Example sentences of "[noun] [is] more [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the model armed with a Man Catcher hits his opponent roll a D6 : if the score is more than the target 's toughness he is caught and killed automatically , regardless of the number of wounds he has or armour . |
| 2 | Erm the economic development unit of the borough , Mr Allenby , should know more about it than me , but they have done studies of the firms in Harrogate that can be expected to seek relocation within the borough as they sort themselves out over the next five years , and erm their own calculations for the next five years is more than the county 's whole calculation for the next fifteen years , which suggested to us again that there was a problem about the understanding that the county had on the matter of relocations within Harrogate compared with what was going on locally . |
| 3 | Where the price of the goods is more than the value of the token , the inclusion of a money consideration would suggest that the transaction is a sale of goods . |
| 4 | The special and attractive character of the Ortiz collection is that it is not just an assemblage of objects but the coherent vision of a man who believes that the whole is more than the sum of its parts and that the collector is as creative as the artist . |
| 5 | Yet , sex is more than the act of sexual intercourse and penal penetration . |
| 6 | Religion therefore is more than just a personal affair and its influence in society is more than the sum of its influences on individuals . |
| 7 | If the D6 roll is more than the distance you have veered away then the Doom Diver has over compensated and the template is moved over and beyond the target the full distance roll . |
| 8 | The Church is more than the herald announcing the message , it is a demonstration model which gives credence to the effectiveness of that message . |
| 9 | There is the sense here that reason is more than the sum of its parts , and that the serious pursuit of truth can , over time , generate a way of looking at the world and an approach to forming judgements on it that stands over and above any particular truths that may be assimilated on the way . |
| 10 | The World Health Organisation 's viewpoint is that health is more than the absence of disease or infirmity . |
| 11 | Sickness may be the absence of health , but health is more than the absence of sickness , so prevention is better than cure . |
| 12 | The creation of a new county palatine was indeed a grand gesture , and a notably archaic one , but on examination the gesture is more than the substance . |
| 13 | The creation of a new county palatine was indeed a grand gesture , and a notably archaic one , but on examination the gesture is more than the substance . |
| 14 | When the nuclei of light elements join together or ‘ fuse ’ , energy is released ; what is more , the amount is more than the energy needed to push these nuclei into one another overcoming the electrical repulsion , so if we could accomplish this efficiently we would have a plentiful and dean supply of energy . |