Example sentences of "[vb past] more [noun sg] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tail showed more application than the top of the order , and when Lamb was run out for 113 Jarvis and Dilley batted well to put on 53 for the last wicket . |
| 2 | Not content to rest his case on the prudence with which the Holy Spirit had left astronomy out of the Scriptures , he proceeded to show that the miracle of Joshua 's long day made more sense if the text was read from a Copernican standpoint . |
| 3 | For the first time , BAT 's financial services operation , which embraces Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar in Britain as well as Farmers in America , made more money than the tobacco business . |
| 4 | For the first time , BAT 's financial services operation , which embraces Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar in Britain as well as Farmers in America , made more money than the tobacco business . |
| 5 | And they certainly needed more help than the school could give . |
| 6 | It is doubtful if the claim of the kings of Burgundy and Italy to bear the title emperor had more substance than the fact that they held the north of Italy and the chief routes over the Alps and were therefore in a position to put pressure on the pope . |
| 7 | Every time we try to slip past Art 's table , there 'll be a pause , and then a thick whisper that beats its way right across the room , ‘ Tod Friendly : had more ass than a toilet seat . ’ |
| 8 | Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra had more fun than the audience in the comedy western Four for Texas ( 1963 ) , and in 1964 Bing Crosby joined Sinatra , Martin and Davis for Robin and the Seven Hoods . |
| 9 | I opened them with my teeth and found that most had more flavour than the chicken . |