Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerry Healy made more ex-Trotskyists than anyone else except Stalin . |
| 2 | The third National Government , after the resignation of the Liberal ministers , was hardly a coalition — although again Marquand shows that the non-Conservatives retained more influence upon it than their numbers alone would suggest . |
| 3 | Florey found more interest in studies of the circulation than in Sherrington 's own field , the nervous system , and presently moved to Cambridge with a studentship in pathology . |
| 4 | Ms Short said the women 's vote could help Labour to win the next general election provided more women could be persuaded that Labour was sensitive to women 's demands . |
| 5 | Herzen 's suggestion that it continue in the West created more problems than it solved . |
| 6 | The ‘ business start-up scheme ’ proposals provided more funding for additional places , enabling more people to start their own businesses , although Mr Lang did not say how many of the additional 10,000 UK places would be made available to Scotland . |
| 7 | As the national administration made more demands in the form of conscription and taxation , so the recommendation of a patron became more important . |
| 8 | If the public acceptance of psychoanalysis meant anything for secondary selection it did mean that the scientificity of any description of the mind became more suspect — its subjectivity more evident . |
| 9 | It is worth noting that over half Jack 's 242 League appearances for Crystal Palace were in Division Two of the Football League — and only Roy McCracken made more appearances than he did in those four seasons , 1921–25 , so there is no doubt that Jack was a loyal club servant in a demanding period . |
| 10 | Over the whole experiment clones of clover that were returned to their original grass associate made more growth than those introduced to alien sites ( significant at P < 0.001 ) . |
| 11 | The album 's apparent randomness made more sense when you saw the movie . |
| 12 | Service and manufacturing sectors reported more confidence about improvement , although the regional economy as a whole continues to feel the full effect of the recession , despite a ‘ bottoming out . ’ |
| 13 | The problem of Taiwan caused more friction . |
| 14 | Variability : as certain clients received more help than others . |
| 15 | The car received more publicity when a feminist group complained that shots of Naomi appearing in a leather outfit complete with whip in a fantasy bondage scene was ‘ sexist and disgusting ’ . |
| 16 | However , within each word order condition subjects recalled more words from the passage when they had been informed of its title . |
| 17 | PWI attracted more adherents than Wabi itself , including IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , American Airlines , Borland International , Corel Corp , ICL plc , Fujitsu Ltd , NCD , Norwegian Telecom , Quarterdeck , Tadpole , The Foxboro Co , SCO , USL and WordPerfect . |
| 18 | And , he added , the broadcasts of parliamentary sessions attracted more viewers than films based on Agatha Christie novels . |
| 19 | The secret deliberations of the Eisenhower administration show that allied ( and especially British ) advice and thinking received more attention than was realized at the time . |
| 20 | The Department obtained more grants from the SOED in competitive tendering than did any other institution . |
| 21 | Rural districts showed more support for the Polish Peasant Party , which was the successor to a party formerly allied with the Communists , than for the post-Solidarity party , Peasant Accord . |
| 22 | As the record company , and its revenue from worldwide licensing deals , became more important , so Branson spent more time with Simon Draper and less and less with Nik Powell . |
| 23 | They are broadly consistent with those from earlier studies carried out in other parts of the country except that children in the present study spent more time waiting for attention , in spite of the presence of an unprecedented number of support teachers and other ancillary staff and helpers . |
| 24 | Rangers ' Stuart McCall spent more time on the ball than all of Hibs ' midfield put together and never wasted a moment , either . |
| 25 | He held her head more tightly as her lips discovered more secrets . |
| 26 | Ca n't think what people see in them , ’ he added darkly , referring to the fact that most of the Zoo visitors who came by the Cages spent more time looking at the vultures than they did at African eagles like him . |
| 27 | Molly spent more time with the Corduroys and was introduced to the Tapscotts , a white-haired couple : Nicholas , who had been the British Consul in Florence , and his wife Connie . |
| 28 | Those who read most SF included more elements within the genre ( i.e. scored in the high 30s and 40s ) . |
| 29 | • 55% needed more information about induction . |
| 30 | She nodded as Madge offered more tea and reached out a podgy hand for another piece of shortbread but the injustice still rankled . |