Example sentences of "[verb] more [noun pl] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both in Britain and in the US , cable feeds usually supply more programmes than are locally available via radio waves . |
| 2 | In datasets from different countries men consistently report more partners than women , and the British data show smaller differences than many others ( T W Smith , paper presented to American Sociological Association , Cincinnati , 1991 ) . |
| 3 | Mill 's fears led him eventually to favour proposals to give the educated more votes than the mass of the people . |
| 4 | Johnson and Douglas ( 1978 : 151 ) point out that the Equity Funding scandal , ‘ perhaps one of the largest securities and investment frauds ever perpetuated on the American public , … involved more losses than the total losses of all street crime in the US for one year ’ . |
| 5 | He selected Ellis , grandson of Red Grizzly Bear , a choice which angered Lawyer and Joseph and created more problems than it solved . |
| 6 | Like its predecessors , it attracted attention from many sources , and in the liberal or liberated social climate of the post-war years it probably created more problems than it solved . |
| 7 | This was certainly the conclusion of contemporary intellectuals , almost all of whom thought that the government 's attempts to raise additional troops created more problems than they solved . |
| 8 | Herzen 's suggestion that it continue in the West created more problems than it solved . |
| 9 | Wholemeal bread contains more nutrients than white bread and three times as much fibre , but this does n't mean white bread is bad for you ; it contains valuable protein , carbohydrate , calcium , iron and B vitamins , and some fibre . |
| 10 | Overpayment in debt causes more problems than overpayment in equity . |
| 11 | The determination of cost of living allowances causes more problems than any of the others . |
| 12 | You 'll save a lot of wear and tear on your hands if you buy a stainless steel trowel , because nothing causes more blisters than using a rusty trowel . |
| 13 | The only difference was that he trained more winners than most of them did . |
| 14 | Ken was ably assisted by seconder Royal Robbins , who has probably drilled more bolts than anyone else . |
| 15 | ‘ Pace allied to skill : if you start by having players of pace in most positions , you will win more matches than you lose ’ , he said . |
| 16 | Not only did the Tories win more votes than seemed possible when the election was announced , but they improved their position relative to Labour on 13 of the 14 issues that Gallup monitored during the campaign . |
| 17 | We established the same result in Section 9.2 by applying the CS conditions to LP* ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) and it is worth noting that the resulting inequalities typically involve more variables than if ( 9.8 ) is used , but ( 9.8 ) presumes a knowledge of the tableau as opposed to just knowing the BFS . |
| 18 | But they 're not very evenly spread — the Army , as the largest service , has let more contracts than the Navy or RAF and has been much more positive about the process . |
| 19 | ‘ You could n't have had a golf course made for a man 's game more than that golf course for John Daly , ’ observed the man who has won more Masters than anyone , six all told and now playing his 34th in succession . |
| 20 | Grobbelaar , 35 , who has won more medals than any other goalkeeper , is currently on loan to Second division Stoke and a return to Merseyside now looks highly unlikely . |
| 21 | The large burghs retained more functions than the small which had given up ‘ most of their important functions to the surrounding county council ’ ( Wheatley 1969:25 ) . |
| 22 | The quatrocentennial Columbus exhibition cost a staggering $30m : it drew more visitors than any previous event in history . |
| 23 | Agriculture still has more employers than any other industry , but the workers are scattered , mostly in ones and twos , across the countryside and in some of the most isolated and inaccessible areas . |
| 24 | Many of them are being forced to turn the crop into cattle feed because Britain has more potatos than it needs . |
| 25 | But the plot has more holes than an OAP 's hairnet , and the supercilious Ms Dash thoroughly deserves the pig-ignorant Mr Wayans , I strongly advise brother Marlon not to give up the day job and I sincerely hope I am indisposed should they decide to foist Mo' Money 2 on us . |
| 26 | She chose pattern 137 from ‘ Stitchworld ’ , which has more holes than fabric . |
| 27 | It has more routes than Shepherds Crag , ranging from VD to E6 , and is a popular wet weather venue for those retreating from the hills . |
| 28 | Do you know that Birmingham have more cana has more canals than Venice ? |
| 29 | ‘ He has more positions than the Kama Sutra , ’ says a leading black columnist , Bob Herbert . |
| 30 | If this rule change is agreed , we accept that one member has more rights than another . |