Example sentences of "[vb -s] [det] more [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For groups in this position the right to take part in politics represents little more than the right to whistle in the wind . |
| 2 | It may be true that the story of the English people is best seen in English literature , but English literature contains much more than the story of the English people . |
| 3 | A sensible aid policy — not just for Russia and Eastern Europe , but for the third world in general — calls for careful priorities , realistic goals and , above all , an understanding that the quality of aid matters much more than the quantity . |
| 4 | It is important to begin by recognizing that assessment is a process which involves much more than the collection of information and data . |
| 5 | This indicates little more than the lack of influence exerted by BASW and the SCA , but the real indictment of the profession is that the principles of social work and management have not been integrated . |
| 6 | We asked environment groups from all twelve EC member states at the annual meeting of the European Environmental Bureau held in Brussels , to remind EC governments that ‘ subsidiarity ’ means much more than the balance of power between them and the European Commission . |
| 7 | Lengthier ones such as those in support of specific discovery are not suited and the standard part becomes little more than the top and tail . |
| 8 | In developed countries , the birth rate fluctuates much more than the death rate ( due to social and economic changes ) and is the major cause of difficulty in population projection . |
| 9 | In such circumstances education becomes much more than the dead-end routine it so often seems in the industrialized world . |