Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] more [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a horse needs more than the space necessary to exercise both body and mind . |
| 2 | True , this remedy contains more than an element of ‘ big brother ’ and it may be that it does no more than turn the criminals away from the areas covered by the cameras ' eyes . |
| 3 | ROWLAND S HOWARD These Immortal Souls ' Australian exile recounts more than a decade on the musical edge … |
| 4 | Then too , Sun has more than a touch of the ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome . |
| 5 | Mr Marzio also maintains that the tax law affects more than the stream of gifts to museums . |
| 6 | Sketching out the good and bad side of human nature … cartoons get a fleeting glance in daily papers … but for many there 's a more serious side … the cartoonists work raises more than a smile . |
| 7 | According to Bill Martin , economist at UBS-Phillips & Drew : ‘ The only thing the Chancellor fears more than the currency speculators are the rows of blue rinses at Blackpool next week ’ . |
| 8 | A team has a mix of people who contribute in different but complementary ways thus achieving synergy , ie the team produces more than the sum of its individuals . |
| 9 | In other academic areas it is assumed that the teacher knows more than the student , and is there to convey this knowledge , whether as a corpus or a skill . |
| 10 | As a rough guide , if a fever persists more than a day or two in a child under 2 years then consider seeking advice . |
| 11 | However , the preservation of a rape survivor 's anonymity needs more than the exclusion of the name . |
| 12 | For political reasons as much as for economic ones , the government needs to come up with a scheme that is simple ( so that its essence can be explained in one sentence ) and seen to be fair ( the duke pays more than the dustman ) . |
| 13 | We must remember , however , that today 's uprating comes more than a year after the Conservative leadership coup and that there can be no excuse for the provisions . |
| 14 | The British system of government involves more than a network of departments headed by ministers . |
| 15 | The Maastricht Treaty represents more than a consolidation of the process of centralisation in the EEC . |
| 16 | Second , the duty involves more than a duty of obedience . |
| 17 | I was trained as a scientist , and there are times when science matters more than the individual . |
| 18 | The list includes more than a quarter of the noctuid moths and ichneumonid wasps on the British list , a third or more of the hoverflies ( Syrphidae ) , butterflies and bumblebees , more than half the Serphidae ( also wasps ) , and six cf the seven social wasps ( Vespidae ) . |
| 19 | This means that the breeding cycle takes more than a year to complete , with the result that the birds are unable to breed every year . |
| 20 | The background tells more than the people or the happenings : the water-sprinkler on the lawn ; the hateful birds with their ‘ strident and spiteful noises ’ and ‘ those banal exchanges from tree to tree , mockings and bickerings and sudden solo trillings ’ ; the cook with a napkin fastened round her head as if it were a Stilton cheese … . |
| 21 | The cobweb model highlights the complexity of global interconnections , but globalization involves more than the proliferation of links . |
| 22 | The solution of the crofting problem requires more than the input of money into agriculture More than the input of money into industry . |
| 23 | The four-point agreement follows more than a year of contacts with the Fund by Peru 's foreign debt negotiator , Abel Salinas , and is an about-turn by President Alan Garcia . |
| 24 | This principle was carried further by the House of Lords ' decision in Williams and Glyn 's Bank Ltd v Boland [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 408 , which found that a wife who made a financial contribution to the purchase of a house acquires more than an interest in the proceeds of sale : she acquires an interest in the land itself , which can take effect as an overriding interest , in the case of registered land , under the Land Registration Act 1925 , s70(1) ( g ) . |