Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , the giver of a monetary gift ranks higher than the receiver , but , as between two receivers , the one who receives more ranks higher than the one who receives less . |
| 2 | It was a solid performance by Best who outdrew the NIBA champion but it was also a gallant attempt by Weir , who plays more golf than bowls . |
| 3 | Leonard , who plays more golf in the summer than bowls , partners Irish international senior skip and Lisnagarvey club mate Noel Graham in their bid to win the Irish pairs title for the first time since the brilliant Fisher and Ringland combination won it for the Lisburn club in 1970 . |
| 4 | So , to answer the question , it 's the child on the left who needs more calcium and iron . |
| 5 | And with plenty of cheap labour just across the puddle , who needs more people in Taiwan , anyway ? |
| 6 | Even if the herb will eventually outgrow its container , you can still plant it when young , press its foliage and then , when it becomes too large , pass it on to a culinary-minded friend who has more space . |
| 7 | If , for example , you are discussing how to solve a problem with a person who has more experience than you , then listening would be high on your list . |
| 8 | Miriam Stoppard , who has more stamina , says she likes to do it two or three times a week . |
| 9 | So the tradition of ‘ arrangiarsi ’ , of having a network of ‘ contacts ’ ( ‘ He who has more saints gets to Paradise , ’ they say in Naples ) and of having rock-like families to protect you if you did n't make out , grew as naturally as did the Mafia and the Camorra as systems of rough justice and violent ‘ government ’ . |
| 10 | The 33-year-old , who has more sacks than anyone in League history , had already announced this would be his last season . |
| 11 | Who wants more time ? |
| 12 | Mr Hurd said Mr Boutros Ghali , who wants more cash for the African famine , had reason to be exasperated . |
| 13 | Look out for the splatter ( a knuckle-cracking heavy who uses more force than a bouncer ) , pay a quick visit to heaven and hell , and as for Santa 's in-store ‘ grotty ’ … it 's tacky , vulgar , and full of overpriced garbage they could n't sell during the year ! |
| 14 | We have all met the school secretary or a main scale teacher with a strong personality who exerts more influence on staff attitudes than senior post holders . |
| 15 | Who requires more time ? |
| 16 | Many think that it is the pay and play golfer who deserves more courses . |
| 17 | He 's obviously the kind of guy who spends more time snogging at the bar than watching the band . |
| 18 | He 's obviously the kind of guy who spends more time snogging at the bar than watching the band . |
| 19 | Well , sex mainly , and the mistaken male view that women dream of having a wild and torrid fling in the afore-mentioned potting shed with someone who spends more time with mulch and manure than Gillette shower gel . |
| 20 | ‘ I propose Sir Archibald Douglas of Douglasdale , Lord of Galloway , who commands more men than any other here . |
| 21 | Though he was an adequate mariner , he was by no means an expert fisherman , being the sort of man who makes more conversation than profit from his catches ; but after a trip across to Plymouth early in the new year , he returned looking exceedingly pleased with himself , dressed in finer clothes than were often seen on the Polruan side of the Fowey , and full of the news that he intended to commission John Knollys to build him a bark of a hundred tons . |