Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] more " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The new governor of Rhode Island closed more than half the state 's banks following the collapse of a private insurance fund which guarantees deposits at 45 banks not insured by the federal government . |
| 2 | Some say that the Avize Chardonnay has more finesse , but I find that while Avize may have more clarity of flavour , Cramant and , for that matter , le Mesnil-sur-Oger have finer qualities of bouquet . |
| 3 | Robin Bailey 's benevolent Colonel Pickering and Michael Bryant 's florid , ginger-haired Doolittle are as good as you would expect ; Alison Fiske gets more comedy out of Mrs Pearce , the housekeeper , than any performance I have seen . |
| 4 | Alan Shearer and Ian Wright need more time for their partnership to mature . |
| 5 | Where the SPRU team takes us at a brisk trot through the literature , Jan Zimmerman adopts more of a wild canter in her survey of the likely effects on women of a range of new technologies , in a piece that makes up in polemic what it lacks in argument . |
| 6 | It has also shown that more was spent on services in Newham than in Ipswich ( partly because Newham clients had more services and partly because services were more expensive ) . |
| 7 | Andy Macdonald has more going for him than merely the fact that he stands 6ft 8in . |
| 8 | But Sauvignon does not come better than this and to my mind the del Cero Sauvignon has more grace , character and length than the much-vaunted Cloudy Bay Sauvignon from New Zealand , which is comparably priced . |
| 9 | In these matters Emilia Frere knew more than she , for the woman had crossed the threshold of the married state ; she had delivered herself over to the meeting of the flesh as Louisa had not been called upon to do ; she had experienced what the uninitiate could only surmise . |
| 10 | In the tie break , Miss Cross offered more consistency and ran away with it , 7–3 . |
| 11 | Miss T. 's mother arrived at the hospital accompanied by C. Later that night , according to information given by the hospital to Miss T. 's father , Miss T. received more pethidine . |
| 12 | Mountain Crash , stable-companion of Carl 's Choice , held off the Daily Telegraph Trophy holder , Fort Hall , with reasonable comfort in the Ladies ' and Richard Hunt gained more admirers when following up his Higham win by catching Manor Mieo on the line in the Intermediate . |
| 13 | Miss Danziger put more pressure on the pedals ; she knew that if she did not reach Sandweg before the force of the wind had accumulated its full strength , she would have very hard work before her . |
| 14 | Ebullient in character , a Nobel laureate retaining more than a touch of the New York kid , Feynman is keenly interested in teaching physics as well as creating it . |
| 15 | The United States Congress retains more power over executive personnel . |
| 16 | Amazingly , 1986 has seen a reappearance of the singer-songwriter , with Peter Case , Stan Ridgway and Andy White receiving more than a smattering of applause . |
| 17 | It might be countered that that is because the Oxbridge graduate has more to offer in social ‘ maturity ’ , in interpersonal skills , in self-confidence , and in being articulate . |
| 18 | Or you would n't ask Van Gogh to add more detail to a picture after looking at one of his works of art would you ? ’ |
| 19 | Will independence bring more opportunities for adults and mature students , a wider range of vocational courses and a higher staying-on rate or will it mean more competition , cuts in expensive courses and no overall structure to educational provision from 11–19 ? |
| 20 | Nigel Clough did more than anyone to avert a crisis for his old man . |
| 21 | Dentists ' dislike of the new NHS contracts means more and more are turning to private practice , according to the British Dental Association . |
| 22 | Lorraine Davidson has more details . |
| 23 | Pop and plainchant , Otis Redding and O'Riada , ‘ Walk On The Wild Side ’ and ‘ Faith Of Our Fathers ’ — an average Pierce Turner album features more couplings than you 'd find at a business executive conference in Bangkok . |
| 24 | But South Belfast councillor John Parkes objected to the call by Dr Hendron to have more checkpoints to monitor traffic in and out of loyalist areas of the city . |
| 25 | Alex Miller 's team asked no questions of a drastically altered Ibrox side containing more than a smattering of Rangers ' impressive reserve strength . |
| 26 | Sergeant Cork made more than sure it would not enter the battle : setting off a large demolition charge , he was killed in the blast . |
| 27 | The Washington Redskins had more trouble than they should have with the injury-ridden Phoenix Cardinals before winning by two points while San Francisco relied on one of those Joe Montana come-from-behind specials to overcome New Orleans 24-20 . |
| 28 | But Olympic hockey was covered on CBS during the recent Olympics and U.S. amateur goal-tender Ray LeBlanc became more of a household name than any professional goalie in the NHL . |
| 29 | Harvard dealers know more than their counterparts at newer bucket shops , and so have more choice of career direction . |
| 30 | ROBERT Brooke 's comments in May issue 's Milestones about the ‘ recall ’ of J.W. Hearne for the Oval Test match against South Africa make more sense if it is appreciated that , with the rubber already won , the England side for the Fourth Test at Manchester was an ‘ experimental team ’ . |