
| 10 | Does not that mean that we should be putting a great deal more money into such research or is it to remain the Cinderella of medicine for ever ? |
| 11 | So I said , frankly , all I 'll get is your laundry , another cup , saucer and plate to wash up and probably a great deal more you-know-what than I need ! ’ |
| 12 | The Belgian Red Pied is also a dual-purpose type but has a great deal more red in the coat than the White-and-Red . |
| 13 | There was once a good deal more colour and laughter in the life of this tight-lipped fashion genius , when a second apartment in the palazzo was occupied by his business partner and close friend Sergio Galeotti , who died in 1985 . |
| 14 | Informants have a great deal more liberty to range as they wish and to develop their ideas , and this ‘ freedom to roam ’ can be extremely useful in getting to the bottom of complex social situations and events . |
| 15 | Painting , architecture ( as its most pure ) , and literature have a definitive form or text , and although the same can be said of drama whilst it remains on the printed page , its conversion to the performing medium allows a great deal more flexibility than music ever can . |
| 16 | An advantage of this technique is that the teacher can decide while using the program what level of exercises to generate — the computer program offers a great deal more flexibility in this respect than an ordinary textbook . |
| 17 | So coming back more specifically to Selby , and taking er Mr Curtis 's ball-park figure of of seventeen hundred , erm now already we 've we 've got approximately eight hundred and fifty committed in terms of a hundred and eighty con er completions , five hundred and sixty permissions including conversions , and a hundred and ten dwellings identified on a site at Elvington in in the Greater York study , and there 's really not a great deal more flexibility , erm , because of the greenbelt constraint . |
| 18 | They have a very fiercely competitive system , and some people say that you have to start preparing for this at nursery school erm and it 's a question of going to the right schools , going to the right training colleges , though it 's not so much a question of going to university , although you do have to have a university degree in most cases , but they have special training establishments with a tough competition to get into it , and as a result of this the people who come out are very highly selected , and think of themselves as being very professional , very competent , they have a great deal more self confidence , in some ways , than our British civil servants do . |
| 19 | Mothers are a great deal more help once they 've calmed down and been told what to do . |
| 20 | Then , ‘ after a great deal more chit-chat I let him kiss me a tender goodnight on the doorstep with the promise to phone when he could and , gathering up my ermines , swept into the great portal . |
| 21 | ‘ And with a good deal more education than I 've had hot dinners . |
| 22 | There is also a great deal more garlic in the Greek version , and very often bread instead of potato is used as a softening agent . |
| 23 | However , it is now recognized that progress in this direction requires a great deal more cooperation in other fields , such as monetary and budgetary policy , than was originally acknowledged . |
| 24 | But Knox could always afford to be a great deal more cavalier about the dangers of rebellion against established authority than those who , being themselves great lords who ruled over men , knew very well the chaos which could result if the bonds of obedience and loyalty were violently broken . |
| 25 | The fresh and crispies went on to receive a great deal more acclaim than The Chorus who were hardly noticed , even within their hometown . |
| 26 | She added : ‘ The company needs a great deal more support from the bank and Credit Lyonnais can make a very good case for not offering that lifeline ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ If Theda will not marry you , then she shows a deal more sense than you ! ’ |
| 28 | Organic methods have their risks and demand a great deal more work and care than conventional alternatives . |
| 29 | However , a great deal more work in both the short and long term is required before the most appropriate hypotensive regimen in diabetes mellitus can be formulated . |
| 30 | Self , needs a good deal more work but eventually elements will be migrated into the Sun operating system . |