Example sentences of "[vb infin] more [noun] [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That may mean no more than that such a scheme may do more good than harm and that it would do more good than the obvious alternatives . |
| 2 | Note that the transmitter control will only allow you to reduce the response ; it can not give more throw than the mechanical linkage will allow . |
| 3 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 4 | The company memory of the late launch of a profitable product will convey more merit than the prompt launch of a failure , whatever the arguments put up at the time . |
| 5 | It may appear that putting this strategy into practice will take more time than the conventional practice of writing words in the children 's own spelling books . |
| 6 | By definition , the selfish mutant would have more offspring than the other members of the , of the population , and if they had more offspring , before long the mutants would begin to become an increasing , an increasing number in the population . |
| 7 | Any particular finite extension is simply an idea in our minds , and can not have more parts than the finite number we perceive it to have . |
| 8 | But , on average , people in the United Kingdom do not pay more tax than the average European . |
| 9 | I think it may be it may be that they could perhaps get more money if the local parties affiliated separately but |
| 10 | David Scott , for example , complained that he got so many requests for Indian patronage from the council of St. Andrews that if the remaining burghs in his district were to seek aid in proportion to the size of their communities it ‘ would require more patronage than the whole East India Direction have in their gift ’ . |
| 11 | He also had to show that he would suffer more harm if the interim remedy were not granted than the defendant would suffer if it was ( the ‘ balance of convenience ’ ) . |
| 12 | The first thing she will do is organise more space than the limited suite of offices traditionally allocated to the First Lady . |