Example sentences of "had more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Listen , freak , that DK had more bottle than Express Dairies and if you — ’ Ace stopped and lowered her arm . |
| 2 | He only classed it as a nightmare because of the head , and even that had more farce to it than terror . |
| 3 | Its voluntaristic side , influenced as it was by the ideas of G. H. Mead , had more affinity with the analyses of the acquisition of motives , techniques , and so on , that were to characterise the ‘ symbolic interactionist revolution ’ of the 1960s . |
| 4 | It seemed that Vologsky had more resistance than most . |
| 5 | I made a gesture that had more breeziness and gay abandon to it than a freezer full of fellators . |
| 6 | For example , when a family had more land than they could work by themselves and another family had nothing . |
| 7 | There was evidence that pupils had more experience with skills than with work which might probe their understanding . |
| 8 | The people who had more experience used to teach me lots of things . |
| 9 | His own fault , he should have left it to the river police who had more experience of that sort of thing , but he had felt responsible . |
| 10 | The remaining ten might be useful " when there was no preacher in their own or neighbouring societies provided they would take no step without the advice of those who had more experience than themselves " . |
| 11 | My hair had more shine than before and I found it left a stronger smell than other conditioners which I really liked . |
| 12 | He had more cream on his hair than the Scottish Dairies , and sidelocks swooping down on either side of a pasty jowl . |
| 13 | Someone who possibly had more influence on Laing than anyone else was the late Sir Douglas Crawford , formerly chairman of Wm Crawford $ Sons , which became part of United Biscuits in 1962 when Sir Douglas became vice-chairman until his retirement in 1974 . |
| 14 | She had been a teacher , and made sure the girl went to a good school : ‘ my granny had more influence on me education-wise . |
| 15 | Though the clan was all one family , and every man had the right to address the chief as a cousin , yet the older and greater branches of the family had more influence than tacksmen or recently-adopted incomers . |
| 16 | In fact , the indigenous population probably had more influence than most historians believe . |
| 17 | Ironically , and not for the last time in history , the Communist-inspired proletariat had more clout outside the Soviet borders than within . |
| 18 | It is doubtful if the claim of the kings of Burgundy and Italy to bear the title emperor had more substance than the fact that they held the north of Italy and the chief routes over the Alps and were therefore in a position to put pressure on the pope . |
| 19 | When I started writing it , I found I had more sympathy with Frank , and he started saying more and more , and Betty merged into the background . ’ |
| 20 | For an hour or so Fabia wandered around the area which the dramatist Goethe had once called ‘ a paradise on earth ’ , and began to wish that she had more holiday than she had in which to explore more fully . |
| 21 | Every time we try to slip past Art 's table , there 'll be a pause , and then a thick whisper that beats its way right across the room , ‘ Tod Friendly : had more ass than a toilet seat . ’ |
| 22 | As for Uncle , he had suffered from rheumatism for as long as I can remember , so , all-in-all , we always had more work than we could really cope with . |
| 23 | John Durbeyfield had more pride in his new-found blood than energy or health . |
| 24 | Surely she had more pride than that ? |
| 25 | There was more fun as an underdog — and since he had more bark than bite it was a casting that suited the irascible old gentleman ideally . |
| 26 | Wendy had more intelligence than her pleasant calm looks might have led the casual observer to suspect . |
| 27 | It is likely that before roads were built in Islay the men of Portnahaven traded and had more contact with Ballycastle than Port Ellen . |
| 28 | The pair fell over the Lions ' goal line with four arms wrapped round the ball and there was a moment when Bunce had more contact on the ball . |
| 29 | City had more play and the best of the chances , but they only took one . |
| 30 | A word from Maud and he had been given one of the four coveted places as a dresser , which meant he had more chance to learn the great man 's skills . |