Example sentences of "much more [noun sg] than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if an agent is enjoying the wine with a Bryan Adams , he or she may be drinking the vinegar with a manager 's smaller act who makes much more work than the bigger act , with absolutely no income . |
| 2 | First , without doubt the Supplement is a more practical guide , more heavily illustrated , with much more specificity than the general advice proffered by DB32 , a change which is bound to encourage more innovation among the more timid local authorities . |
| 3 | If the Government is serious about reducing the burdens on business , it says , then the £2m turnover criterion contained in the Companies Act makes much more sense than the proposed £36,600 VAT threshold which is far too low . |
| 4 | In the immediate pre-war period , the Bolsheviks ' Pravda attracted much more support than the Menshevik organ , Luch . |
| 5 | Round peas contain much more starch than the wrinkled variety which contain more sugar . |
| 6 | This was partly through his articles , in which he placed as much emphasis on the soft parts as on the hard parts of the anatomy , although the former , for obvious reasons , must be the subject of much more speculation than the latter . |
| 7 | The quiet little affair roused much more excitement than the Soviet War ( in which British troops were involved ) then reaching one of its many climaxes outside Tblisi . |
| 8 | At high concentrations , the blood becomes a sort of chemical sponge , capable of drawing in whatever meagre supplies of water exist , even when the toad 's body already contains much more water than the surrounding area of soil . |
| 9 | They have so much more flavour than the fresh fruit and can be eaten on cereals , used for puddings and fruit compotes , cooked with meat ( especially lamb ) or made into jam . |
| 10 | Although the online catalogue finally emerged incorporating the card catalogue model , it soon became apparent that the new " form " had much more potential than the automated housekeeping tool originally envisaged . |
| 11 | It is argued that because they cover much more ground than the specialized academic or professional degree , they must inevitably be more superficial and lacking in rigour and depth ; a kind of conceptual package tour . |