Example sentences of "more to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is more to pollution than meets the eye . |
| 2 | Clearly there is more to memory than the reproduction of numbers or lists and another distinction which has arisen is between episodic and semantic memory . |
| 3 | But it , too , addresses itself much more to feminism than to psychology . |
| 4 | Really , she was n't a very nice old woman , thought Ianthe , beginning to feel indignant that Miss Grimes was n't conforming more to type . |
| 5 | The outcome in the wider area of Church organization was that while Protestantism surrendered more and more to nationalism , Erastianism and/or fragmentation , Catholicism held these forces in check through clericalism , centralization and an enhanced uniformity . |
| 6 | The twenty ( or thirty ) thousand Cornishmen crossing the Tamar hand in hand and advancing on London owe more to legend and the stirring song than to history . |
| 7 | In contrast , the objective of many multilateral treaties ( often approximating more to legislation , or to constitutional instruments ) is universality of adherence . |
| 8 | The naming of tunes in Gaelic dancing has as much to do with the whim of the moment as with anything portentous : ‘ Upstairs in a Tent ’ , or ‘ The Clock on the Dresser ’ , or ‘ The Walls of Limerick , owe more to whimsy in the kitchen on the night than to any attempt by the musician to give his tune immortality . |
| 9 | However , I would suggest that this is due more to luck than judgement , having noticed that the nut has been heavily shimmed in order to raise it , compensating for string slots which are cut much too deeply . |
| 10 | They tend to attribute their successes more to luck and less to ability than men , and to be more influenceable . |
| 11 | The tarot cards he uses are used in many parts of the world to play card games , where their association with ‘ fortune ’ refers more to luck than knowledge . |
| 12 | There is more to motherhood than this , of course ; it is a source of vital feelings and responses which come about no other way . |
| 13 | Basil realised that there was a whole lot more to education than training for livelihood with its over-emphasis on examinations . |
| 14 | Whilst learning to take the rough and the smooth of rugby fortunes with a philosophic air , Townsend has already reacted to criticism with refinements to his play that have been a factor in his selection for Australia : ‘ I tend to pay heed more to criticism than to praise . |
| 15 | With nowhere but the limited Drigg dump near Sellafield for low-level waste , and nowhere at all for intermediate-level , the authorities turned once more to mainland Britain to find an acceptable ‘ long term ’ solution . |
| 16 | ‘ Goddess , goddess , the plot leans more to murk ! ’ he grumbled . |
| 17 | Could we please NOT exchange presents this Christmas — has such dreadful expenses because of and I should prefer to give more to charity than I anyway do . |
| 18 | The above indicates that there is far more to negotiating than sitting down opposite the other party and trying to bargain . |
| 19 | The UN 's predictions of famine owe more to art than science . |
| 20 | As the blood began once more to course through George 's legs , his muscles went into spasms of cramp , so that they needed to pause every few yards . |
| 21 | The point is made more seriously , and more savagely , in Bradbury 's The History Man ( 1975 ) , a fiercely partisan novel where an academic militant is exposed as a manipulative hypocrite , his ambitions directed more to sex and money than to revolution . |
| 22 | Clyde was not popular with some sections of the legal profession and of the press , which suggested that his appointment to high office was due more to birth and political influence than to legal talent . |
| 23 | She concentrated on the fire , producing something that owed more to determination than competence . |
| 24 | To talk of policy in matters of care except in the context of available resources and timescales for action owes more to theology than to the purposeful delivery of a caring service . |
| 25 | But there 's far more to garlic than its wonderful taste . |
| 26 | How true it is that the Labour Party has owed more to Methodism than to Marx . |
| 27 | Mr Smith assures us that this ‘ strength ’ is because the Labour Party owes more to Methodism than to Marxism . |
| 28 | However , there is more to marriage than family structure . |
| 29 | To say this is not to play with words but to assert there is more to peace than a word with five letters . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sure the fans will take this defeat more to heart than me , but it 's only three points down the drain . |